At the heart of the NBA Lockout is a fundamental inability for billionaire owners and millionaire basketball players to determine how much each side deserves. Some beat writers insist that the "only" thing standing in the way of a deal being reached is for the two sides to figure out how to split a $4 billion dollar pie. It's like this should be as easy as figuring how to distribute the expense of a dinner check.
It's $4 billion.