If I were an owner, I'd say "Enough!"
What if Big Dog doesn't get his big Bucks?
What if Juwan Howard isn't satiated by the millions the Washington Bullets have offered him?
Let'em sit, I'd say. Their primary skill is putting a round ball through an orange hoop. If no one pays them to do this, they're out of luck (as many baseball players are finding out). Remember Jimmy Jackson's almost-full-season holdout from the Dallas Mavericks?
Sure, initially, folks were upset with the Maverick management. But pretty soon, Jackson and his holdout were forgotten.
When he signed at the end of the season, his only impact was to help the team win enough games to avoid setting the record for fewest wins in a season -- and nobody cared.
Fans are going to have to accept management's unwillingness to dish out the dough. They're going to have to get used to not signing the mega-contracts.
Or else pretty soon, the fans are going to have to get used to this virus known as the work stoppage.