Breaking the NBA lockout?

[John B Kelly]

What would happen if the players just went and set up their own league,
hired their own coaches, divvied up the $?  It's just amazing how
confident the owners are in their own necessity.  Of course, there's never
been discussion of a "profit cap".

My thought on why the players wouldn't act is that the rich players need
the owners to justify their exorbitant salaries relative to the vast
majority of the players.  W/out owners to "pay" them, it would be much
harder to justify their salaries.