Quote Originally Posted by D-Rose
Was a domino effect after Minnesota gave Garnett the huge deal.
Naw, not that at all. Thats what forced teh lockout and had them put in the cap. So just the opposite. I think it was just at some point players got enough money to get really smart people negotiating for them and the league's teams who had been making enormous profits for years off players found out agents were going to play a bigger role from here on out.

So yea, I'd say agents. The NBA had gotten away with so much that the dam just burst once player's agents figured out how much they were actually worth.