“Not playing, it’s just an economic disaster, it really is,” Marks said. Here’s the Cliff’s Notes version, as gleaned from Marks’ expert accounting: The NBA placed 10 percent of its players’ total salaries — $380 million — into an escrow account, which they use at the end of the year to balance the revenue shares (players are entitled to 51%). That’s gone for the players. They’re not getting that back because the league has already lost too much money.