As the NBA lockout drags on so does the frustration of everyone involved.  There’s also a division on who the fans side with.  I’m sure league officials and the players union each have public relation teams to advise them on how to stay favorable in public opinion.  Dwyane Wade says the NBA has done a great job at complaining therefore garnering the sympathy of the public.  Read more after the jump.

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Wade said the NBA has done an “amazing” job in getting its message out to basketball fans during the lockout. Players, he said, have not wanted to take the same approach as the NBA on the battle of perception.

“We haven’t done a great job of complaining,” Wade said. “That’s what the NBA has done, they’ve done a great job of complaining. We haven’t done a great job of that so no one sees our side. They more so see the owners’ side.”

And that side is this: Without more competitive balance, the league can’t succeed.

“There’s a real willingness of the high-grossing teams to pitch in and put in some dollars,” Stern told NBA TV in an interview broadcast Thursday night. “And there’s a real desire on the low-grossing teams to have the money to make them competitive.”

Wade and Stern discussed that point during a sometimes contentious meeting several top players attended in New York a couple weeks ago, and just as he did then, the star doesn’t agree with the commissioner.

So who’s side are you on?

-AP