Here’s your goal: Winnow the entire NBA schedule down from 82 games for each team into a 66-game season that starts on Dec. 25. And don’t forget about the individual schedules of 30 teams spread across four time zones — and arenas that have already booked concerts and hockey games. Cross-eyed yet?
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While scuttling the NBA owners’ offer that came with a hefty ultimatum, the NBA Players Association showed it feels talks have completely disintegrated and will take their issues with owners to a courtroom.
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After a seven-hour meeting on Monday, the NBA and its players union could not agree to a labor deal, forcing commissioner David Stern to cancel the first two weeks of the regular season, which was scheduled to tip off on November 1.
” I mean, we can only say we’re running out of time so many times.” — ADAM SILVER, the NBA’s deputy commissioner discussing the lockout negotiations (via Sports Illustrated)
“It’s official.. Pride 2 the side.. just filled out a application at Home Depot.. Lockout aint a game..” — DELONTE WEST, a NBA free agent who played for the Boston Celtics last season, in a post on Twitter discussing the NBA lockout, despite the fact he has been paid $14 million in six seasons (via [...]
While the NFL’s lockout has turned to a frenzy of off-season signings, the NBA’s owner-imposed lockout has just started to take shape. But it isn’t all “poor-me” for the owners of U.S.-based sports teams. And that includes the NBA.
For the second time this year, a professional sports league labor stalemate has led to a work stoppage. This time, just two weeks after a gripping, dramatic playoffs and championship, the NBA will lock out its players beginning at midnight Friday. The 2011-2012 season hangs in jeopardy with both sides no closer to an agreement [...]
With the NFL still involved in an indefinite lockout, all sports fans need is another one. But there’s a good chance they’ll get it if NBA players and team owners don’t come to an agreement by Thursday that would prevent a work stoppage just weeks after the league championship.
