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 …
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The Clippers Get An All-Star: Chris Paul’s Strange Trip to Los Angeles
After a blocked trade, lawsuit threat, and outcry among NBA players, executives, and fans, Chris Paul is headed for Los Angeles.
Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian Presidential Hopeful and NBA Owner
The first thing you must know about Mikhail Prokhorov? As a Russian energy billionaire, he has a bit of cash on hand. Prokhorov initially entered the world stage in 2010 by becoming the first foreign owner of an NBA franchise …
The NBA Is Back — With a Brand-New Trading Disaster
As the season begins, Chris Paul is not a Los Angeles Laker, and David Stern is the most-hated man in basketball.
NBA Season Saved, Just In Time For Christmas
NBA fans will receive quite a gift this Christmas: a season. At around 3:30 AM Saturday morning, the NBA’s owners and players announced that they have reached a handshake agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement, after …
NBA Players Look to Disband Union: Will There Be a Season At All?
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.
In a show of …
NBA Lockout: First Two Weeks of the Season Gone. Now What?
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.
QUOTE: NBA Really Running Out of Time
” 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)
Amid Lockout, NBA Star Delonte West Gets a New Gig – At a Furniture Store
The former Boston Celtics guard had a good job, but NBA lockout rules prevent him from re-signing with the team (or any other, for that matter). So he finds himself along with 9.1% of the American population: looking for a job.
Quote: NBA Player Looking at The Home Depot For Work
“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 …
QUOTE: Kevin Durant Drops 66 at Rucker Park
“No lie, just had one of the best times of my life at Rucker park..wow! I love NY…Harlem waddup.”
— KEVIN DURANT, forward for the Oklahoma City thunder, via Twitter after scoring 66 points at the famed playground hoop …
Reports: After Making the NBA Think Globally, Yao Ming to Retire
Yao Ming landed in the U.S. in the summer of 2002, 7-feet, 6-inches worth of fancy footwork, armed with a soft shooting touch.
