From David Aldridge of NBA.com: “A source who has been briefed on the discussions between the two sides said Monday afternoon that the sides are close to an agreement on one “system” aspect that has proven troublesome — a new, shorter mid-level exception for free agents. Owners have sought a major reduction in the mid-level, one of the key ways that teams over the salary cap are nonetheless able to add players. Implemented in the 1999 CBA after players agreed to accept
Archives for October 2011
Guest column: Art Rondeau’s stopgap solution
A note to readers: Due to the fluid nature of lockout settlement talks, Mark Heisler’s column ran on Sunday instead of in its usual Monday slot. If you missed it, click here to read it.-CS By Art Rondeau Sunday night’s meeting between the NBA and the NBPA brought some hope to a lot of basketball fans. Although not much was said when the participants called it a night, system issues – such as the salary cap and luxury tax – were discussed, but the
See that poll to your right? It closes at 2 p.m. EDT
If you haven’t voted yet, please do. The poll is closing at 2 p.m. EDT — right when the owners and players are scheduled to begin talking to each other again. Shortly thereafter, our newest contributor, Darin Ford, will file a column on what the results showed.
Lockout update: No agreement, but sides to meet again Monday
csprtContainer(); By Chris Sheridan NEW YORK — NBA commissioner David Stern was a man of few words late Sunday night when nearly six hours of collective bargaining talks ended. Stone-faced, he didn’t comment other than to say the sides would take another crack at it Monday — the day he has set as the deadline to save the scheduled Nov. 1 start of the regular season. The only guy who did much talking was players association president Derek Fisher, and he was not
Video: Latest on NBA lockout talks
csprtContainer(); UPDATE NEW YORK — Coming to you from outside the lockout talks, where the sides have been meeting for 3 1/2 hours as we hit 10 p.m. EDT. Representing the owners are Glen Taylor (Minnesota) and Peter Holt (San Antonio). The only players in attendance are Derek Fisher and Maurice Evans. David Stern and Billy Hunter are upstairs; too with their support staffs.
Heisler column: Hold that Apocalypse
By Mark Heisler Apocalypse now, or not. The worst was about to come to pass, the majority of the media had predicted, wisely or in search of ever-more dire scenarios and ever-bigger headlines, as talks broke off last week with the NBA seemingly prepared to cancel its openers. Actually, the preferred press scenario was doomsday, the cancellation of more than the openers … like the entire 2011-12 season. Seeing any small part of it come true would have made everyone nuts, prompting speculation about
BULLETIN: Owners, players to meet tonight
By Chris Sheridan NE W YORK — NBA owners and players have agreed to resume collective bargaining discussions at 6 p.m. EDT tonight at an undisclosed location. The news was first reported by Howard Beck of the New York Times, and SheridanHoops has learned that the owners have dropped their precondition that the players agree to a 50-50 split of revenues before resuming discussions. Union director Billy Hunter had been scheduled to fly to Los Angeles tonight to brief a group of players
NBA lockout update: Around the Web
By Chris Sheridan Let’s have a look around the Web for the latest lockout news on the 101st day of the NBA’s work stoppage: _ Brian Mahoney of The Associated Press in New York: “(Billy) Hunter reiterated that 53 percent was the players’ number. And if they were planning to reconsider the 50-50 offer, that didn’t seem to be the case in the letter that he and union president Derek Fisher of the Lakers sent Wednesday to players and obtained by The Associated Press
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