By Chris Sheridan NEW YORK — OK, so it’s going to get real, real serious Tuesday at the NBA lockout talks. And then … Well, then we’ll have Wednesday, which will be real serious, too. And then there’s Thursday, and Friday. At some point, there is doomsday. We still don’t know when that date is. Or whether it was already mentioned above. Only the commish knows. NBA commissioner David Stern emerged from five hours of talks Monday saying it was time to get down to business, time
Archives for October 2011
Hubbard column: A calm David Stern is an effective David Stern
A note to readers: Mark Heisler is on vacation this week in Paris. Debuting in Heisler’s usual Monday slot is our newest contributor, Jan Hubbard, who has worked at NBA headquarters and in the media. He came aboard as a guest columnist, and that arrangement lasted about 45 minutes before we both decided it was best that he be permanent. Jan will be writing every Tuesday (in Peter May’s old spot), and he’ll be as enlightening of a basketball columnist as you’ve ever read. By
NBA Lockout Talks Have Resumed (With Video)
By Chris Sheridan NEW YORK — Here is the NBA lockout in a nutshell as Monday morning becomes Monday afternoon. _ There is a small group meeting ongoing right now. Only the heavy hitters are in attendance, including David Stern and Adam Silver from the league office, Derek Fisher and Billy Hunter from the Players Association, plus some support staff on both sides. There will be a larger meting Tuesday with the negotiating committees from both sides. Hunter is encouraging extra players
Lockout side note: World Peace endangered?
By Chris Sheridan So, maybe it won’t be a totally terrible thing if the lockout extends through this week (negotiations resume this morning) and the start of the season gets delayed. Sideshows await, and there is PPV potential. Metta World Peace (ne Ron Artest) is looking for some action, on the basketball court and/or in the boxing ring (but not in the octagon). From the Lakers forward’s Twitter account: @MettaWorldPeace Metta WorldPeace I challenge any NBA player to a game. 500k$. Hit me at [email protected] .
Check out dunk by John “Off The” Wall
This highlight reel from Chris Paul’s charity game is from YouTube. The aforementioned dunk comes at about the 1 minute mark of the video. Click here to watch.
Lockout update: Links from around the Web
By Chris Sheridan “If we didn’t think there was any hope, we wouldn’t be scheduling the meetings. But that’s the best I would say right now.” — David Stern, Oct. 1. That was about the best thing the commish did say — although he threw in a line about wrestling Dwyane Wade to the ground — Saturday night when collective bargaining talks adjourned and the sides said they would reconvene Monday. Getting a deal done in the upcoming week is imperative to keeping the scheduled Nov. 1
Lockout talks to resume Monday (unless something secret happens Sunday)
By Chris Sheridan NEW YORK — They spent seven hours in the room together Saturday, and they didn’t even talk about the split of revenues. Instead, owners and players trying to negotiate an end to the NBA lockout discussed aspects of the soft cap system they will operate under once they get a deal done. And when might that be? It is now looking like the latter part of next week is the drop dead date for saving the scheduled Nov. 1 start
Watch the Chris Paul charity game live
It was scheduled to start at 7 p.m. EDT. All you have to do is click on this link. But before you do, or perhaps after, consider sending a donation to his foundation by clicking here.