BARCELONA — Eleven men dressed in red and blue knelt to the floor and then rocked onto their backsides, some grabbing a heel, others a toe as they stretched. But Barcelona’s Juan Carlos Navarro remained standing, his heels and toes right behind the 3-point stripe. Unlike the others, he wore long black pants and a matching long-sleeved shooting shirt, and all it took was a raised eyebrow for the ball boy to get the hint; he fired one out as Juan
Archives for October 2011
Lockout update: BRI split to be discussed Friday
NEW YORK — Billy Hunter told the world the sides in the NBA lockout are “within striking distance of a deal,” and he told SheridanHoops.com even more: “The BRI split is the very first thing we are going to try to tackle in the morning.” Owners and players met for 7 1/2 more hours Thursday after putting in a nearly 15 1/2 hour session that began Wednesday and ended after 3 a.m. Thursday. Exhausted after the 23 hours of meetings, the sides called it
Lockout update: Around the Web
NEW YORK — NBA labor talks are now midway through their sixth hour, and there are two new faces in the room: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, and New York Knicks guard Roger Mason of “How u?” fame. The union’s economist, Kevin Murphy, is absent today, and union attorney Ron Klempner is present but sounded last night as though he had lost his voice — probably from his persistent yelling that the players are not going to acquiesce on everything on the owners’
LeBron James is tampering (so what?)
One nice upside of the NBA lockout is that tampering rules are not fully in effect. Yes, team executives cannot talk about other teams or other players or even their own players, but LeBron James is not a member of management and thus is exempt from the rule until the lockout is settled. So call it tampering, or call it recruiting. But whatever the case, James is making the countdown to settlement day all the more interesting. From Ira Winderman of the South Florida
Bernucca column: Where Dwight might alight
If you were Sam Presti, would you trade Kendrick Perkins, James Harden, Eric Maynor and your best available first-round pick for Dwight Howard? Don’t worry, Thunder fans. It’s a trick question. Dwight Howard’s not going to Oklahoma City. He’s not going to Memphis for Marc Gasol and O.J. Mayo. Or to Indiana for Danny Granger and Roy Hibbert. Or to the Los Angeles Clippers for Chris Kaman and Eric Gordon. But Howard is going somewhere, that’s for sure. In the summer, Howard – who can
Lockout update, video edition
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Lockout update: After 15+ hours of talks, 82 games still possible
NEW YORK — Progress is being made, an 82-game schedule remains achievable, but there could still be several more days of talks before the NBA lockout is settled. After 15 hours and 20 minutes spent bargaining behind closed doors, those three items were the sum product of the messages delivered by NBA commissioner David Stern and the leaders of the NBA Players Association early this morning following what was clearly and unquestionably a productive collective bargaining session. Are they closer to a deal?
Lockout update: 2 a.m. edition – UPDATE
NEW YORK — Not a lot to tell you at this late hour as the owners and players enter their 14th hour of negotiations, two shy of their record set one week ago, but here are the developments from the lobby of the lockout talks: _ Chris Mannix of SI.com tweeted: “Sides are still navigating the system issues, source said, but believes a middle ground “is within sight.” BRI split still needs work. _ Henry Abbott of ESPN.com TrueHoop ate a slice
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