And what, you may ask, is secondary waivers? The details still need to be ironed out in “secondary negotiations” between lawyers from the league office and the, ahem, union, but there is going to be a bidding process for players released under the amnesty clause of the new collective bargaining agreement. How will that bidding process work? Something like this: Let’s say the Orlando Magic decide to release Gilbert Arenas, who has $62 million remaining on his contract over the next three years, including
Archives for November 2011
Mitnick Column: What NBA Players Learned In Europe
From FIBA-Europe
Guest Column: Twitter’s fascinating role in the lockout
(Readers: When the news came just after 3 a.m. today that the NBA lockout had been settled, there was no live TV coverage of the announcement, no streaming video on the Internet. The only place to get the news was Twitter, through updates from reporters in the room covering the news briefing. In this age of instant communications, it was another fascinating glimpse into the power of the 140-character communication tool.-CS) By Ryan Spoon of www.ryanspoon.com Sports fans got a Black Friday
Sheridan column: How the NBA deal got done, and what’s in it
csprtContainer(); NEW YORK — When it came time to be flexible, the commissioner who once called himself “Easy Dave” moved like he was Shakira. David Stern and the NBA’s team owners made concessions on several key issues, both financial and system-related, to get the NBA lockout settled in the wee hours of the morning today at the close of a 15-hour bargaining session. Here are some of the key details of those moves, according to a league source who was privy to the
BULLETIN: Deal reached to end NBA lockout
NEW YORK — A handshake deal is in place, and the NBA season is set to begin on Christmas Day. David Stern and Billy Hunter announced a tentative agreement to end the NBA lockout shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday in a small conference room at a law firm in the General Motors Building in Manhattan. Gentlemen, start your engines! The settlement, first reported by Ken Berger of CBSSports.com, came on the 149th day of the work stoppage that forced the postponement of the
Lockout update: Almost midnight edition (with audio)
NEW YORK — About an hour ago, a rumpled looking David Stern walked through the lobby of the building where negotiations are being held. After much speculation, the favored explanation was that he had tried to get back into the building through the wrong entrance and had to walk around the block. At least that was my interpretation. Other than that, it been a brutally dull and cold evening on lockout stakeout duty tonight, with the sides now approaching 12 hours together.
Lockout talks: Brief update
NEW YORK – NBA lockout talks stretched into the evening Friday at the same building where the 1998 lockout took a turn for the worse, and where Latrell Sprewell’s arbitration hearing was held. Just a stone’s throw from Central Park, the usual suspects from more than two dozen previous negotiating sessions assembled again. They included David Stern, Adam Silver and Peter Holt for the owners; and Billy Hunter, Derek Fisher and Maurice Evans for the players. The players new antitrust litigation lawyers;
Gibson Column: Navarro Breaks Euroleague Scoring Title. Who’s Up Next?
BARCELONA — Chuck Eidson stared at a clear path to an empty basket as the crowd rose to their feet in Palau Blaugrana. Eidson knew this ovation wasn’t intended for him, so he glanced to his left and wisely shoveled the ball off to Juan Carlos Navarro, who caught it, took two steps and laid it up off the glass. When the ball fell through the nylon, the Euroleague had a new all-time leading scorer. La Bomba had needed 14 points to
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