NEW YORK — That picture shows the man who has been hired to take down David Stern, or at least force a settlement from the NBA commissioner. And David Boies says he’s going to try to do it by using Stern’s own words against him. In a briefing to a small group of NBA writers Tuesday, Boise outlined the strategy he will try to employ in an anti-trust lawsuit filed by NBA players in U.S. District Court in Northern California today. The
Archives for November 2011
Hubbard column: David Stern needs to rediscover the magic of David Stern
In February, David Stern will – pardon the term – celebrate his 28th anniversary as NBA commissioner. It seems doubtful that he will be honored in a halftime ceremony anywhere, although the optimists among us are hoping there will in fact be multiple NBA halftimes. If that is to happen, Stern will have to venture into territory that he hasn’t visited since – well, who knows? For the sake of discussion, let’s settle on the early ’80s at a time when he
Blame game: A few more crumbs, and Stern would have had Hunter
I alluded to this in this morning’s post about nuclear winter, and I’ll expound on it in two more ways here: in print, and via audio. You can bet your bottom dollar that David Stern wanted to have a full, 82-game season, or a fallback 72-game season if it netted him an extra $800 million, which it did. And you can double that bet on the notion that he never knew it would come to this back on June 30 when
The NBA’s nuclear winter has begun
NEW YORK — The above image is the new Avatar on colleague Alan Hahn’s Twitter account — @alanhahn. Yes, nuclear winter arrived yesterday, the day before what was supposed to be the first payday for players in the 2011-12 NBA season. But today is forecast to be another 65 degree day in the city that used to be the headquarters of the National Basketball Players Association, which technically no longer exists. Sort of. Just don’t try checking their Web site for
Doomsday: NBPA no longer exists; Al Gore’s lawyer now in charge
// NEW YORK — Armegeddon arrived suddenly for the NBA today, with the players’ union legally disbanding and saying it will file a lawsuit seeking triple damages under anti-trust laws rather than accept the final proposal put forward by NBA owners. Billy Hunter is now disempowered, David Stern says the season is in jeopardy, and the new man in charge is high-powered attorney David Boies, who represented NFL owners defending themselves against a decertification movement last summer and whose most famous case, Bush
Heisler column: Historic Blunder, anyone?
Optimism on life support, or anyone up for a Historic Blunder? Of course, NBA players would be out of their gourds to reject 50 percent of revenue because it’s not 51 percent, a difference of, oh, $400 million over 10 years … compared to the $780 million they lose in a 50-game season … or $2 billion if there’s no season. Who lets these guys out without babysitters? Of course, that also applies to the owners who are threatening to shut down for
Stern told AP: No tweaks
NEW YORK — Here is an update from the lobby of the hotel where the players are meeting: Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler are among the players meeting in a conference room, sitting nearby in the media workroom is Brian Mahoney of the AP, who is reporting some more of what commissioner David Stern told him Saturday night. Incredibly, because of its timing — right smack dab in the middle of the players’ meeting, we are getting word of Stern’s
Lockout update: Decision day for players, or not
NEW YORK — Billy Hunter is getting a break today from the cabal of agents who want to kick him out of his job. They are sitting on a decertification petition with more than 200 signatures, and a source in that cabal told SheridanHoops.com that it is highly unlikely the petition will be filed with the NLRB until Hunter meets with 30 team player representatives at a Times Square hotel. So Hunter has bought some time. What remains to be seen is whether
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