NEW YORK — I was standing outside the St. Regis Hotel enjoying some tobacco last night when David Stern came walking by, we shook hands and I offered him a cigarette. He said he’d prefer a big, fat cigar, and then he kept walking. I found it curious that he was not being escorted by his usual security guy (who loves this site). Alone walked Stern down East 55th Street, about an hour before word got out that he had vetoed
Archives for December 2011
Dwight Howard to Nets?
There is a question mark in that headline because there needs to be one. Things are going to change by the hour today, and who knows what kind of twists and turns the Chris Paul trade fiasco is going to take before the league officially re-opens for business at 2 p.m. EST. In case you missed it, 86 percent of the players who cast ball0ts voted to approve the new labor agreement before commissioner David Stern 86’d the three-team trade that would have
E-mail from Dan Gilbert urged Stern veto of CP3 trade: Yahoo
This is going to be one crazy day. And the craziness began just after midnight, EST, when Yahoo Sports published an e-mail it said was sent from Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert to commissioner David Stern, deputy commissioner Adam Silver and some other owners urging him to shoot down the three-team trade that would have sent Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets to the Los Angeles Lakers . Curiously, the Yahoo report is unbylined. (It also does not mention whether it
The Chris Paul-to-Lakers trade is dead
csprtContainer(); The Chris Paul to the Lakers deal is now dead, vetoed by the league office. So this is what happens when 29 owners each own 1/29th of one of the NBA’s 30 teams? This is just nuts. Apparently, if enough of those owners are dead set against the Hornets trading their best player, they have the right to veto it. Who knew? And in a word: Wow. Or as Paul said on Twitter: WoW. This is such uncharted territory, it is hard to fathom what
Blockbuster trade: Chris Paul going to the Lakers
Mark Heisler was the first to tell you this was a possibility nearly two weeks ago. Now, it appears it is happening. Multiple news outlets are reporting that the Lakers, Rockets and Hornets have agreed to a three-way deal sending Chris Paul to the Lakers. New Orleans will receive Lamar Odom, Luis Scola, Kevin Martin, Goran Dragic and the New York Knicks’ first-round draft pick in 2012. The Rockets are getting Pau Gasol from the Lakers. There could be other pieces in
NBA labor agreement passes by 25-5 vote
NEW YORK — Five NBA owners voted against the league’s new collective bargaining agreement, commissioner David Stern said Thursday following the conclusion of the league’s Board of Governors meeting. The identities of those five teams were not disclosed, and Stern joked that the over/under on negative votes as set at 8 before the ballots were cast. But what Stern did disclose is that he expects this to be the last collective bargaining agreement he negotiates – even if one side chooses to
Deals are going down everywhere
We will not try to separate truth from fiction here. We’ll just tell you what is being reported, and we’ll see how it all shakes out tomorrow at 2 p.m. when signings can officially begin. But remember when we told you there were going to be a ton of bad contracts signed because of the stretch exception? That madness is beginning. _ The Knicks are making a big (foolish?) move to address their need for a center. Ken Berger of CBSSports.com
Bernucca column: 10 guys on the spot
Free agency starts Friday, and we can guarantee that by Sunday night, your head will be spinning. Coming out of the last lockout in January 1999, teams made a staggering 100 deals in the first two days. There were 67 transactions on the first day and another 33 on the second day. And that total doesn’t include waiving players or renouncing rights to create cap room. Unless you become a shut-in, spend the entire weekend in front of your computer and continually
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