NEW YORK — The National Basketball Players Association will officially become a union again today when the NBA recognizes it as the official bargaining unit for the locked-out NBA players. Once that happens, the lawyers for the union and the league office can get down to the business of negotiating the so-called B-issues in the collective bargaining agreement (player discipline, draft rules, work conditions, etc.) and trying to put the deal into writing in less than a week in order to
Archives for December 2011
Deron Williams will not sign extension with Nets
This is one huge piece of news being reported by Al Iannazzone of the Bergen Record. Remember, the Nets insisted they would not give up their pile of assets last season without a guarantee from Carmelo Anthony that he’d sign with them long-term, and then they went out and made the monster gamble anyway in sending all those assets to Utah. The Nets can still pay Williams $25.7 million more than anyone else if he opts out and then re-signs for the
Sheridan Column: Five Hidden Gems in Free Agency
Well, it has become pretty clear that Nene is going to be the No. 1 free agent out there, and somebody is going to give him a max deal. The Nuggets, Nets, Warriors, Rockets, Pacers, Clippers and Trail Blazers were among the teams that contacted his representatives yesterday, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports is reporting. If you need a pure scorer, Jamal Crawford is the No. 1 option, and here were a LOT of teams impressed by what J.J. Berea brought
The Bernucca List – Edition I
(Chris Bernucca’s usual Thursday column ran on Tuesday of this week. Click here to give it a read. It is about how the post-lockout basketball in 2011-12 will be better than it was in 1999. Bernucca is also now going to start running a list of names each week, a puzzle of sorts. If you figure out the common denominator, send him a tweet. He is @ChrisBernucca – CS) The Bernucca List Kobe Bryant Nick Collison Tim Duncan Jeff Foster Manu Ginobili Chris Kaman Andrei Kirilenko Dirk Nowitzki Tony Parker Paul Pierce Tayshaun
Talking ’bout Rajon Rondo, the Mavs and Team USA
I don’t think the Celtics should trade Rajon Rondo. I think the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks are going to have to overpay to keep both Tyson Chandler and J.J. Barea. And I also foresee an epic gold medal game between the United States and Spain at the 2012 London Olympics next summer. (From our archives is this piece I wrote in September regarding the Spanish team’s chances in the Olympics after covering EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania, along with this piece on
The Dwight Howard situation is fluid
NBA Photos; Retouch by @stevesolis
Amnesty for Brandon Roy? Not so fast
I went on the radio in Portland yesterday morning with Chad Doing on KXTG 750 The Game to discuss whether the Trail Blazers should waive Brandon Roy, and my opinion was : What’s the hurry? (Click here to listen to the interview). You only get to use the amnesty clause once during the 10-year collective bargaining agreement, and it is becoming clear that several teams, such as Washington with Rashard Lewis, would prefer to keep it in their back pocket for use sometime
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