Some advice for Dirk: Hum some Hasselhoff in your head before your wind-up at Game 3 of the World Series. @swish41 Dirk Nowitzki Fired up for tonight. Already warmin up in my backyard. Radar gun gonna read mid 80s. Let’s do this. Go rangers 27 minutes ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry
Introducing the “stretch exception”
From Howard Beck of The New York Times, reporting on what has been agreed to by the owners and the players: “There will be a one-time “amnesty” provision that will allow each team to waive a player (with pay) without his salary counting against the salary cap. There will be a “stretch” exception, available every year, allowing teams to waive players and stretch out their remaining salary over a number of seasons, thus reducing the annual salary-cap hit. The midlevel exception will be
Tweet of the day: Dwyane Wade
Wade sums things up with two of the words in his tweet: “Sad” and “Greed” @DwyaneWadeDwyane Wade You know its sad when people don’t even try and hide their greed..#NBALockout
Gibson Column: Ranking NBAers in Euroleague Week 1
By Nick Gibson of EuroleagueAdventures.com BARCELONA — So you’ve played in the NBA before. That’s terrific. The thing is, nobody in Europe really cares. The fans might enjoy the novelty, but your teammates aren’t impressed, your coaches won’t tie you to a longer leash, and management has a loophole at the ready whenever they feel like voiding your deal, which is most likely the heftiest on the books. Being an NBA talent means just that: you’re talented. However, talent alone is not nearly enough to compete
Lockout update: The morning after
NEW YORK — Good morning — even though it isn’t such a good morning, is it? The whole thing blew up last night and got downright nasty afterward, and it now looks like David Stern’s Grinch prediction might actually come true. Except for two things: Stern was sidelined with flu-like symptoms and did not attend last night’s Armageddon, and Derek Fisher said he is staying in town in case talks are suddenly revived. It appears the sides need a cooling-off day, and
Lockout update: Labor talks have broken up
csprtContainer(); NEW YORK — NBA Labor talks have broken off. The split of revenues was the ultimate undoing Thursday after nearly five hours of discussions, and the sides told different stories about how things came apart. NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver said the union moved from 53 percent of BRI to 52.5 percent of BRI, while owners moved from 47 percent to 50. That’s when the talks broke off, with union director Billy Hunter saying the owners were not willing to negotiate over any other issues unless the
Lockout update: Progress reported
From Ken Berger of CBSSports.com: “Under the league’s amnesty proposal, sources say teams would be able to waive a player and have up to 75 percent of his contract removed from the cap and tax, with the remaining balance amortized against the cap over the number of years left on the contract. The player would still be paid 100 percent of the guaranteed money owed; this would be an NFL-style cap management tool to help teams adjust to the new
Tweet of the Day: David West
Actually, Mr. West qualifies with a string of tweets: @D_West30David West Peace on this Earth will never be A Reality @D_West30David West Just remember this time in History for those of u who have Brains n use them @D_West30David West Certain so called movements n protest r merely distraction pieces @D_West30David West Revolution empowers the citizens not foreign Governments n Economies…COLONIALISM @D_West30David West I wonder if the President is going to tell people that Libya, its people and resources r owned by outsiders @D_West30David West All that Bull shit this weekend bout