NEW YORK — If it was too late to save a full 82-game NBA season, the deputy commissioner of the NBA would have said so. Instead, he pulled a page from his boss’s playbook and gave an answer that was open to interpretation. “Whether or not an 82-game schedule is possible is unclear to me,” Silver said Thursday following the conclusion of the two-day NBA Board of Governors meetings. Silver was the only one speaking on behalf of the owners after commissioner David Stern was
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Lockout update: Interpretations
NEW YORK — The gag order imposed by federal mediator George Cohen has left the NBA lockout writers with a dearth of quotes to work with, so let’s have a look around the Web to see what they had left in the tank after doing stakeout duty during 24 1/2 hours of talks Tuesday and Wednesday: Ken Berger of CBSSports.com looks at the salary cap math but leaves out one important piece of the equation — the money that would be freed
Tweet of the Day: Steve Nash
@SteveNashSteve Nash Thank you to the NBAPA, NBA and our mediator for working hard to find a resolution. I’m optimistic today.
Lockout update: Talks last 8 1/2 hours, will resume Thursday afternoon
// NEW YORK — They’re finished talking — but only temporarily. NBA owners and players logged another 8 1/2 hours of time together Wednesday after spending 16 hours negotiating Tuesday, and mediator George Cohen announced shortly before 7 p.m. that talks had adjourned for the night and would resume at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday. Cohen also convinced both side to agree to a gag order, meaning there will be no official word from the players, the owners or commissioner David Stern on whether anyone
Lockout update: Stern leaves, might be back
By Chris Sheridan NEW YORK — David Stern has left the building. But he might be back before the night is over. After seven hours of talks Wednesday, Stern and owner Wyc Grousbeck of the Boston Celtics left the hotel where collective bargaining talks are being held and headed to a nearby hotel, where the league’s Board of Governors is holding its annual fall meeting. Both men needed to attend a briefing by Grousbeck to the league’s Planning Committee regarding proposed changes to the
NBA Lockout Update (Video)
By Chris Sheridan As of 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday, the sides had been meeting for six hours. Here is a video report I filed this afternoon from the site of the lockout talks: csprtContainer();
Guest Column: Shirley on playing in Europe
By Paul Shirley Professional Basketball In Europe: Thrown Chairs, Missed Payments, And A Plane Called The Mosquito This summer and fall, as threats of an NBA lockout changed to confirmation of an NBA lockout, players and agents began casting their eyes toward Europe. There was talk of this season as an opportunity for the amalgamate that is the European leagues to chip away at the NBA’s stranglehold on the world’s top basketball talent. This didn’t happen quite as expected, in part because Europe