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
Lockout update: Misinformation rules
NEW YORK — Players reps from all 30 NBA teams are arriving in town today, and tomorrow they’ll get debriefed on what is and what isn’t in the owners’ latest proposal. Up until now, they’ve been getting fed plenty of bad information in the two days since the owners and players went their separate ways at the conclusion of Thursday night’s bargaining session. Case in point: ESPN.com drew 5,000-plus comments on a story about how players could be sent down to the D-League
Lockout talks end; Clock to remain stopped
csprtContainer(); NEW YORK — The clock remains stopped, and it will stay that way until the early part of next week — and perhaps even longer. Eventually, we will learn whether there will be a 72-game season beginning Dec. 15, or a nuclear winter for the NBA. “”We have made our revised proposal, and we’re not planning to make another one. There’s nothing left to negotiate about,” commissioner David Stern said after the sides met for another 10 1/2 hours Thursday. Stern would not characterize
Yahoo’s Woj: Stern making new offer after conference call
NEW YORK — The sides have been together today for more than 10 hours — unless you subtract the time when Billy Hunter and several players took a short stroll outside to get dinner — and there could be a strong push to get this thing across the finish line tonight, unless it backfires. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports is reporting that after finishing a call with the owners’ labor relations committee, commissioner David Stern will deliver a revised offer to
Lockout update: The clock remains stopped as sides still talking
NEW YORK — Draw no conclusions from this picture. There are more chairs and more microphones nearby if needed, and there is an NBA backdrop at the ready. There were six microphones at the table earlier, people starting drawing invalid conclusions, and David Stern himself came down and rearranged things (OK, that last part is not true). At some point this afternoon or tonight or in the wee hours of tomorrow morning, a news conference will be held in the room where I
Lockout update: They’ve stopped the clock
// NEW YORK — To be continued … NBA players and owners met for nearly 12 hours Wednesday and “stopped the clock” at 1 a.m. EST, agreeing to resume negotiations at noon Thursday. “Nothing was worked out today,” commissioner David Stern said. “I would not read into this optimism or pessimism.” With the players having already indicated a willingness to accept a 50-50 split of basketball related income, the sides discussed a litany of unresolved system issues. Stern had issued a deadline of
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