By Chris Sheridan NEW YORK — I am disgusted and speechless. I trusted wise men to act wisely. I believed in common sense prevailing. I think the NBA owners are nuts to go down this road. They just lost a significant percentage of their fair-weather fans. Idiocy rules the day. How very, very sad. Not just sad. Stupid.
Report: Progress made on new mid-level exception
From David Aldridge of NBA.com: “A source who has been briefed on the discussions between the two sides said Monday afternoon that the sides are close to an agreement on one “system” aspect that has proven troublesome — a new, shorter mid-level exception for free agents. Owners have sought a major reduction in the mid-level, one of the key ways that teams over the salary cap are nonetheless able to add players. Implemented in the 1999 CBA after players agreed to accept
Lockout update: No agreement, but sides to meet again Monday
csprtContainer(); By Chris Sheridan NEW YORK — NBA commissioner David Stern was a man of few words late Sunday night when nearly six hours of collective bargaining talks ended. Stone-faced, he didn’t comment other than to say the sides would take another crack at it Monday — the day he has set as the deadline to save the scheduled Nov. 1 start of the regular season. The only guy who did much talking was players association president Derek Fisher, and he was not
Video: Latest on NBA lockout talks
csprtContainer(); UPDATE NEW YORK — Coming to you from outside the lockout talks, where the sides have been meeting for 3 1/2 hours as we hit 10 p.m. EDT. Representing the owners are Glen Taylor (Minnesota) and Peter Holt (San Antonio). The only players in attendance are Derek Fisher and Maurice Evans. David Stern and Billy Hunter are upstairs; too with their support staffs.
Heisler column: Hold that Apocalypse
By Mark Heisler Apocalypse now, or not. The worst was about to come to pass, the majority of the media had predicted, wisely or in search of ever-more dire scenarios and ever-bigger headlines, as talks broke off last week with the NBA seemingly prepared to cancel its openers. Actually, the preferred press scenario was doomsday, the cancellation of more than the openers … like the entire 2011-12 season. Seeing any small part of it come true would have made everyone nuts, prompting speculation about
NBA lockout update: Around the Web
By Chris Sheridan Let’s have a look around the Web for the latest lockout news on the 101st day of the NBA’s work stoppage: _ Brian Mahoney of The Associated Press in New York: “(Billy) Hunter reiterated that 53 percent was the players’ number. And if they were planning to reconsider the 50-50 offer, that didn’t seem to be the case in the letter that he and union president Derek Fisher of the Lakers sent Wednesday to players and obtained by The Associated Press
NBA Lockout Update: It’s not Monday yet
By Chris Sheridan NEW YORK — Billy Hunter is scheduled to get on an airplane Sunday and fly to Los Angeles to give a briefing to several players on the state of the NBA lockout. David Stern and Adam Silver are observing the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur on Saturday, when sunset comes at 6:27 p.m. EDT local time and both men can break their fast, have a bite to eat and pick up the telephone — if they so choose. Right now, the owners
Audio: John Thompson says brief camps would only hurt NBA rookies
By Chris Sheridan So let’s say they settle the lockout Monday night/Tuesday morning. If it is the latter, that is October 11. The sides have been saying it will take two weeks to put the agreement into writing, but let’s put a little pressure on Mr. Rube and Mr. Klempner (the attorneys from each side entrusted wth the heavy lifting) and postulate that they can get it done (and have it ratified in a player vote) in 10 days. That takes us through
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