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30 Teams in 30 Days: The Cleveland Cavaliers
With the NBA set to start its season on December 25th we will be going team by team from worst to first and preview the new upcoming season for them. Today we continue with the Cleveland Cavaliers as they continue to rebuild from the loss of Lebron James. With free agency set to start December 9th and the likely possibility of an amnesty [...]
30 Teams in 30 Days: Minnesota Timberwolves
With the NBA set to start its season on December 25th we will be going team by team from worst to first and preview the new upcoming season for them. With free agency set to start December 9th and the likely possibility of an amnesty clause the available players will change but the potential outlook for most of the bottom teams won’t change [...]
Fisher To Meet With Stern & Owners, Christmas Games Still a Possibility
The NBA owners and the player’s trade union are expected to meet Friday to discuss the possibility of coming to an agreement that would allow the NBA to commence on Christmas day. It would allow for a 66 game season and the season would be extended a week from its original end date. While the negotiations are expected to pick up based on [...]
Doomsday Deadline Passes: Stern & Hunter, Fisher Still Negotiating
With the NBA’s original doomsday deadline having come and gone Wednesday at 5, the NBPA and the owners are still working to negotiate a new deal. Several things have come out over the last few days and I’m going to highlight some of the key points involved with the current proposal. 1: BRI It seems as though the players have [...]
Stern, Hunter: Progress Made on Agreement, 82 Games Still a Possibility
After a 15 hour meeting on Wednesday, both sides left with optimism due to a sense of actual progress. The owners finally tabled the 50/50 split of basketball related income, BRI, and decided to tackle the system issues with the players. Billy Hunter was so impressed with the progress that he felt confident that if a deal were struck by the [...]
NBA Lunch Break: Kobe, Wade & Melo
Kobe Agrees? News broke early this morning that Kobe Bryant had reached a verbal agreement with Virtus Bologna pending them being able to finance the contract. It was reported for $3 million for 40 days. The same report was denied by other sources claiming a deal was not close and that it was a bargaining strategy for the big labor [...]
NBA Has Canceled Training Camp and 43 Preseason Games
Per Official Press Release on NBA.com the league had decided to cancel training camp and all preseason games until October 15th. The fate of the rest of the preseason games will be decided on October 1st. Press Release and Link Below http://www.nba.com/2011/news/09/23/nba-cancels-43-preseason-games/index.html NEW YORK [...]
Lebron James, Cam Newton and the Concept of Amateurism
According to Merriam-Webster, amateur can be defined as a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for a financial benefit or professional reasons. The key words there are "a person who engages in a sport for pleasure rather than financial benefit." Without delving real deep into college [...]
David Stern & The Owners D-League Dilemma
Major League Baseball has it. The National Hockey League has it as well. The National Football league has a different version of it. Why then does the National Basketball Association not have it? With the lockout at hand and several lower-tier players considering the option of going overseas, it brought me to think about "IT"— a minor [...]
Another Day, Another Signing
Wilson Chandler has signed with the Zhejiang Lions. He can now be added to the short, but continually growing, list of players going overseas to play basketball. More and more players are slowly signing deals to play overseas in the event of a lockout. Some, like Chandler, have signed deals that don’t allow them to opt out of their [...]
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