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*Jerry Buss, the longtime owner of the Lakers whose penchant for showmanship helped turn the game of basketball into “Showtime” and who led the team to 10 NBA championships, died Monday, according to the Los Angeles Times. He was 80. Per the Los Angeles Times: A self-made millionaire who built his fortune in real estate, [...]
*NBA Commissioner David Stern and Jim Rome just got into a heated discussion on the Jim Rome Radio Show. Rome, who is known for pushing buttons from his infamous incident way back when when quarterback Jim Everett KO’d him, had the commissioner on the show today and things didn’t go well. When Rome asked the [...]
*”We’ve arrived at the conclusion that the collective bargaining process has broken down,” National Basketball Players Association/NBPA executive director Billy Hunter said. “The players feel they’re not prepared to accept any ultimatums.” The above statement says it all. The NBPA which represents professional b-ball players has said it’s had enough of trying to bargain with [...]
*(Via Pro Basketball Talk) – Derek Fisher is serious. And is seriously ticked off. Over the weekend, Jason Whitlock at Fox Sports published a story saying a source told him Fisher had to be confronted by Billy Hunter and other union leaders to be talked out of agreeing to a 50/50 deal. The same article [...]
*The NBA will play a shortened season – if it plays at all – after negotiations to end the lockout again stalled over how to divide the league’s revenue. Commissioner David Stern (pictured) canceled all November games on Friday, the 120th day of the lockout. “It’s not practical, possible or prudent to have a full [...]
*Bryant Gumbel, host of HBO’s “Real Sports,” blasted NBA commissioner David Stern on his show Tuesday night for the lack of resolution in the labor negotiations between the players and owners that led to the league canceling the first two weeks of the season. “The NBA’s infamously egocentric commissioner seems more hell-bent lately on demeaning [...]
*NBA Commissioner David Stern, after a four-plus-hour labor meeting with the players’ union Tuesday closed with no deal, cancelled the last two weeks of the preseason and said he could scrap the first two weeks of the regular season if a deal doesn’t get done by Monday. “We’re disappointed,” Stern said. Stern said the league [...]
*Lately NBA players have been getting involved with labor negotiations since the lockout began and it’s been getting ugly. During Friday’s meeting between the NBA executives and the players, Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade put his foot down and flipped out on David Stern. According to reports, the athlete made “pointed remarks” at Stern. ESPN [...]
Talk about bad timing. We are just getting off an NFL lockout and now the NBA decides they’re going to have a temper tantrum and lockout players too? WTFraggle nackle bullcrap is that?! It seems that fans cannot pay into the NBA enough. After you pay $50 for a ticket into the game (and that’s per [...]
*NBA commissioner David Stern is advising Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards not to talk about the former All-Star’s felony gun conviction now that the new season is just around the corner. “The commissioner spoke to Gilbert,” NBA spokesman Tim Frank said Thursday. “His message was: ‘You’ve paid your price, you’re back in good standing, [...]
*FIU basketball coach Isiah Thomas’ second stint with the New York Knicks is now over before it could even take off. Thomas announced in a written statement Wednesday that he called off the deal to be a Knicks consultant, a newly created position that he planned to hold while simultaneously leading the Golden Panthers’ program [...]
*YES!! It is wonderful to hear that finally the NBA’s management is being penalized for their actions! The NBA’s players are usually on the receiving end of the fines, but the blatant, demeaning, disgusting, actions of Cleveland Cavaliers’ owner Dan Gilbert in writing that filthy letter he claimed was to the fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers must’ve [...]
*NBA Commissioner David Stern hit Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert with a $100,000 fine for his scathing post-“Decision” remarks against LeBron James posted Thursday at the team’s Web site. And while he was at it, Stern also took time to criticize Rev. Jesse Jackson for suggesting Gilbert’s comments reflect a “property-owner’s mentality.” [Watch Stern's press [...]
*The NBA has approved Michael Jordan’s bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats, and commissioner David Stern expects the league’s board of governors to approve the $275 million purchase by the end of next week, the AP reported. Jordan will become the first former player to own an NBA team and the second black majority owner [...]
*NBA commissioner David Stern has suspended Gilbert Arenas for the rest of the season, according to the reports, and the Washington Wizards’ star has reportedly told associates that he will not appeal the league’s decision. Arenas had been suspended indefinitely without pay in early January for his role in an incident with teammate Javaris Crittenton [...]
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