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*Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan has been on both sides of the fence and has a pretty well rounded perspective on the whole NBA drama. He says while the collective bargaining agreement that was recently reached is a step toward improving balancing the league, it’s far from perfect. According to the Associated Press, he opposed [...]
*Since the NBA lockout is over, fans can kiss the “Homecoming Tour” good-bye. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and other stars who were scheduled to play, say they now have to get ready for the NBA season with its shortened schedule of 66 games. The four-city basketball showcase was to begin on Dec. 1 in the [...]
*The NBA lockout has inspired some creativity among the pros, which are forced to find other means of income, entertainment, and good basketball. Some of the leading players, including LeBron James, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony, are digging deep to please the fans and establish an unofficial season of basketball. The All-Star group [...]
*While the source might not be the most ideal – after all, this is a man who once made a YouTube video of himself eating Vaseline – Stephon Marbury’s points on Michael Jordan bear some underlying truth to them. Jordan, the owner, could have painted himself as the great mediator of this whole situation – [...]
*In the 1760s and 1770s the land owners in North America got into a dispute with the land owners in England. The result was the American Revolution. And facing the most formidable fighting force on the planet at that time, the land owners in North America had to convince the majority of men in the [...]
*A few days after tweeting that “hardline” Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan “has never been with the real,” Stephon Marbury, currently playing in China, apparently wasn’t finished, reports the sports blog Ball Don’t Lie. Jordan, who is said to be leading the charge to not only roll back the NBA’s offer of a 50/50 split [...]
*Kris Humphries’ marriage to Kim Kardashian may have gone sour and he may still be weathering the NBA lockout, but there is some good news—Chippendales has offered the 6 ft. 5” New Jersey Nets player a job in Vegas as a shirtless dancer. Ladies could soon get an eyeful of Humphries shaking his groove thang [...]
*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 [...]
*It looks like another bidding war is starting for LeBron James. With the NBA’s decision this week to cancel the first to games due to a lockout, the Miami Heat star has taken to Twitter to inquire about employment in other sports, specifically seeking info about the deadline to sign as an NFL free agent. [...]
*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 [...]
*It’s pretty much a done deal that Kobe Bryant will play in Italy during the NBA lockout, but scheduling in the Italian league remains a hurdle. The NBA superstar for the Los Angeles Lakers would be paid $3 million for the opening 40 days of the season according to an Associated Press report on Friday. [...]
*As the NBA lockout forges on, some of the league’s biggest ballers continue to take matters in their own hands and play anyway. The latest – an all-star exhibition game at Morgan State University in Baltimore. [Scroll down for ESPN's recap.] Kevin Durant, representing the Washington D.C.-based Goodman League, scored a game-high 59 points, but [...]
*NBA players have to be creative these days while the league is in lockout. So instead of playing ball, LA Clippers All-Star Blake Griffin decided to go to work for Will Ferrell on the hit comedy site, “Funny Or Die.” But he’s a part of the production portion. He’ll help write, shoot and edit the [...]
*The NBA lockout is becoming more and more of a possibility these days as nothing has been in motion for quite some time. Athletes are beginning to scratch every corner for extra income, including Meta World Peace, aka Ron Artest. According to reports, he’s currently in talks with “Dancing with the Stars” and is seriously [...]
*Los Angeles Laker all-star guard Kobe Bryant is in talks with Turkish basketball club Besiktas about possibly playing overseas during the NBA lockout. “It is a fact that Kobe Bryant’s managers have contacted us,” coach Ergin Ataman said Thursday, a week after Besiktas signed New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams. The club admitted that [...]
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