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Will the working relationship between the NBA and the NBPA be too contentious for the good of the game?
At some point, whether it's this week, next week, next month, or sometime next year, the NBA will be back in business and the players will play once again for the fans in the 28 markets (two teams in New York and two in LA) it serves. It is not surprising that many casual fans who only care about...
NBA Lockout Negotiations Headed in Right Direction as Players and Owners Agree to Order Papa John's
This past Wednesday, the Player's Association renewed lockout negotiations with the NBA at a Manhattan-area hotel. Though little progress was expected to be made on the lockout negotiations which so far have resulted only in verbal sniping from both sides, the meeting Wednesday showed dramatic...
Lockout could erase season
http://ow.ly/5Es3Z Here is a portion of the column in Thursday's paper: The owners claim 22 of the league’s 30 teams are losing a total of $370 million per year and insist the entire financial structure must be overhauled for the league to survive. For obvious reasons, the players like the...
Column: Lockout could hinder Sixers' progress
http://ow.ly/4FSH0 Here is a taste of my Sunday column: While the Sixers' lack of a No. 1 scorer is glaring, the first priority should be acquiring a big, physical center. Though he's a pretty good offensive big man, 22-year-old Spencer Hawes is not an interior defensive force. Hawes will become an...
It's called karma, Mr. Stern
So, no Kobe vs. LeBron. It's hard not to be upset. It really is. Cleveland-LA would have been great. Could have been great. There was the potential for a seven-game series, and lots of close games decided by the two best players in the world. Now that that's out of the way, we can get to the...
among the best commissioners of all time in all sports.
I was browsing the nba webpage and saw a link to an article: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jack_mccallum/01/29/stern.main/index.html?eref=T1 Now I understand that rule one of reading on the internet is to know your sources. Anything published on NBA.com is not free media, but...
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