MIAMI — NBA arenas are about to be unlocked. For the first time since the lockout began on July 1, NBA players are going to be welcomed back to their team facilities, said league spokesman Tim Frank. The league sent a memo to clubs Tuesday announcing the move, plus giving teams permission to begin speaking [...]
Archive for November, 2011
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Sources: NBA Trying to Push Age Limit to 20
While NBA owners and representatives for the players have a handshake agreement on the broad points of a new labor deal, there are a host of other elements that still need to be worked out before the league hopes to re-open. One element that has repercussions beyond the league is its age requirement for eligibility, [...]
NBA Odds for the 2011-12 Season
Odds to win 2012 NBA Championship Miami Heat 9/4 Los Angeles Lakers 5/1 Chicago Bulls 7/1 Oklahoma City Thunder 15/2 Dallas Mavericks 17/2 Boston Celtics 12/1 New York Knicks 20/1 Orlando Magic 22/1 Memphis Grizzlies 25/1 San Antonio Spurs 25/1 Portland Trail Blazers 30/1 Atlanta Hawks 50/1 Los Angeles Clippers 50/1 Denver Nuggets 75/1 Houston Rockets 75/1 New Jersey Nets 75/1 Phoenix Suns 75/1 Utah [...]
2011-12 NBA Season to end June 26; Draft two days after
November 28th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in 2011 NBA Preseason, 2011-12 NBA Season, 2012 NBA Draft, Main, NBA News If the 2012 NBA Finals goes to a Game 7, it would take place on June 26. Two days after, the 2012 NBA Draft will be held on June 28. Also, each NBA team will play two preseason games this season.
New “Amnesty Rule” something worth watching
The “Amnesty contract” is in play for the 2011-12 NBA season. Each team is permitted to waive one player to any season of the CBA (only for contracts in place at inception of the CBA) and have 100% of the player’s salary removed from team salary for Cap and Tax purposes. I will be extremely [...]
Source: NBA season will run from Christmas to April 26
The NBA’s season will run Dec. 25-April 26, a league source told ESPN. The 66-game season will include 48 conference games, down from 52 last season, according to a Sunday report in The New York Times. With only 18 games against teams from the other conference, teams will not visit every NBA city. Teams will [...]
Players receive 51.2 percent; Free Agency begins Dec. 9
In a memo to union members Saturday night obtained by ESPN.com, NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter told players that they will receive a 51.2 percent share of Basketball Related Income in the 2011-12 season. After months of talk with the owners on the annual revenue split, which saw the players drop more than [...]
NBA ends lockout; 66-game season begins Christmas
NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season on Christmas Day. Neither side provided many specifics but said the only words players and fans wanted to hear. We want to play basketball,” NBA commissioner David Stern said. After a secret meeting [...]
