November 14th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in Will we have a 2011-12 NBA season? Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter and the NBA Players Association have just rejected the league-owners latest offer. The NBAPA has filed a “disclaimer of interest”, not a decertification of the union, and thus, will work for a better deal. The disclaimer of interest is a less extensive process than decertifying. The [...]
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League proposes Players a revised deal; 72-Game Season starting December 15?
UPDATE: “No way this deal gets taken (by the players). They didn’t move on any system issues that concerned us. It’s still basically (like) a hard cap with very restrictive rules for player movement.” – A source connected to the players’ union NEW YORK — NBA players broke off negotiations with the league Thursday night, [...]
Let’s do this again: Deadline passes, talks continue Thursday
The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association negotiated Wednesday for eight hours past the league’s stated 5 p.m. ET deadline for a deal and made sufficient-enough progress to schedule another round of talks for noon ET, Thursday. Officials on both sides spoke modestly about what was achieved during a session that lasted 12 hours [...]
Players union rejects Stern, owners’ latest offer
UPDATE: Sources said 16 teams would take the current deal on the table. NEW YORK — NBA players made it clear Tuesday: No deal. No fear of commissioner David Stern’s ultimatum, either. “The current offer on the table from the NBA is one that we cannot accept,” players’ association president Derek Fisher said. Instead, the [...]
Sources: NBA to announce more cancellation of games
With talks between the NBA’s locked-out players and owners breaking off, commissioner David Stern will announce the cancellation of more games Friday, sources told ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard. While the two sides made major progress on the “system” issues during talks Friday, the split of basketball-related income is still holding up a deal, sources [...]
Source: NBA to cancel at least two more weeks of Regular Season
UPDATE: Reps for NBA owners & players did indeed conduct a lengthy talk Monday, sources said. However, it’s unclear whether or not it was done in person or via phone. No future meetings have been scheduled. The NBA plans to cancel two more weeks of its regular season, a source told the New York Daily [...]
NBA Lockout Resumes; Talks Still At A Standstill After Players Reject 50-50 Split
Three days and 30 hours’ worth of talks ended on a nasty note Thursday in NBA labor negotiations. And only one thing seemed fairly certain: more games were likely to be cut. Possibly even the season. Players insist that’s the outcome owners wanted all along — “preordained,” as union executive director Billy Hunter said. “We’ve [...]
NBA union president Derek Fisher on Tuesday meeting: “Today was not the day to get this done”
UPDATE: “By Monday, we will have no choice but to cancel the first two weeks of the season,” NBA commissioner David Stern said. The progress players and owners had been hoping for to preserve the 2011-12 NBA season did not come to fruition in collective bargaining talks on Tuesday, union president Derek Fisher said. “We [...]
