December 9th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in The National Basketball Association is “officially” back. Commissioner David Stern announced that owners and players ratified a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday, the final step to ending the five-month lockout and paving the way for training camps and free agency to open Friday. “It’s a new beginning in a way,” he said. “It’s going to [...]
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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, [...]
Sources: Players, Owners hold meeting at 1 ET
A meeting Wednesday between the NBA’s owners and its locked-out players is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET in New York, sources told ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard. Logistics for the meeting currently are being worked out. The NBA Players Association rejected the league’s latest labor proposal Tuesday but had asked for one more bargaining session [...]
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 [...]
Players receive Wednesday deadline to accept deal on table
NEW YORK — Commissioner David Stern gave NBA players an offer and a deadline: Accept a chance to earn up to 51 percent of basketball-related income by Wednesday or get ready for a deal that’s a whole lot worse. He wouldn’t call it an ultimatum, but it didn’t sure sit well with the union. 5 [...]
NBA cancels all November games; no full 82-game schedule
Prepare to get your College basketball fix for the month of November, NBA fanatics. With talks between the NBA’s locked-out players and owners breaking off Friday without a deal, commissioner David Stern has announced the cancellation of games through Nov. 30th and that the NBA will not play a full season “under any circumstances.” “It’s [...]
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 [...]
Friday’s the Day!
NEW YORK – Setting up the next and most pivotal day in the NBA labor talks, negotiators will convene Friday with what commissioner David Stern described as “resolve” to finally close the gap and agree to the two key elements of a new collective bargaining agreement: the system and the split of revenues. “I can’t [...]
