October 21st, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in 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 [...]
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NBA Lockout Resumes; Talks Still At A Standstill After Players Reject 50-50 Split
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NBA cancels first two weeks of regular season; 82 games unexpected
NBA commissioner David Stern cancelled the first two weeks of the season Monday, advising players and fans that a full 82-game season is unlikely to be played. “With every day that goes by, I think we need to look at further reductions in what’s left of the season,” said Stern, who doubts a full 82-game [...]
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 [...]
Sources: Dwayne Wade gets “heated” with commissioner Stern; NBA talks continue Saturday
Feeling a “sense of urgency” to get a deal done quickly, NBA players and owners met for more than four hours Friday and resumed talks Saturday morning. The Friday meetings produced some tense moments, as Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat yelled while making pointed remarks to commissioner David Stern, a source close to the [...]
NBA commissioner Stern: “season, or not a season, at risk this weekend”
Entering its 90th day of the lockout, NBA commissioner David Stern is intent on getting a deal done. Stern said: “I’m focused on let’s get the two committees in and see whether they can either have a season or not have a season, and that’s what’s at risk this weekend.” At a minimum, sources said, [...]
NBA labor talks set for Friday, possibly extending to weekend
Are we inching closer to starting the NBA season on time? NBA owners and players will meet Friday and perhaps through the weekend, with commissioner David Stern warning there are “enormous consequences at play” as the sides try to preserve an on-time start to the season. Union executive director Billy Hunter has called for his [...]
Sources: NBA to delay training camp, exhibition games?
The NBA is likely to announce Friday that it will postpone the beginning of training camp and the initial set of preseason contests after a negotiating meeting Thursday in New York between the players union director Billy Hunter and commissioner David Stern concluded without a labor agreement or progress toward one soon, league sources reported. [...]
NBA and Its Players to Meet with Mediator
The federal mediator who sat with the NFL and its players during their labor dispute will try to push opposing sides of the NBA lockout closer together in the latest bid to save the season. George Cohen, who serves as director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and was an early staple of NFL [...]