November 26th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in 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 [...]
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NBA still pushing to start season on Christmas Day
Representatives for the league and the locked-out players in the NBA’s ongoing labor dispute, which reached its 146th day Wednesday, have re-opened negotiations to make one last run at trying to start the season on Christmas Day. The two sides agreed Monday to resume talks for the first time in nearly two weeks, according to [...]
Source: NBA games axed through December 15
The NBA formally notified teams Tuesday that it has canceled games through Dec. 15, a source told ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard. The news comes one day after the the players’ union rejected the owners’ latest offer and announced its intention to disband and file an antitrust lawsuit against the league. NBA players’ association executive [...]
BREAKING NEWS: NBAPA rejects latest proposal
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
