November 8th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in Is a deal to end the NBA lockout getting closer to completion? An ownership source told Yahoo Sports on Monday night, “If there were a couple of tweaks needed around the edges – not fundamental deal points – I believe there could be a deal if everything else is agreed upon. But there needs to [...]
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Source: No consensus with NBAPA on deal to end lockout
While the NBA Players Association’s executive committee is strongly against accepting the league’s recent “ultimatum” offer, it is not a certainty that the player reps who will meet with them Tuesday will feel the same way, a source close to the situation told ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard on Monday. The source said some of [...]
Sources: Kobe willing to accept 50-50 revenue split?
Lost in the shuffle of the recent Derek Fisher report on FoxSports.com was the hint that Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant is willing to accept a 50-50 deal. Two sources with knowledge of his thinking, meanwhile, told SI.com that Kobe has indeed made it known that he’s open to considering the down-the-middle split. Kobe, it is [...]
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 [...]
Infographic on the Predicted Economic Impact of the 2011 NBA Lockout
Negotiations for the new NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement have been pretty ugly so far, with both sides fighting over how to share the billions of dollars at stake in the future. With little hope in sight, the league is risking cancellation of part to all of the scheduled 2011-2012 season to work out an agreement [...]
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 [...]
