With the National Basketball Association (NBA) group of owners locking out their players this basketball season more sports fans are taking interest in terms like "revenue share," and "luxury tax." Terminology and topics usually reserved for the business section is now making its way to the front page of the sports section. In the wake of yesterday's epic fail of player-owner … [Read more...] about Disparity in NBA Player Salary Often Leads to Winning, Says Case Study
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Dear NBA, Why do You Suck So Much at Life? (Lockout Update)
I hope you're ready to go "all in" (I bring that up because here in the Chicago sports world that phrase has a new double meaning, and it's associated with abject failure) with watching college basketball and hockey. Because abject failure describes exactly how the latest round of labor talks went yesterday. The NBA negotiations made zero progress, and it looks very likely … [Read more...] about Dear NBA, Why do You Suck So Much at Life? (Lockout Update)
The Skinny, no Anorexic, NBA Lockout Update
NBA content is absolutely dying on the web these days. It's where web traffic goes to die. Stories on the painted decals of Michael Jordan's plane?? DON'T CARE!!!! It's gotten so bad that I almost posted a story about the Indiana Pacers Roy Hibbert making an appearance on NBC's "Parks and Recreation." I encountered nothing else that was more exciting of NBA theme this week. … [Read more...] about The Skinny, no Anorexic, NBA Lockout Update
NBA MVPs Derrick Rose, Kobe Bryant Possibly Headed to Play Overseas?
Did you hear that? It's the sound of NBA appeal and influence in this country falling hard to the floor. Due to the ongoing labor crisis, the league cancelled a big chunk of preseason games last week. Within another few days, it'll probably be time to cancel the rest of the preseason. And you know what comes after that...casualties in the regular season, and with it, an erosion … [Read more...] about NBA MVPs Derrick Rose, Kobe Bryant Possibly Headed to Play Overseas?
NBA Lockout Continues, Former Nebraska Cornhusker Forms Community Basketball League
Many experts believe the entire 2011-12 NBA season might be in serious jeopardy. The official word from the NBA: During the lockout, players will not receive their salaries; teams will not negotiate, sign or trade player contracts; players will not be able to use team facilities for any purpose; and teams will not conduct or facilitate any summer camps, exhibitions, … [Read more...] about NBA Lockout Continues, Former Nebraska Cornhusker Forms Community Basketball League