Over the past three days it has appeared, to NBA diehards, that the 2011 NBA lockout was rapidly coming to an end. But while the casual fans debate parlays and proposition bets for the upcoming NFL weekend, a small group of NBA lifers were quietly sitting at home hitting refresh on their Twitter accounts. Over and over again. Sadly, I now sit in my Minneapolis area … [Read more...] about Source: NBA Set to Cancel Games Through November
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Disparity in NBA Player Salary Often Leads to Winning, Says Case Study
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
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)
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
NBA Lockout News, and Timberwolves Coaching Search Update
Since the NBA lockout began on July 1st, there has been very little updates on negotiations between the player's union and the owners. That is until Tuesday when the NBA filed a lawsuit against the Players Association. The lawsuit is a tactic the league and the owners will use in an attempt to protect themselves from the union decertifying to gain leverage against the … [Read more...] about NBA Lockout News, and Timberwolves Coaching Search Update