Browsing Tag David Stern
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20 June 2012 at 10 : 14 AM
Stern defends himself well in Rome interview
Congratulations to David Stern for 'pushing back' at talk show host Jim Rome in an interview today on his radio show. Rome asked Stern in an interview if the NBA lottery was fixed and Stern tersely threw a similar incriminating question back at Rome which was "Did you beat your wife today?". Rome immediately justified his ability to ask the question by ...
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20 June 2012 at 10 : 20 AM
No one should feel sorry for Seattle
The sports news media is wrong in being sorry for Seattle basketball fans due to the Oklahoma City advancing to the NBA Finals. They should focus on how a struggling franchise in Seattle has been reinvigorated by a great fan base in a small market city like Oklahoma City. The NBA had a chance to see it when the Hornets had to play games in Oklahoma City ...
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11 May 2012 at 16 : 25 PM
Due to the lockout, no asterisk for new Champs.
Especially in this short season, the issue of whether the new NBA champion should have an asterisk next to their name gains traction. It gets it more than ever in the current playoff tournament because of the plague of injuries which has swept over every team. Derrick Rose is lost in Game 1 of the Bulls-Sixers series, Iman Shumpert and Baron Davis were lost ...
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29 November 2011 at 19 : 07 PM
Was there any point in the Lockout?
So the season is set to being on Christmas Day, December 25th with a triple header that will showcase 6 of the NBA's most popular teams (Celtics vs Knicks, Heat vs Mavericks, Lakers vs Bulls). Seems like a great way to start the shortened 66 game season off with a bang! By opening up the season with 3 marquee games the NBA is bringing in the new year ...
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9 November 2011 at 11 : 34 AM
NBPA to Owners: We reject the offer, but let’s keep talking
The NBA Players Association and its representatives do not have the slightest clue what they are negotiating for or they stink at negotiating. In a immature reply to the owners, Derek Fisher and Billy Hunter gathered for yet another press conference and told the media they rejected the owners latest proposal--but they wanted to keep talking. Hunter, very ...
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7 November 2011 at 22 : 08 PM
Derek Fisher needs to show courage
The negotiations on a new collective-bargaining agreement are at crossroads, an impasse, between a rock and a hard place, ad inf. David Stern and the owners are setting a Wednesday deadline for the NBPA and its Union to accept a deal or it will be erased and a new, less acceptable deal to the players will be submitted. The next one, as Stern has noted, will ...
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11 October 2011 at 06 : 27 AM
First two weeks canceled, Season next?
Its official. The first two weeks of the regular season have canceled as reported by numerous news outlets from an announcement made tonight by NBA commissioner David Stern. None of the meetings between owners and players have resulted in any progress. If the NBA lockout were a proposition bet in a Las Vegas sportsbook parlor, it would be for the over/under ...
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4 August 2011 at 15 : 03 PM
Playing a ‘game of chicken’ for $9B
The comments from players and owners regarding the NBA lockout is not good. Both sides appear ready for a long, drawn out battle. Even Billy Hunter, NBPA Union Director, is stating that the 2011-12 season is in danger of being canceled if an agreement can't be resolved. David Stern and Derek Fisher have been snapping at one another through interviews with ...
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22 July 2011 at 06 : 56 AM
Examining NBA Contraction
Lebron is for it. So is Magic Johnson. But how many teams would the league eliminate? two? three? maybe more? The last expansion in the NBA was in 1993, with the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors. Since then, Vancouver moved to Memphis and Toronto has floundered, not being able to hold onto its players like Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady and Chris ...
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27 February 2011 at 00 : 51 AM
A Player Run League?
As we inch closer to the Playoffs and excitement builds around the great races in each conference, one must sit back and take stock of the current landscape of the NBA. The current collective bargaining agreement is set to expire at the conclusion of the 2010/2011 NBA Season and no new agreement is in sight. It's evident that the League must take back ...
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