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WHY STERN DIDN’T CANCEL NBA SEASON

November 26, 2011 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

The Wall Street Journal recently published a story on the economic impact of the NBA lockout to the networks and advertisers. The amount of money lost had the 2011-12 season been canceled is astronomical. Money is the main reason why there was a lockout in the first place, but money was also the reason why … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: ABC, Billy Hunter, Dan Gilbert, david stern, ESPN, Jerry Buss, Mark Cuban, Micky Arison, NBA lockout, Peter Holt, TNT

NBA PLAYERS SLAP SUIT ON OWNERS

November 15, 2011 by Joel Huerto 2 Comments

Commissioner David Stern and his band of greedy NBA owners had been basking in the glow of their complete annihilation of the players on the negotiating table. The owners wanted a higher luxury tax on teams that go over the salary cap threshold, they got it. The owners wanted to reduce the years on guaranteed … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Adam Silver, Billy Hunter, david stern, Derek Fisher, NBA lockout

FISHER NOT ALONE IN NBA LABOR FIGHT

November 2, 2011 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

By now most of you have read Jason Whitlock’s column on Fox Sports about the relationship between Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher, the National Basketball Players Association president, and NBA commissioner David Stern. That was followed with another Whitlock column about a rift between Fisher and union executive director Billy Hunter. According to Whitlock, … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Adam Silver, Billy Hunter, David Aldridge, david stern, Derek Fisher, Jason Whitlock, NBA lockout

GEORGE COHEN: MAN IN THE MIDDLE

October 20, 2011 by Joel Huerto 1 Comment

The NBA has a messy divorce on its doorstep. The NBA players association want their share of the basketball-related income (BRI) and don’t want to be capped on their spending habits, while the owners claim they are out of money and blame the players for maxing out their credit cards. So, with billions of dollars … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Billy Hunter, david stern, Derek Fisher, federal mediation service, George Cohen, NBA lockout

2011 LOCKOUT SEQUEL TO ’98 LABOR STRIFE

October 13, 2011 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

Back in 1998, the NBA suffered a huge financial setback and public relations black eye when the league wiped 32 regular-season games and the best it could do was put together a 50-game schedule that started in January. Union executive director Billy Hunter was asked who won or lost in the collective bargaining war and … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Adam Silver, Billy Hunter, Charles Barkley, david stern, Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, NBA lockout, Rashard Lewis, reggie miller, Russ Granik

KEY LOCKOUT ISSUES FACING FISHER & CO.

October 10, 2011 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

The NBA regular season is now on it’s 11th hour and 59 minutes. The preseason is gone and now the league is threatening to cancel the first two weeks of the real games unless some semblance of a new collective bargaining agreement is reached on Monday. Players union president Derek Fisher and union executive Billy … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Billy Hunter, Derek Fisher, NBA lockout

CAN THE NBA SEASON BE SAVED?

September 24, 2011 by Joel Huerto 1 Comment

The first significant dent to the 2011-12 NBA season was delivered Friday when the league announced that training camps have been postponed and 43 preseason games were removed from the calendar. All games from Oct. 9-15 are off, the league said. Camps were expected to open Oct. 3 but that seems likely to change too. … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Billy Hunter, Dan Gilbert, david stern, Derek Fisher, NBA lockout, Robert Sarver

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