Gregg Popovich sent his best players home prior to San Antonio’s game in Miami. The Spurs head coach felt his aging team needed a break after a long trip. For that, and for keeping it a secret, the Spurs were fined $250,000 by the NBA. Commissioner David Stern didn’t appreciate Popovich’s ploy to rest Tim … [Read more…]
NBA Commissioner David Stern will retire on Feb. 1, 2014, 30 years after he took charge of the league. He will be replaced by Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver. The announcement came at an NBA Board of Governors meeting Thursday. Stern told owners during their two days of meetings of his plans, and the board unanimously … [Read more…]
LeBron James opened a new can of worms last summer with his controversial “Decision.” Chris Paul and Dwight Howard are now following James’ villainous lead, holding their teams hostage by refusing to sign long-term deals with their current teams. Paul is on his way to the Los Angeles Clippers after the Hornets were unable to … [Read more…]
NBA commissioner David Stern sent out a note to all-access NBA fans via email on Tuesday. Stern thanked the fans for their support throughout the lockout and promised that each NBA team will hold a “special event” to make up for the stress the five-month lockout brought to the league and its loyal followers. Here … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
After a nonproductive day on the collective bargaining table with the players’ association NBA commissioner David Stern and his deputy Adam Silver said on Tuesday that the 2011-12 NBA preseason has been wiped out, and if no new deal is in place by Oct. 10 then Stern has no choice but to cancel the first … [Read more…]