Hanley: Time Is Running Out On NBA
Wednesday will be the league's D-Day, according to commissioner David Stern.
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Wednesday will be the league's D-Day, according to commissioner David Stern.
The announcement Thursday that negotiations to end the NBA lockout would resume were followed by reports that some players are investigating the possibility of decertifying the union.
Mitch Lawrence of The New York Daily News joined The Mully and Hanley Show to break down the NBA lockout.
Four full weeks of the NBA season have been canceled by commissioner David Stern, and while early reports indicate the league and Player's Association are "95 percent" finished with a deal, one NBA insider doesn't think it's that close.
Talks to end the NBA lockout broke down Friday afternoon, and Ken Berger of CBS Sports joined The Boers and Bernstein Show to discuss the current state of negotiations.
The move came Friday after labor negotiations broke down for the second time in a week.
According to Amick, there is some reason to be optimistic.
There's still time for the NBA to salvage an entire 82-game season, but that time is quickly running out.
NBA and players' association representatives met for 15 hours Wednesday, and a published report says officials are hoping that a full season can be salvaged.
Derrick Rose has established himself among the elite NBA players in just three seasons. His salary, however, doesn't come anywhere near the top in the league, let alone his own team.
David Stern and Billy Hunter are still hard at work trying to save the NBA season but it appears that many of the league's top stars are getting ready to hit the road for a two-week world tour that will consist of six games spanning across four continents.
The marathon NBA bargaining sessions have taken their toll on Commissioner David Stern.
Searching for progress to end the NBA lockout, owners and players held another lengthy bargaining session Wednesday despite the departure of Commissioner David Stern.
NBA players and owners spent a marathon 16 hours meeting with a federal mediator and planned to return early Wednesday to continue the talks.
NBA players and owners met for more than 10 hours with a federal mediator, hoping to deliver the progress Commissioner David Stern says is needed to avoid canceling more games.
The unemployment rate is still high, and yet, here we sports fans are again, listening to another group of millionaires and billionaires argue over money.
The fate of the NBA's season could rest on Tuesday's meetings.
NBA owners apparently weren't bluffing when they said they wanted competitive balance just as much as a chance to profit.
National Basketball Players Association Director Billy Hunter has said repeatedly that the NBA's intention was always to cancel 2011-12 regular-season games.
Facing a Monday deadline to reach a deal or have regular-season games canceled, NBA owners and players have resumed talks toward ending the lockout.
Derek Fisher emerged from a meeting with NBA officials and, as he as all summer, reported no breakthrough on a new labor deal.
Top negotiators for the NBA and players' association will meet Sunday night in perhaps the last chance to avoid canceled regular-season games, according to a person with knowledge of the plans.
Carmelo Anthony fully expects the NBA to cancel some regular-season games soon, and said players around the league have been bracing to hear that grim news.
Dear David Stern, Billy Hunter, various grim-faced lawyers, union representatives, hired-gun economists, and rank-and-file ballers: don't take this season from Derrick Rose.
With no meetings scheduled between no and then, the hope of having a complete regular season is fading, but K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune think there still will be basketball.
