NBA, Union To Meet Tuesday
Officials from the NBA and its players' union are finalizing details of a bargaining session that will take place Tuesday in New York and possibly extend to Wednesday, a person familiar with the details told CBSSports.com.
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Officials from the NBA and its players' union are finalizing details of a bargaining session that will take place Tuesday in New York and possibly extend to Wednesday, a person familiar with the details told CBSSports.com.
Kaman's tweet just says "might have a full season" which isn't anything all that earth-shattering.
As expected, the NBA on Friday indefinitely postponed the start of training camps and canceled preseason games scheduled from Oct. 9-15 -- a total of 43 games -- because it has yet to reach a new collective bargaining agreement with the players.
No labor deal, no training camps and no telling what else the NBA could lose.
While providing no details of his latest meeting with locked out players, Commissioner David Stern is acknowledging that "the calendar is not our friend" when it comes to keeping the NBA season intact.
Staff members from the NBA and players' association have met, and top negotiators from both sides will talk Thursday.
With time running short on efforts to preserve an on-time start to the NBA season, the league and players' association will have a staff-level meeting Wednesday.
The Detroit Pistons have completed their coaching staff.
The Detroit Pistons have agreed to terms with former NBA players Dee Brown and Roy Rogers to become assistants on the staff of new head coach Lawrence Frank.
New Jersey Nets coach Avery Johnson says assistant John Loyer is leaving to join new Detroit coach Lawrence Frank with the Pistons.
Full committees of NBA owners and players met Tuesday with a hint of progress on the economic split but no signs of compromise on the hard salary cap owners are trying to impose.
NBA owners and players are meeting again Tuesday, this time with their full bargaining committees as the negotiations to end the league's lockout reach an important stage.
Preseason games don't matter in a lot of ways. They don't make money, they don't do a lot in terms of tuning up teams.
There has been talk of a revised draft being discussed in the CBA negotiations for some time.
It will be a busy day Wednesday in the NBA labor case, with another bargaining session featuring only the heaviest hitters and activity in the league's federal lawsuit against the players, as well.
