NBA Settlement Comes As Welcome News To Local Businesses
The proposed NBA settlement is good news for restaurants and other businesses near Staples Center that rely on potential business from the nearly 19,000 basketball fans who fill the arena.
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The proposed NBA settlement is good news for restaurants and other businesses near Staples Center that rely on potential business from the nearly 19,000 basketball fans who fill the arena.
The NBA players have rejected the league's latest offer and are beginning the process to disband the union. The decision likely jeopardizes the season.
Without a deal, Stern must decide whether to add more cancellations to the two weeks that have already been lost.
Although his name was mentioned by tour organizers, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that James "not only won't be part of NBA world tour but had never committed to [the] project in [the] first place."
A person with knowledge of the plans says officials from the NBA and players' association will meet Wednesday, less than a week after three days of talks with a federal mediator couldn't produce a deal to end the lockout.
The New York Times reports that the NBA will craft an entirely new 2011-2012 schedule once the lockout finally ends, sending the schedule released back in July to the scrap heap.
After 24 ½ hours of meetings with NBA owners and players over two days, George Cohen went to the only place someone hoping to cling to some shred of sanity would go.
As most NBA players are out of jobs, you may have seen more and more commercials by some of the NBA Stars.
Blake Griffin will miss this Sunday's charity game in Oklahoma City because of a cut on his right foot that "required a couple stitches," according to ESPN.com. Griffin cut his foot while in the ocean, apparently.
Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Gordon says he doesn't expect NBA players to give up the labor fight against the owners any time soon.
JaVale McGee only acknowledged the inevitable Friday when the Washington Wizards center said a few NBA players are "ready to fold" in their contentious labor negotiations with the league.y
NBA All-Stars Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin will play on opposite teams in a charity basketball game next week in Oklahoma City.
One day after the NBA announced that it was cancelling the first two weeks of the regular season after failed negotiations with the National Basketball Players Association, ESPN.com reports that the union has scheduled its next major meeting to discuss the state of affairs.
Last we left our negotiating heroes, Billy Hunter had drawn a line in the sand: The players were prepared to make a significant economic move, but only if the owners dropped their insistence on a hard cap.
The Goodman, Melo and Drew Leagues are getting all the pub for good summer hoops featuring NBA players. But one hidden gem (or gym) to catch a number of NBA players getting in some run is at UCLA.
