For the first time in the life of the collective bargaining agreement born out of the 1998-99 lockout, the New York Knicks avoided the luxury tax.  Marc Berman of the New York Post reports that the Knicks finished $3 million shy of the dollar-for-dollar luxury tax penalty. What do the Knicks get for this? Well, […]

Fans around the NBA may not realize this, but Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy is a really smart coach. Few coaches go into the level of detail that Van Gundy gets into with the Magic — if you ever have the pleasure to see a Stan Van Gundy white board like I have, […]

The NFL lockout is over. Football fans got what they wanted and will be able to file into stadiums on time for those always exciting preseason games and regular season games. Fans do not really care about money squabbles — even when they are forking over nearly $250 per ticket for a regular season game […]

Virtual basketball, unlike real basketball, is not locked out. And the top basketball video game for the last 10-plus years is featuring some of the all-time greats for its cover after successfully integrating Michael Jordan into the game last year. Yes, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird will have their own covers to go along with […]

So you are a multi-millionaire. And you are not allowed to go to work or prepare for your job because you do not know when your seasonal employment will begin. You cannot talk to your boss or even the guy that helps you with training and rehabilitation because, well, those are the rules. You try […]

Nobody likes talking about. It is an elephant in the room, akin to kicking somebody out of the club. No owner likely will go for it and the players would not like to see the league lose 12-15 potential jobs. Yet, every time we reach a near labor impasse, it rears its ugly head. The […]

Sekou Smith of the NBA.com Hang Time Blog reported Sunday the schedule for the 2011-12 season will be released Tuesday, with NBA TV airing a schedule-release special at 2 p.m. At least in this way during the lockout, the NBA is operating normally, maybe even a little earlier. Typically the schedule is released in late […]

Amidst the announcement that Shaquille O’Neal will join the TNT crew on Inside the NBA, Shaquille O’Neal still has some personal turmoil to deal with. Remember that strange lawsuit against O’Neal that alleged he was involved in some strange kidnapping/sex tape scandal? New, even more outrageous and fantastical (Shaq-tastical perhaps?) allegations have been added to […]

David Kahn is back on the hunt now that he has finally removed Kurt Rambis from limbo and sent him back among the unemployed. He is looking for HIS coach. He thought he found him when he hired Rambis after a prolonged search after he took over as the Timberwolves’ general manager, fired Kevin McHale […]

Europe is the new buzz word for NBA players. It is their great threat to the owners during this lockout: you won’t pay us to play basketball, we will go overseas, make our millions and make the NBA compete with Euroleague for players. OK, maybe that is a little far fetched at this point. Players […]

There is only so many ways of saying this lockout is going to take a long time. The NBA is out of order believe it or not. While the league may not be losing the kind of money they claim, they are certainly not in good shape. The reasons for the lockout are pretty clear […]

Kobe Bryant technically does not have a job right now. He is not getting paid, he can’t talk to his employers. He might be considered among the ranks of the unemployed at this point. However, if he’s ever in a pinch for money (not that he would be with approximate $196 million in basketball earnings […]

Paul Pierce is going all in this lockout. Well, not quite yet. Pierce is in the World Series of Poker and does not seem to be doing too bad. He has survived the first round of the Main Event at the World Series of Poker and is drawing some praise from “poker guys.” “The NBA […]

With the NBA lockout in full swing everyone seems to think many NBA players will try to find jobs overseas. Rudy Fernandez flirted with heading to Spain during the lockout before deciding to honor his contract in the NBA (now with the Mavericks). Tony Parker suggested at one point he might play in France while […]

In case you were wondering, the NBA’s lockout has no effect on the WNBA. I know that stray thought entered my mind when considering the possible ramifications the lockout might have on the NBA’s other operations. Six of the 12 teams in the WNBA are owned and operated by NBA teams. For these teams facilities […]