Unbeknownst to the general public and the media hoard that had been staking out various upscale Manhattan hotels during these negotiations, both sides

So it kind of went like this in the Real Madrid huddle as a play was being drawn up for Rudy Fernandez: Coach: We’re going to set up a simple play for Rudy to take the three and get us a possible 4-point play. Rudy, stay behind the three-point line. When you get the ball, […]

There’s any number of low-hanging fruit punchlines to choose from in response to Michael Beasley saying that he thinks he can become a leader amongst his Timberwolves teammates, but I don’t intend to select any of those. I’m actually going the other way here, and buying in low on Beasley’s ability to become just that. […]

I can’t tell you how many people I’ve seen or heard talk about giving up on the NBA.  They’re done, they say, with this sport that just doesn’t care about its fans.  “DONE,” they say.  And I believe them.  But they’ll be back, because according to history (via PBT), they’ll always be back. Statistical analysis […]

The owners and the players broke mediation sessions last week with some nasty rhetoric and fingers pointing at each other. It was not pretty and got everyone thinking that negotiations might be back to square one and whatever progress was made in those three days of mediation is completely gone. Nobody is quite sure when […]

I’ve written more than once on this and other spaces that the players have done a terrible PR job in this lockout.  They have largely, until recently, left the spin to others.   But now it seems like players are finally starting to throw some punches.  After Thursday’s Hindenburg ending to the talks, the Union […]

The NBA hadn’t invited the first ballot Hall of Famer to play amongst NBA All Stars when it was most recently in session, but now that it’s not, Allen Iverson is planning a game of his own.  Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Iverson is organizing a two game tournament of sorts to be played in […]

While the NBA players and owners are duking it out in meetings over a new collective bargaining agreement, China and Australia were duking it out old-school style. And by old-school I mean a good old-fashioned bench-clearing, chair-tossing brawl. The Melbourne Tigers and the Foshan Dralions took part in an exhibition game in China and as […]

Maybe the most frustrating part of these negotiations, if we can even really call them that, is the lack, of true movement by the NBA and the owners on systemic and financial issues.  Whatever movement that has been made has come grudgingly, and, in reality, represents little more than the NBA backing off its own […]

It is sometimes tough being a Magic fan these days (I should know). Earlier this week, an interview Howard had with Esquire was released and sent Magic fans and the NBA world back into the will-he, won’t-he leave Orlando mode. Dwight Howard is going to become a free agent, that is about all we know. […]

So you know how NBA teams cannot contact their players during the lockout? Well I’m sure the Detroit Pistons’ coaching staff would happily take the hefty fine to tell Jonas Jerebko to lay off ice skating with the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings. I mean, what can possibly happen to their 6-10, 230 lbs. player (who […]

Among all the doom-and-gloom reporting after Thursday’s talks are some points on which both sides actually did agree.  Howard Beck of the New York Times (h/t Sheridan Hoops) has a rundown of those points, incluidng an amnesty clause and “stretch exception”. There will be a one-time “amnesty” provision that will allow each team to waive […]