nba lockout
Los Angeles Lakers basketball player and NBA players’ union president Derek Fisher holds a press briefing following a meeting with team owners on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 in New York. [1]
NBA commissioner and seemingly all-powerful deity David Stern said Tuesday after the owners meeting that there was still time to avoid an NBA lockout starting Friday. [...] NBA players union executive director Billy Hunter said that if real progress was made during a last-ditch meeting between the owners and players Thursday, the owners might well postpone the start of a lockout. [2]
The last NBA lockout, which began in July 1998, did not end until January 1999, and the season was shortened to 50 games. [3]
An NBA lockout seems almost a certainty as commissioner David Stern, the league’s owners and players simply are nowhere close to finding common ground on financial issues. [4]
And make no mistake; an NBA lockout would be a catastrophe, for it would see the revenue these dolts are arguing over drop precipitously. [5]
Barkley went on to praise David Stern, but commented the NBA commissioner must do some serious dealing for the season to start without some form of a lockout. [6]
Bartender Greg Mickelson said an NBA lockout would indeed hurt their customer base. [7]
The first of many looks at the looming NBA lockout. [8]
With the NBA now on the verge of entering another lockout - the current collective bargaining agreement expires Thursday - Hill has no regrets about the players’ last extended labor battle. [9]
The NBA is moving inexorably toward a lockout that would begin after the current collective bargaining agreement expires on June 30; and the way things have been going it almost seems like there’s no getting around it. [5]
In an interview with ESPN Radio New York, Charles Barkley said owner opposition to players’ ability to build super teams similar to the Miami Heat will ensure a lockout. [6]
NBA Commissioner David Stern speaks to reporters after the NBA owners meeting in Dallas Tuesday. [3]
But there’s a good chance they’ll get it if NBA players and team owners don’t come to an agreement by Thursday that would prevent a work stoppage just weeks after the league championship. [1]
His national NBA columns run twice each week on FOXSports.com. [8]
Sources:
[1] NBA Lockout Looms Large as Players and Owners Face Off - TIME …
[2] Is there any chance a lockout can be avoided? No …
[3] Lengthy NBA lockout looms, with owners and players …
[4] NBA lockout appears inevitable with owners, players …
[5] NBA lockout dilemma: Confessions of an ignorant fan
[6] Barkley says NBA needs miracle to avoid lockout - NBA - Sporting News
[7] Looming NBA Lockout Could Impact Indy Businesses
[8] Countdown to the NBA lockout, Part I
[9] Hill: Players learned from lockout - NBA - Yahoo! Sports