Owners Offer Revised Deal; Union to Gather With Reps Soon
The NBA and players union met for nearly 11 hours today in New York City in hopes of finally ending the lockout. However, the sides could not come to an agreement, but the parties did not leave empty handed. The…
Kobe Bryant Wants League and Union to Meet Prior to Deadline
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant wants the league and players union to meet in New York prior to David Stern's Wednesday deadline. Stern told the union that the current CBA proposal will stay on the table until Wednesday, and…
Shaq Blames Mitch Kupchak for Departure from Los Angeles
Former Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal talked about his career with the team in his book Shaq Uncut: My Story, and the latest released excerpt centers around his departure from Los Angeles. O'Neal essentially blames Lakers General Manager Mitch…
Lakers’ New Assistant Unsure How to Talk to Kobe
The newly hired Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach, Ettore Messina, is not sure how to talk to NBA superstar Kobe Bryant. Bryant is one of the most respected, and frankly most successful basketball players in the world, and Messina does…
Report: NBA and Union To Meet Saturday
According to sources, the league and players union will make their way back to the negotiating table this Saturday in New York. The sides have not met since last Friday after the BRI debate emerged. The parties had their own…
Players Union To Meet Thursday in New York
The NBA and players union do not have any meetings scheduled at this point, but sources say the players will gather on Thursday in New York. According to ESPN's Ric Bucher, the players will make their way to New York…
Owners, Union Hoping to Bring Back Federal Mediator
The league and players union may return to the negotiating table soon, according to sources, but they are hoping that federal mediator George Cohen will join them. Cohen tried to lift the NBA lockout in mid-October, but even his efforts failed to…
Pau Gasol Weighs in on Critics and Post-Season
The Los Angeles Lakers were swept out of the 2011 NBA Playoffs by the Dallas Mavericks, and Pau Gasol was lambasted by the public for his sub-par performance. In the ten playoffs games Gasol played in 2011, he averaged only 13.1 points…
Report: Kobe and Fisher Willing to Take 50-50 Split
According to ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, Los Angeles Lakers guards Derek Fisher and Kobe Bryant are willing to take a BRI split of 50-50. Fisher, as you know, is the President of the players union so he must have a…
Los Angeles D-Fenders Add Clay Moser to Coaching Staff
NBA Developmental League's Los Angeles D-Fenders, have hired Clay Moser as the Associate Head Coach on Head Coach Eric Musselman’s staff. Moser is quite experienced with D-League basketball and he is very familiar with the current head coach of the D-Fenders.…
