The NBA Players Association reject the latest proposal from the owners, and is moving towards decertification. All I have is one thing to say to the NBA: it’s been real. If the NBA thought the fan backlash to the 1999… Read More ›
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Gumbel Wrong in Slavery Comparison
I was going back and forth in deciding whether to offer an opinion on Bryant Gumbel calling NBA Commissioner David Stern a “plantation overseer” on HBO’s “Real Sports”. By the way, Gumbel took things a step further in referring to… Read More ›
NBA Is Committing Suicide
It’s official: the NBA will lose some regular season games to the lockout. How it’s gotten to this point is multi-prong, which can be summarized in two categories: the owners and the players. Owners The owners want several concessions from… Read More ›
How I Would Fix the NBA
Now that the NFL is back in full swing (no credit to the owners, by the way), the focus (or lack thereof) is on the NBA lockout. The NBA’s labor impasse may be nasty enough to last all summer and… Read More ›
Yao’s Legacy Full of What-Ifs…
Yao Ming retired from the NBA earlier today after playing nine seasons. The problem was the last few seasons were injury-marred. I remember the hype surrounding Yao coming to the NBA when the Rockets wore those ugly-ass blue and red… Read More ›
NBA Lockout 2011: No Sympathy for Owners
Not surprisingly, the NBA has decided to lock its players out at 12:01 AM tonight – well, technically tomorrow. It’s too bad because it appeared the NBA was getting its mojo back. Its playoffs had been the most exciting in… Read More ›
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