by Charlie on December 9, 2011
There’s been a lot of talk about how David Stern over-stepped by nixing the Chris Paul trade. My take? I the commish over-stepped – by a pretty substantial margin. But I also think this is a unique situation, and one unlikely to be replicated. The league has been managing the Hornets for the last year, [...]
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by Charlie on May 26, 2011
The NBA Players’ Association filed a complaint against the league with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming David Stern and company are bargaining “in bad faith.” That’s legal-ese for “Stern is trying to squash this union like a gypsy moth caterpillar under a 250-pound steel worker’s boots.” For more legal-to-English translations, I turned to sports [...]
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by Charlie on May 19, 2011
Details of the NBA’s initial proposal for a new CBA threw the hoops blogosphere into full-on Chicken Little mode this week. That’s justifiable, to an extent… after all, no one really thinks the NBAPA is going to accept a hard salary cap at $45 million – which is less than LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and [...]
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by Charlie on May 9, 2011
LeBron James took exception to a question posed to teammate Dwyane Wade after Saturday night’s loss to the Celtics. But he could have chosen a better way to express that. Wade was being questioned about the play that ended with Rajon Rondo hitting the court and dislocating his elbow. Some were accusing Wade of a [...]
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by Charlie on April 16, 2011
An implied joke is, quite often, a lot more effective than a blatant rip. Especially when coming out and saying exactly what you’re thinking will draw a fine from David Stern’s thought police. Which brings us to Doug Collins’ take on the free-throw disparity in Game One of the Sixers’ playoff series with the Miami [...]
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by Charlie on April 26, 2010
by Charlie on April 16, 2010