Progress, however minor, made in labor talks
Imagine that.
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It’s Sad When NBA Basketball is Relegated to PickUp Games — Ray Ray Dancing
When ESPN is promoting a Lebron vs Durant pickup game you know we have reached an all time low with regards to NBA basketball coverage. Is is shocking that Durant dropped 59 points playing pickup and lost? Yawn, pickup ball is as bad as the All-Star game. All they do is showboat to the crowds. This is a sad attempt by the players to attempt to stay relevant while the strike lingers on into its 3rd month. Let me know when “real” basketball starts.
At least I got something to watch during the lockout. Ron Artest has joined the cast of Dancing with the Stars. He has a new professional partner Peta Murgatroyd. I know nothing about her other then that fact she is smoking! With a man as big and goofy as Ron Ron I wonder how well he will do. Artest claim he is “adept” enough to play tight end in the NFL. With a skill set like that he should have no problems winning the “Mirror Ball” for his new partner Peta. I never thought I would be so desperate as to cover reality TV but we all sink to new lows without the NBA. I will be covering Ron Ron’s reality TV foray in its entirety. Feel free to stop back at LB after each Artest dance…
Stern: Still ‘enough time’ for new deal
NEW YORK (AP) — Top negotiators for NBA owners and players met for about six hours Wednesday, just their second bargaining session since the league’s lockout began.
NBA sides hold rare bargaining session (AP)
There’s still time for a deal to keep the entire NBA season intact, though it’s running out. And with that in mind, owners and players realize it’s time to stop talking about each other, and start talking to each other. They returned to the bargaining table Wednesday, meeting for about six hours in just their second bargaining session since the league’s lockout began on July 1.
Crittenton to be returned to Atlanta (AP)
Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton waived California extradition proceedings Wednesday and will be returned to Georgia in connection with his arrest in a murder case in Atlanta. Crittenton appeared before Superior Court Judge Upinder Kalra and said he had voluntarily signed the waiver. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office had charged Crittenton with being a fugitive from justice…