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No Clear Answer on How to 'Fix' the NBA

Over the weekend, Parade ran a story on "Six Ways to Fix the NBA". Stephen Fried detailed the financial problems our fair sport has gotten itself into, and then turned to a variety of experts to search out some answers. Those sages? David Stern, agents David Falk and Steve Mountain, Sports Illustrated writer Jon Wertheim...

Could Camby Be a Salary Cap Casualty?

The salary cap is probably a good thing, and teams running afoul of it is usually their own fault. Still, it can lead to some hair-pulling scenarios. One example of this is the ongoing Shawn Marion trade rumors. Another is this tidbit in today's Chicago Tribune, regarding possible Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Camby:...

Nellie Has One Million Reasons to Make Playoffs

The Warriors have had a breakout season, and are primed to make some serious noise in next year's West. Oh, and they still could make the playoffs. All in all, Don Nelson has done everything he was expected to and more, and deserves serious Coach of the Year consideration. As if the thrill of transforming a franchise...

Is Kirilenko Holding Back the Jazz?

Utah Jazz Blog makes a pretty startling claim this morning: that Andrei Kirilenko is the new Jordan. No, not that AK-47 is set to dominate the game for a decade. Instead, he's thinking that it's Kirilenko who will spoil this new Jazz golden age by keeping them from the Finals: Let me give you a short list of guys this...

NBA Contracts News From the Web

11/28/11 NBA players in China are locked up until March Source: Sports Illustrated Chinese teams who contracted NBA players reportedly do not plan to let them out of their contracts now that the NBA labor dispute has been settled, according to a tweet from Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo!
10/13/11 Talking Points: NBA contraction lottery Source: The Columbian - Vancouver WA Think that wouldn't get the attention of players, fans and agents alike?
10/11/11 LeBron James, with no NBA work, reaching out ... to... Source: Sun Sentinel LeBron James has spent a good portion of the NBA lockout sporting jerseys in exhibitions that feature "BBNS" on the back, part of Nike 's "Basketball Never Stops" push.
08/17/11 Chinese Basketball Association To Rule On Banning NBA... Source: SB Nation The Chinese Basketball Association will vote this week on whether to block stars under NBA contract from signing with Chinese teams during the NBA lockout.
07/05/11 Rudy Fernandez To Put Off European Return Until... Source: SB Nation But a report in Tuesday's Marca indicates that Fernandez will instead wait until the end of the next NBA season before making a decision on returning to Spain to join Real Madrid or another team, or staying in the NBA. (