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Paul Pierce Says Players Are Unified as Labor Negotiations Continue (Video)

LOS ANGELES -- Paul Pierce was among the players in attendance for Friday's meeting between the union and the league owners, and there's a reason. Pierce was around the last time there was a labor stoppage back in 1998, and as a veteran of that situation, he believes he can provide some valuable insight this time...

NBA Players Association: Owners Won't Acknowledge Concessions, Negotiate

At some point this month, NBA Commissioner David Stern and Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver are expected to once again share a room with players' union executive director Billy Hunter to discuss the league's labor situation and how to avoid a looming lockout. And if the union representatives were to take the symbolic...

NBA Players Association Advises Members of Looming Lockout

The NBA Players Association newsletter sent out last month to all 450 NBA players has eight subheads in all, but it's the first one on the back page that jumped out at this reporter the most. "2011-12 Lockout." No question mark at the end of that sentence. No qualifiers such as "Possible 2011-12 Lockout" or even "Likely...

David Stern, NBA Owners Pushing to Cut Players' Salaries by a Third

Don't get too warm and fuzzy about the start of what will be an epic 2010-11 NBA season. League commissioner David Stern reminds us there's a bit of labor strife on the horizon, telling the Associated Press he and the NBA's owners are hoping, in the course of collective bargaining, to cut players' salaries by a...

Owners Had No Choice But to Pay Up in Free Agency

When the Bucks opened up the 2010 NBA free agent period by dropping $34 million on Drew Gooden, you knew we were in for a wild, woolly summer. Some eight teams had opened up enough space under the salary cap to sign a maximum-level free agent with a starting salary at around $17 million. A few teams, including the Heat,...