Showing posts with label david stern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label david stern. Show all posts
8/17/2011
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Photo of the Day: David Stern Loves Summer Park League Ball
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11/23/2010
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Billy Hunter: ‘In all Probability There’s Going to be a Lockout’
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“I’d be 99 percent sure as of today that there will be a lockout,” Billy Hunter, the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association, said in an interview at his Harlem office. “I’ve said, ‘Save your money because in all probability there’s going to be a lockout.’ ”So what will this mean for Melo and my Knicks??
10/22/2010
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via DenverPost.com
Said Stern: “I think that the franchise player is an interesting concept, I’m sure it will come up in collective bargaining, but I think players are entitled to get the benefit of what they bargained for. And the union bargains for free agency, the players serve out a certain contract length. … It’s hard for me to buy your premise that somebody who’s played for a certain number of years, under a contract, and is a free agent is thereby dictating where he’s going to play. He’s exercising his rights.”
The commish was also asked — Do you consider it de-stabilizing to have franchise players, like Carmelo Anthony, able to orchestrate movement by refusing to sign a contract extension?
“Not in the least,” Stern said. “The players have no obligation to sign the contract. And I remember when Kareem Abdul-Jabaar actually asked to be traded. Here we have a player who is keeping his options open. That’s his right under the collective bargaining agreement, and I don’t think it’s fair to hold him to a higher standard.’’
As for the collective bargaining agreement, which expires this summer, Stern said Thursday that the league needs to rollback salaries $750-800 million. On Friday, Players Association executive director Billy Hunter released the following statement regarding collective bargaining:
The position expressed by the NBA [Thursday] is regretful, since in February 2010, the players unequivocally rejected the owners’ proposal which called for a hard cap, a 40 percent rollback in player salaries, unlimited expense deductions and the elimination of guaranteed contracts. The players and the union would prefer to work towards attaining a fair deal that addresses concerns raised by both sides and improves the game. But, if the owners maintain their position it will inevitably result in a lockout and the cancellation of part or all of the 2011-2012 season. The players and union will prepare accordingly.
NBA commish David Stern talks Carmelo Anthony, CBA talks
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via DenverPost.com
Said Stern: “I think that the franchise player is an interesting concept, I’m sure it will come up in collective bargaining, but I think players are entitled to get the benefit of what they bargained for. And the union bargains for free agency, the players serve out a certain contract length. … It’s hard for me to buy your premise that somebody who’s played for a certain number of years, under a contract, and is a free agent is thereby dictating where he’s going to play. He’s exercising his rights.”
The commish was also asked — Do you consider it de-stabilizing to have franchise players, like Carmelo Anthony, able to orchestrate movement by refusing to sign a contract extension?
“Not in the least,” Stern said. “The players have no obligation to sign the contract. And I remember when Kareem Abdul-Jabaar actually asked to be traded. Here we have a player who is keeping his options open. That’s his right under the collective bargaining agreement, and I don’t think it’s fair to hold him to a higher standard.’’
As for the collective bargaining agreement, which expires this summer, Stern said Thursday that the league needs to rollback salaries $750-800 million. On Friday, Players Association executive director Billy Hunter released the following statement regarding collective bargaining:
The position expressed by the NBA [Thursday] is regretful, since in February 2010, the players unequivocally rejected the owners’ proposal which called for a hard cap, a 40 percent rollback in player salaries, unlimited expense deductions and the elimination of guaranteed contracts. The players and the union would prefer to work towards attaining a fair deal that addresses concerns raised by both sides and improves the game. But, if the owners maintain their position it will inevitably result in a lockout and the cancellation of part or all of the 2011-2012 season. The players and union will prepare accordingly.
10/08/2010
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via NYDailynews.com
Commissioner David Stern would not prevent the Knicks from rehiring Isiah Thomas as long as Thomas is not affiliated with the NCAA.
"Absolutely not," Stern said.
Speaking to four New York-based reporters in Paris before the Knicks' preseason loss to Minnesota on Wednesday, Stern admitted that he erred in August by giving Garden chairman James Dolan permission to hire Thomas as a consultant. Six days later, Thomas was forced to vacate the position because as the coach at Florida International University he was in violation of NBA bylaws.
"I think it's fair to say that I missed the issue," Stern added. "I told them they could do it. And when it was announced, I wasn't officially informed, but I knew and my guys said that's not allowed. Oh, I blew that one pretty good. And I called them up and told them."
Thomas' possible involvement in the future of the organization remains an ongoing issue for a franchise that has posted nine straight losing seasons.
Read more: HERE
David Stern likes Isiah?
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via NYDailynews.com
Commissioner David Stern would not prevent the Knicks from rehiring Isiah Thomas as long as Thomas is not affiliated with the NCAA.
"Absolutely not," Stern said.
Speaking to four New York-based reporters in Paris before the Knicks' preseason loss to Minnesota on Wednesday, Stern admitted that he erred in August by giving Garden chairman James Dolan permission to hire Thomas as a consultant. Six days later, Thomas was forced to vacate the position because as the coach at Florida International University he was in violation of NBA bylaws.
"I think it's fair to say that I missed the issue," Stern added. "I told them they could do it. And when it was announced, I wasn't officially informed, but I knew and my guys said that's not allowed. Oh, I blew that one pretty good. And I called them up and told them."
Thomas' possible involvement in the future of the organization remains an ongoing issue for a franchise that has posted nine straight losing seasons.
Read more: HERE
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