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Archive for September, 2011

This Week’s Sign The Apocalypse Is Upon Us

Posted by Nels on September 24th, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, New Jersey Nets, Random Stuff

No, I’m not talking about the NBA canceling a bunch of preseason games. We knew that was coming for weeks already, and if we didn’t, then we were just in denial. No, I’m talking about the Hypocrisy that has grown to Epic Proportions. Proportions the size of Kim Kardashian’s ass. You can click that to [...]

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It’s Official: The NBA Cancels First Set of Preseason Games

Posted by Patrick on September 24th, 2011 filed in Fantasy Basketball

With little to no progress made at Thursday’s meeting between the owners and players (Henry Abbott details a scene on Thursday with David Stern that resembles a funeral more than anything), the NBA has officially postponed the preseason indefinitely and canceled 43 preseason games. Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver issued a statement saying, “We have regretfully [...]

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Can’t We All Just Get Along: The Owners and Players Meet Again Today

Posted by Patrick on September 22nd, 2011 filed in Fantasy Basketball

Steve Aschburner over at NBA.com gives us a scary bit of math. By this point in 1998, the last time the NBA lost a summer to a lockout, the first game of the preseason (Miami Heat vs. Maccabi Elite of Israel) had been toast for nearly two weeks. Twelve days before training camps were due [...]

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Talks Progress, Can Lawson Leave The Capital of Basketball?

Posted by Nels on September 8th, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball

(Scroll down if you want fantasy basketball links) So, about a week ago, Ty Lawson left for Lithuania to play for Zalgiris Kaunas. But now that the owners and players (representatives) are meeting for a second, and possibly third, day in a row, it seems like there might yet be an NBA season. The question [...]

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Will the Owners and Players Come to a Damn Agreement Already

Posted by Patrick on September 6th, 2011 filed in NBA Basketball, NBA News

What’s the best way to drive traffic to your new website? If your former ESPN writer Chris Sheridan, it’s to write a post about how the NBA owners and players association are closer to a deal than we all think (see, I fell for it). I love Sheridan’s optimism and I’ll be the first guy [...]

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