Fun news! There's still plenty of weeds to whack through, but this is great. I'll feel better once there are assurances that hardliners like Leonsis are on board.
ChrisMannixSI Chris Mannix Hunter says it could be three days to a week to settle the litigation from the players side KBergCBS Ken Berger Stern: Labor relations committee will be briefed tomorrow and will have to make a recommendation.
KBergCBS Ken Berger Stern: If all goes smoothly, training camps will open Dec. 9. Season will be 66 game beginning on Christmas. HowardBeckNYT Howard Beck Free agency and training camps set to start simultaneously on Dec. 9, Stern says.
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski Amazing. Several of the NBA's Labor Relations Committee members went to bed believing there would be no deal after Kessler called into room KBergCBS Ken Berger Holt on reason the deal came together tonight: "We want to play basketball. Let's go play basketball."
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski Free agency and camps starting together on Dec 9 means teams like New Orleans and Boston will show up with just a handful of signed players.
Chris_Broussard Chris Broussard Players got slightly more than 50% of BRI, but not quite 51, sources say....not sure if it's a band
Chris_Broussard Chris Broussard Training camps open Dec 9, free agency to start at same time...66 game season...owners' labor relations committee briefed on deal Saturday
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Chris_Broussard Chris Broussard Players accepted 49-51 band, sources say..b-list issues (draft, sge limit, drug testing) to be discussed tomorrow chadfordinsider Chad Ford Press conference airing on NBATV right now KBergCBS Ken Berger The original opening day schedule -- BOS-NYK, MIA-DAL, CHI-LAL -- will likely remain so on Christmas Day.
Awesome! I enjoy watching football and everything, but basketball is where the passion's at. And I really want to see the details. BRI to me is pointless. I don't give a damn. I just want a system that help GMs who are smart and careful. Basically as hard a cap as possible, and teams who give out bad contracts get screwed.
