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- Member Since:
- March 2011
- Based In:
- Melbourne
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- Philadelphia 76'ers, Brookyln Nets, Richmond Tigers, Melbourne Renegades
Latest Articles
Choosing names for the NBL's newest franchises
19 Dec 2011It was announced this week that the NBL commission are in the final stages of approving two new teams for the league’s 2012-13 season. It’s hoped that by the end of January a new team from Melbourne and a team returning to the Brisbane market will be approved. Despite in-depth financial and marketing planning already [...]
Patty Mills heads for China
21 Nov 2011Australian Boomers point guard Patty Mills has announced that he will be terminating his contract with the Melbourne Tigers of the Australian NBL, and instead taking a lucrative offer in China. Despite leading the league in points per game (18.6) in nine appearances for the Tigers, the lure of a pay increase was too much [...]
NBA cancels first two weeks of upcoming season
11 Oct 2011It was announced Tuesday that NBA Commissioner David Stern has officially cancelled the first two weeks of the 2011-12 NBA regular season. The cancellation is a result of continued difficulties in negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement between the owners and NBA Players Association. A total of 100 games have been cancelled. For each team, [...]
Ongoing negotiations is a worry for NBL
28 Sep 2011News arose this week that the NBL is still in discussions with the Ten network negotiators about the status of their NBL broadcasting for season 2011-12. Up until these negotiations became public, it was believed that Ten was contractually obligated to show at least three live games a week until the completion of the 2014-15 [...]
Still no progress in NBA labour talks
3 Aug 2011The commissioner, some league owners, and players’ association heads met in New York today to hold a three hour collective bargaining meeting. The first of its kind since the lockout began a month ago, the session had all high profile representatives in attendance including players’ association head Billy Hunter, president Derek Fisher and NBA Commissioner [...]
Understanding the NBA player lockout
8 Jul 2011For the second time in 13 years the NBA has imposed a lockout on their players. The decision by NBA Commissioner, David Stern, comes on the back of serious differences in the views of the owners, administration and the NBA Players Association (NBAPA). To fully understand the issues facing the two sides, we must first [...]
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