Showing posts with label Lockout. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lockout. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 December 2011

Obama Program Was Delayed because of the NBA Lockout Ends

Obama & Kobe
Barack Obama had to hold off a fund-raising program in a series of his campaign. The Program was pushed back until the middle of next year due to the NBA this season so held.

When the NBA lockout, Obama would still hold a match play to raise funds to help his political campaign.

The game was initiated by the foundation that will be followed Obama's Classic is more than 20 NBA star players on 12 December. However, because of the lockout will already be over and the NBA will begin on Christmas day, play a round of matches were pushed back to Obama's summer next year.

Tickets are sold ranging from 200 to 5 thousand u.s. dollars per seat. The biggest contributor, the maximum donation 38.500 dollars, giving deserve the chance to have dinner with the cast. Money from the game play that will be divided by the Democrats and Obama's election campaign.

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Turiaf Play Alongside Tony Parker

Ronny Turiaf
Centre of the New York Knicks Ronny Turiaf will be the sixth NBA players who play France in France, because of the NBA lockout is still ongoing

"I'll be on board the plane on Wednesday and I hope it can take part in practice sessions pertamaku at the weekend," said Turiaf in official site of the reported by Reuters ASVEL.

In ASVEL, Turiaf will be joined by Tony Parker, who had previously played for the San Antonio Spurs. In addition to these two names, a number of other players also choose France home villages during the period lockut.

Nicolas Batum (Portland Trail Blazers) join with Nancy, Pape Sy (Atlanta Hawks) moved on to Gravelines, Ian Mahinmi (Dallas Mavericks) recruited Le Havre and Boris Diaw (Charlotte Bobcats) played for second division team Bordeaux.

Last week the NBA has already canceled the first two weeks of the regular season after the team's owners and the players did not come menemukankesepakatan.

NBA Commissioner David Stern has warned if the rest of this season could be threatened if significant progress toward an agreement nor resumed this week.

Sunday, 9 October 2011

Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Kaman Will Play at Germany

Chris Kaman and Dirk Nowitzki
Period of lockout, the NBA players continue to be hunted by European clubs. Like the Chris Kaman and Dirk Nowitzki hounded by Germany's top clubs, Bayern Munich.

Since the beginning of July, the NBA lockout had lasted 100 days. Up to now there has been no signs that the lockout was soon over.

AFP reported, Bavarian Central bidding for Nowitzki to Kaman won and Bavaria during the lockout is still going on.

Kaman, Los Angeles Clippers center appears quite charming in the last two seasons. Fame was 29 years old got into the team NBA All-Star 2010.

Meanwhile, last season so one of the most successful season Nowitzki in his career. He led the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA title for the first time and was named the best player in the final game.

"Kaman is a very interesting player who we consider if the (NBA) is cancelled," I'm the coach of Bavaria, Dirk Buernmann.

"And there is clearly no one else is also interesting," he said, referring to Nowitzki.

Monday, 3 October 2011

The NBA Season is Still Unclear

Wade
The NBA season is still unclear. A follow-up meeting between the parties concerned have not produced any signs that the lockout period will end soon.

At a meeting between the club owners and players at a hotel in Manhattan on Saturday (1/10), which reportedly lasted seven hours, there is no progress. Salary cap still became the most disputed.

"In fact, the way we are still very far away," says the President of the NBA Players Association, Derek Fisher, as reported by Reuters, which also mentions the agenda of the next meeting on Monday (3/10).

"Though with some exchanges that we made today, there is still a huge difference between what we have to offer with which they have to offer. There is still much to be done, but we will continue this way, "he said.

Scheduled regular season began on 1 November. However, the absence of an agreement between the club owners and players, most likely the most famous basketball competition in the world it would be cancelled in this season.

The owners of the NBA last season losing up to 300 million US dollars, and most of the clubs in the top 10 "red". They want the Division of basketball-related income from 50 to 57 percent, as well as tighten up salary cap and shortening the player contracts.