CBA

September 19, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This coming season, the LA Lakers are on pace to have the leagues highest payroll at a whopping $100M. Given Kobe Bryant makes a league high at almost $27M and Pau Gasol makes $19M [...]

July 3, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Well it appears Miami Heat Owner Micky Arison is not done his belly aching about the new Collective Bargaining Agreement the league and players ended up with after the lockout. Micky is stealing some headlines today [...]

March 8, 2012 – R.S. De France With the NBA trade deadline approaching, it’s time for some last-minute deals. The Lakers have been burning up the phone lines like an old lover trying to make something happen. All Lakers’ fans hope they are talking to Orlando about Dwight Howard. In the meantime, here are five [...]

February 6th, 2012 – Allen Moll In case anyone missed the news this past week, the LA Clippers have come to terms with highly sought after free agent Kenyon Martin. Martin had signed to play for the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball League during the Lockout but was granted an early release [...]

December 15, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Baron Davis is as lethal an offensive point guard as they come. When he’s healthy. Problem with Boom Dizzle over the course of his career is he hasn’t been able to stay healthy for very long in any given season. With his big salary on the books counting [...]

November 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Everyone has been wondering which players will be cut by their teams using the amnesty clause in the new collective bargaining agreement. [...]

With more and more talk about players forming "Big 3" alliances, we should expect the new Collective Bargaining Agreement to limit freedom for free agents. [...]

November 24, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Maybe i’m too old school, or maybe I am just too big of a fan to bear the thought of sitting through another NBA player lockout and having the NBA on hold once again. But regardless of the reasons, I wish the players and the owners would just [...]

October 12, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol I never thought i’d be in this spot reading about Allen Iverson possibly finishing his career in Turkey and/or Rafer ‘Skip to my Lou’ Alston finishing his career in China, but here we are… And, finally, your Rafer Alston China rumor of the week. If you’ve been staying [...]

September 29, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The National Basketball Association (NBA) fined Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis $100,000 on Wednesday for making unauthorized public comments regarding the league’s collective bargaining negotiations. The Wizards owner told a business audience earlier on Wednesday that the NBA, which is working on a new labor deal, will soon [...]