Broussard....... Hunter then calmed stars down and got them to return to meeting. Players' resolve stunned owners, sources said.
@fox12weather............ It's official: September 2011 will do down as the 2nd warmest September in Portland ever.
KBergCBS....... Players, irate over owners' lack of movement, wanted to end the talks. Hunter and Stern met privately and got them back in the room.
RicBucher.......... Source: David Stern pointed his finger at players while talking. Wade shouted, "You're not pointing your finger at me. I'm not your child."
Bucher.......... NBA stars will not attend tomorrow. Headed to Chris Paul's charity game. Will return if called upon. Meetings expected to be much smaller.
Yes the player is still being paid. Yes he can make more than before; although he may only receive the partially guaranteed portion of his contract losing any incentives or non-guaranteed portions. Roy's final season is only partially guaranteed although I think it still is over 50% or more than $10 million. Additional pay under the old amnesty clause was extremely small, when compared to the players amnesty overpaid contract being cut. If the NBA did your version of the amnesty and you got to keep the player every team would use it on their highest paid player. LA would amnesty Kobe, Miami would amnesty Lebron, NY would amnesty Carmelo. The only change would be effectively raising the salary cap and luxury tax limit for every team. The point of amnesty is to undo a mistake of an overpaid contract that is now hindering the team. Player like it since they get paid more. "Most" owners like it since it gives them flexibility for a past mistake. Some owners don't like it since they don't have any bad contracts and think it rewards the teams who screwed up. But overall it sounds as though there's enough support to have it in the deal. The lockout will help the lower payroll teams field more competitive teams, so having a one time roster move that gives a slight advantage to higher spending teams is an acceptable compromise to those thrifty owners.
Not to be a dick, or maybe I do enjoy being one, but maybe you can combine your 20 one line twitter posts into a single message? Ya know, like hit the edit button or something. In regards to all your "retweets" sounds like a promising day and a good sign they are meeting tomorrow. Why couldn't each side have started doing what they did today back on July 15th? Oh well, if they're too stupid to figure out how to split up 4-5 billion I'm fine going without basketball at least until football ends. I actually really enjoyed the 50 game season!
@alanhahn.......... Baron Davis heads out, says "We're working, we're working." Suggests that things are going well. "Both sides are willing and able."
@HowardBeckNYT.......... Asked about momentum toward deal, Davis said, "Absolutely." Adds, "Everybody’s being a lot more receptive today to moving forward."
KBergCBS....... meetings continuing. Baron Davis leaves early. When asked if there was movement, he paused and said, "That's not for me to say."
WojYahooNBA........... From the NBA and union labor meeting today, there's been "progress" says source in the room. No details offered. Groups still meeting.
KBergCBS.......... On serious note, #lockout parties have broken for lunch. Source briefed on talks says owners expected to "bring something to the table."
5 hours of meetings and are coming back after lunch. Who knows if any of this is good or bad, but I love that they are at least talking!
@HCP'sWife.........HCP's daughter Olivia has scored 2 goals as the Alameda Rainbow Fairies have taken a 2-0 lead at halftime. No comment from Billy Hunter...... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk..... Cause I'm a balla'!
