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Final buzzer nears on talks for new NBA deal

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 02:19 PM PDT

NBA club owners and players representatives return to the negotiating table on Tuesday with time running out before the expiration of their current collective bargaining agreement on June 30.

2011 NBA Draft Preview: Point Guards

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 02:57 PM PDT

2011 NBA Draft is fairly deep at Point Guard. Here are the top ten available. The NBA season just ended a little over a week ago and it is already time to look towards the 2011-2012 season.  The NBA draft is this Thursday. Although the Bulls are pretty well set with MVP Derrick Rose and a serviceable backup in C.J. Watson , Point Guard isn't a huge area of concern. With two first round and one ...

NBA AM: Draft And Trade Scuttle

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 06:20 AM PDT

There are almost as many draft story lines as trade story lines coming into the 2011 NBA Draft... NBA Chats at 1pm, 4pm and 8pm EST

Biggest event for NBA this week is Tuesday, not draft day

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 03:15 PM PDT

Most NBA experts and fans are focused on Thursday's draft, but Ken Berger says that if you care about the future of the league -- and having games to watch next season -- then labor talks Tuesday are far more important.

NBA Draft 2011: Rockets May Have Willing Trade Partner In Detroit

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:12 AM PDT

In addition to the  Josh Smith rumor passed along earlier , another tidbit to be found in Adrian Wojnarowski's  always-thorough Draft Notes column  is that the Rockets might have a deal on the place that would allow them to jump up to Detroit's pick at No. 8 overall.  Houston continues to offer the 14th and 23rd picks in the draft to move into the top 10, and could have a willing partner with ...

NBA Draft 2011: Kyrie Irving, Derrick Williams and Speculation About the Draft

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:08 AM PDT

The 2011 NBA draft is just a few days away, and with the Cleveland Cavaliers holding the No. 1 pick, it's all but assured that they will take Kyrie Irving—everything after that is a complete mystery. Derrick Williams is the clear-cut No. 2 in this draft, but there is no telling if he is going to be a more aggressive Michael Beasley, a more athletic Antawn Jamison or a shorter, less-dominant-in ...

UCLA, Duke produce most top NBA players

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT

Duke's Kyrie Irving most likely will be the first player taken in the NBA Draft this Thursday, which would...

Big 5 first-rounders scarce since NBA's lottery era began

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 04:13 AM PDT

THERE WON'T BE a Big 5 player selected in the first round of the NBA draft for the fifth consecutive season. In fact, only 18 Big 5 players have been taken in the first round since 1985, the first year of the lottery.

NBA owners, union to meet Tuesday

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 08:24 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- The effort seems there in the NBA labor talks. Time might not be.

NBA Draft Rumors: Iman Shumpert To Suns, Smoke Or Silly?

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT

Oh, NBA Draft, you are such a fickle beast. For months and months all we talked about is how weak you are in 2011 and now as your day approaches your bounty is mysteriously transformed into the "next great thing" thirty times over. You manage to combine hope and unknown into a toxic mix of fan delusion that unfortunately, often also infects NBA front offices. You tease us with your rumors of ...