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NBA players risk a lot to play overseas

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 09:18 AM PDT

Many NBA veteran players are in discussions with overseas teams perhaps to gain leverage with their NBA owners. Some say leverage is just what the players need to bring balance to the system that favors management.

NBA stars at streetball, pro-am games

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:49 AM PDT

Kevin Durant has seemingly become the ring-leader among NBA players in streetball leagues this summer. His appeared at almost all the big courts, from L.A.'s famed Drew League, to D.C. Goodman League and even New York City's legendary Rucker Park, where he casually dropped 66 points.

PBT: Union will file to dismiss NBA's lawsuit

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 02:13 PM PDT

The NBA's lawsuit was a pre-emptive strike against possible union decertification. A group of player agents had pushed union executive director Billy Hunter to consider decertification then have some players sue the league on anti-trust grounds — the tactic the NFL players union used — but the NBA's union has resisted going down that road.

Debate: Abolish NBA MLE?

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:42 AM PDT

Is the MLE merely a way of circumventing the NBA's salary ap, or a way for teams to fill out their rosters? Bill Ingram and Susan Bible present both sides of the debate.