David Stern
NBA players will be able to take two steps before they have to stop, pass or shoot this season.
The NBA has put into writing a rule allowing players on the move to gather the ball, after driving or catching it, and then take two steps. Throughout NBA history, the rulebook said players could take one step.
David Stern
NBA commissioner David Stern said Tuesday that the league still projects a drop in revenue in the near future.
Stern told the Salt Lake Tribune that a dip of between 2 1/2 to 5 percent could lead to a significant reduction in the league’s salary cap and luxury tax figures for the 2010-11 season.
NBA Draft Board
The NBA Board of Governors approved the expanded use of instant replay in two circumstances, beginning with the 2009-10 season, the league announced today.
Photo by Arnaud Klamecki
The NBA formally announced its new social media guidelines Wednesday, informing teams through a league memorandum that the use of cell phones, PDAs and other electronic communications devices — and thus accessing Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites — is now prohibited during games for players, coaches and other team personnel involved in the game.
Doc Rivers
With the NBA fearful of the damage an H1N1 flu outbreak could create on the league, the league office has passed down an anti-handshake directive.
Lamell McMorris
The NBA made another offer to its locked-out referees last Friday, and the refs’ lead negotiator removed himself from the talks Monday after that offer was narrowly voted down by the union’s executive board, ESPN.com has learned.
David Stern
NBA referees believe that a lockout is both imminent and unavoidable after the latest break down in negotiations.
The referees rejected the league’s latest offer by a unanimous vote on Wednesday. The two sides exchanged counterproposals on Thursday, but the talks have ended once again.
Photo by Keith Allison
The NBA will start the 2009-2010 season without the NBA referees after the league ended negotiations this week.
The impending lockout is based on the referees’ refusal to concede to all of the NBA’s demands for significant cutbacks to the referees’ budget.
NBA Draft Board
The NBA’s current contract with its 60-odd referees runs out next week and the sides appear to be far apart on a new deal, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations.
David Stern
About 300 current and former NBA players, coaches, dance teams and mascots and about 50 sponsors have participated in the league’s international events.
Commissioner David Stern said the NBA plans to hold a regular-season game somewhere in Europe before the 2012 Olympics.
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