08.12, 19:24 With the NBA season getting underway later this month, Russia’s best basketball player Andrey Kirilenko, who currently plays for CSKA Moscow, has a decision to make – should he stay, or should he go.
26.11, 14:52 A resolution to the NBA lockout drama seems to be in sight after owners and players reportedly reached an agreement to finally move the action from court to hardwood.
23.11, 19:02 CSKA Moscow coach Jonas Kazlauskas says he has no intention of inviting any NBA stars to join his team, not even LeBron James. His comments came against a backdrop of speculation over a possible exodus of NBA basketball players to Europe.
17.11, 00:37 The NBA has now cancelled all of its games until at least the middle of December. The players are now deciding to go down the lawsuit route against the team owners.
Published: 09 December, 2011, 14:21
Jason Kidd (R) of the Dallas Mavericks dribbles the ball past Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2011 NBA Playoffs. (Ronald Martinez / Getty Images / AFP TAGS: Basketball, NBA The NBA lockout appears to be over after team-owners and players ratified a new collective bargaining agreement.
The contract is designed to run for 10 years, but can be unilaterally terminated by one of the sides after six seasons.
"It's a new beginning in a way," Davis Stern, NBA’s commissioner, said of the deal. "It's going to take a couple of years to work its way out, but we're very excited about its prospects."
The end of the lockout allows clubs to start preparing for the season as they can open their training camps and make new transfer deals starting from Friday.
The shortened NBA season will now consist of 66 matches instead of the 82 originally planned.
Meanwhile, experts insist the new agreement is more beneficial for the businessmen than the players.
The basketballers were forced to make serious concessions, including a reduction in their total salary to $300 million per year.
The athletes also agreed to split profits 50-50 instead of 57 per cent to 43 as had been the case before.
The lockout lasted almost five months, becoming the second-longest in league history, as the sides failed to reach an agreement regarding the distribution of income and wages of players.
The National Basketball Association last suffered a lockout back in 1998 – 1999, when the season was reduced to just 50 games.
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