In this weekend’s Dime, Marc Stein drew attention to the fourteen teams that have luxury tax payments looming this July. The list includes perennial heavyweights such as the Lakers and Spurs (although, given their success, San Antonio pops up on this list infrequently), as well as the ashen remains of the Isiah-era Knicks. The list [...]
The Spurs play the Wizards tomorrow night, and it’s hard to imagine two locker rooms with such antithetical reputations. The Wizards have been in meltdown mode all year, and this morning we learn that Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton recently pulled guns on one another over a gambling debt. You can find Washington’s official statement [...]
The current lockout of NBA referees has provoked a handful of thoughtful responses. Howard Beck reminded us of the 1995 lockout, a process which revealed that NBA players secretly adored their whistle-blowing adversaries. Things haven’t changed much since then. We’re only a few days into the current standoff and, once again, it’s all winks and [...]
As you very well may know, David Stern has officially locked out the NBA referees, after the referees union rejected the league’s final contract offer late last week. According to the NBA, replacement referees will attend referee training camp this week. In both the lead up to the lockout and in its wake, the NBA [...]
