Basketball: NBA start delayed until December
NBA commissioner David Stern called off games as contract talks between club owners and locked-out players broke down.
NEW YORK:
NBA commissioner David Stern called off 121 more games of the 2011-2012 season as contract talks between club owners and locked-out players broke down, ending all hope of a full schedule. Stern had already wiped out the first 100 games of a season that was to have started next Tuesday. “It’s not practical, possible or prudent to have a full season now,” said Stern. “We’re going to have to recalculate how bad the damage is.”
Published in The Express Tribune, October 30th, 2011.
NBA commissioner David Stern called off 121 more games of the 2011-2012 season as contract talks between club owners and locked-out players broke down, ending all hope of a full schedule. Stern had already wiped out the first 100 games of a season that was to have started next Tuesday. “It’s not practical, possible or prudent to have a full season now,” said Stern. “We’re going to have to recalculate how bad the damage is.”
Published in The Express Tribune, October 30th, 2011.