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ESPNSteinLine NBA and union have agreed to stop clock, resume talks Thursday at noon and Stern cautions against reading optimism or pessimism into either 10:08 PM Nov 9th, 2011 via TweetDeck Retweeted by KingsOfHoop and 34 others
11 hrs down in the latest NBA lockout talks and still no answers. All fans and followers can only HOPE for good news at this stage. 9:14 PM Nov 9th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
Sports_Greats I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. -Larry Bird 11:47 PM Nov 6th, 2011 via web Retweeted by KingsOfHoop and 466 others
NBARUMORS Labor talks between the NBA and players union are set to resume Saturday, in yet another attempt to end the lockout by agreeing to a new CBA 12:03 PM Nov 3rd, 2011 via web Retweeted by KingsOfHoop and 35 others
Will Purdue, Bill Cartwright, Bill Wennington... What was with the 90s Bulls big men?? #LessInterestingNBAnames 4:44 AM Nov 3rd, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
“@ZachLowe_SI: Aaron Affalo #LessInterestingNBAnames” - Pity Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje is retiring!! 4:41 AM Nov 3rd, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
@pewingjr6 - Team Defense = @GaryPayton_20, Joe Dumars, @scottiepippen, @dennisrodman and Bill Russell. 4:31 AM Nov 3rd, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to pewingjr6
Try as we might, we can't find any meaningful fantasy fallout from the @KimKardashian v @KrisHumphries saga... #NBACares 4:24 AM Nov 3rd, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
In case there is any doubt, Jamaal Tinsley will not play in the #NBA again... #Iverson though?? 5:02 AM Nov 1st, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
Of all #NBA players to be messing round with football, @KDthunderup does not have the frame to justify the risk!! 4:59 AM Nov 1st, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
AschNBA I know fans who, missing NBA tonight, may make physical gestures that aren't overtly sexual but might make owners/players uncomfortable. 4:38 AM Nov 1st, 2011 via web Retweeted by KingsOfHoop
“@MrTrpleDouble10: Can't wait to see Rondo give Kyrie Irving his first NBA point guard lesson at the Garden tonight. Oh wait...” #sigh 4:56 AM Nov 1st, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
WojYahooNBA Source says that two sides also "couldn't agree on final pieces of system." No new sessions scheduled. Kaboom. 1:54 PM Oct 28th, 2011 via UberSocial for BlackBerry Retweeted by KingsOfHoop and 172 others
sheridanhoops Here is the latest from NBA lockout talks. B.Hunter told me BRI split will be discussed first thing in the morning: bit.ly/vqL00L 7:54 PM Oct 27th, 2011 via web Retweeted by KingsOfHoop and 10 others
mdotbrown Excluding the Mavs & Heat, 6 teams have combined to win 25 of the last 27 titles. A period in which the league enjoyed unprecedented growth. 7:09 PM Oct 27th, 2011 via TweetDeck Retweeted by KingsOfHoop and 3 others
KCJHoop NBA labor talks end after 7.5 hours. Sides will meet again Friday AM. Optimistic vibe continues as this is absolute deadline to save 82 gms. 7:09 PM Oct 27th, 2011 via UberSocial for BlackBerry Retweeted by KingsOfHoop and 11 others
WojYahooNBA Labor meeting is 13.5 hours long here in New York --- and still going. 10:31 PM Oct 26th, 2011 via web Retweeted by KingsOfHoop and 105 others
sportsguy33 82-game NBA reg season + full playoffs still in play. Need done deal by weekend. Lots of optimism now. I'd be surprised if this fell apart. 10:17 PM Oct 26th, 2011 via UberSocial for BlackBerry Retweeted by KingsOfHoop and 1600 others
WojYahooNBA While there was no major breakthrough, progress was made on the BRI revenue split, two sources in NBA labor talks tell Y! Story to come. 4:10 PM Oct 19th, 2011 via web Retweeted by KingsOfHoop and 128 others
stevekylerNBA Stern said "my gut — this is not in my official capacity of canceling games — but my gut is that we won’t be playing on Christmas Day.” 3:58 PM Oct 19th, 2011 via TweetDeck Retweeted by KingsOfHoop and 1 other