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New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul talks to the media during a voluntary basketball workout in Westwego, La. (AP)   NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The NBA, owners of the New Orleans Hornets, refused Thursday to approve a three-team trade that would have sent Hornets All-Star guard Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers. “It’s not […]

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  The league’s 66th season begins with five games on Christmas, including the Lakers hosting the Chicago Bulls. (AP)   The Los Angeles Lakers will play games on the first three nights of the NBA season, the first of 42 back-to-back-to-back sets teams will face during this lockout-shortened season. The NBA announced the compacted, 66-game […]

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  In this undated photo provided by the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Dept., former NBA basketball player Antoine Walker is shown. (AP Photo/Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Dept., File)   Former NBA star Antoine Walker was sentenced Tuesday to five years of probation and ordered to pay $770,050 in restitution to three Las Vegas […]

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  Free agents such as Tyson Chandler (above) and Nene were in the news after months of attorneys getting all the ink. (AP)   NEW YORK (AP) — These are the kinds of negotiations NBA fans have been waiting for. Teams began talking to agents Wednesday as the lockout inched closer to its end, and […]

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  The two sides reached a tentative agreement Saturday and are now in the process of completing the negotiations. (AP)   A Minnesota federal judge has put the legal fight between the NBA’s players and owners on hold to give the two sides time to finish their collective bargaining agreement. U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz […]

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In this Nov. 14 photo, Billy Hunter (right) speaks to the media as Players Association president Derek Fisher (left) listens. (AP) After months upon months of public campaigning and partisan debate that at times grew as contentious as what now largely masquerades as politics, NBA players and owners have reached a tentative agreement that averts […]

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  The Philadelphia 76ers swooped in and collected some Julius Erving (left) memorabilia from an auction. (AP)   PHILADELPHIA (AP) — His sneakers are returning to Philadelphia. The 76ers are hopeful Dr. J will come along for the ride. A day after the Sixers swooped in and collected some Julius Erving memorabilia, team CEO Adam […]

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  This 2010 photo shows President Barack Obama (left) with a personalized team jersey next to Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant. (AP)   President Barack Obama, who in 1979 won a Hawaii state championship playing basketball for his high school, the Punahou School, really misses NBA basketball. He misses it so much that he’s […]

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The New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony arrives for a players’ association meeting in New York Monday. (AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Locked-out NBA players including Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant filed class-action antitrust lawsuits against the league on Tuesday in at least two states, saying David Stern’s ultimatums left them no other choice. Attorney David […]

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Surrounded by NBA players, NBA Players Association president Derek Fisher speaks at a news conference Monday. (AP) NEW YORK (AP) — NBA players delivered a resounding but risky response to one more ultimatum from NBA Commissioner David Stern: See you in court. The players’ association rejected the league’s latest proposal for a new labor deal […]

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Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, center, arrives for a meeting in New York, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Player representatives from NBA teams are meeting to discuss the league’s proposal for a new labor deal. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Joined by superstars Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony, player representatives from NBA teams are meeting Monday to discuss […]

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NBA Players Association president Derek Fisher speaks alongside fellow union members and executive director Billy Hunter. (AP) MIAMI (AP) — Decision day for NBA players may have arrived. And on the eve of perhaps the biggest meeting of the lockout, the league took its talking points to the players and public. The players’ association will […]