Unless Lockout Ends By September 1, Williams Heading for Turkey

please dont get hurt playing dodgeball or playin Turkey BBall. No need to try to dunk on someone in traffic. Work on that pull up jumper off the crossover please.

Where’s my Besiktas Williams Jersey.
Someone finds me a small or medium – procurement fee

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AgWQ.0qHtxLV2Jnp9qBGIOG8vLYF?slug=ap-stern-overseas

But Williams was set to earn more than $16 million next season in the NBA. He will receive at most only a few million in Europe, so owners may not rush back to the table to pay him substantially more.

"Actually, we want to say, `We want to give you 16. We don’t want you to take 3. But if you want to play for 3 rather than 16, OK,"’ Stern said. "And to the extent that the union has glamorized it at this point, I think, I’m not sure that’s a great idea for its players."

http://www.examiner.com/nba-in-national/nba-commissioner-david-stern-will-not-receive-his-salary-during-the-lockout

According to a report by ESPN.com’s Marc Stein early Wednesday morning NBA commissioner David Stern will not receive his reported eight-figure salary during the current NBA lockout.

With the NBPA and NBA owners mired in the midst of a crippling labor dispute, speculation has increasingly grown during the now month-long NBA work stoppage over the commissioner’s own annually earned revenue or salary.

Countless media outlets have reported Stern’s yearly earnings to have been in upwards of $23M while others have indicated a salary anywhere between the $15-$18M range.

However, none of these reports have been substantiated by the league as of yet. Stern himself has not spoken on the subject since the lockout began back on July 1st.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/sam_amick/08/03/smith.drew.league/

Talk of an Aug. 20 All-Star exhibition between L.A.‘s Drew League and the Washington, D.C.-based Goodman League in the nation’s capital has been a sorely needed reason for excitement for the most hardcore of hoops fans, but logistical challenges that Smith says are related to the NBA’s labor situation have made this a harder sell than he ever imagined.

As Smith sees it, numerous television networks are bypassing the opportunity for fear of jeopardizing their current agreements with the NBA. While Smiley and Smith were hoping to have the airfare, transportation and housing covered for NBA and non-NBA players alike, the lack of a media partner has left them scrambling for sponsors and faced with the possibility of having to use private loans to ensure the game happens.

Smith is using this media lockout of sorts as a rallying cry for the players who plan to participate. The message: Help us get this one game off the ground, and watch it grow from there.

"I try to explain to these players, ‘Why do you think … that ESPN, Fox, TNT — for the most part — haven’t been knocking down your door to talk to you, haven’t been looking to do interviews with you? Because they’re partners with the NBA. They’re management. You’re labor. They’re not going to come talk to you. You’re on your own,’ " said Smith, who was on the production team for CBS’ NBA telecasts in the 1980s and ’90s, was a field producer for NBA Entertainment in the ’90s and frequently freelances with ESPN now.

that even tho he believe we are the ideal spot for Howard, the Nets have slid to the bottom of Dwight’s list.

Broussard says Nets are best fit for Dwight.

I’ve long said that being a cornerstone of the Nets’ rebirth in Brooklyn could earn Howard immortality for a much lower price than other places, but the latest I’ve heard is that New Jersey has slid to the bottom of his list, even behind the Lakers.

That makes it a battle between the Knicks and Mavericks, and I see Magic general manager Otis Smith, if forced to deal his star, doing it for a combination of young players such as Rod Beaubois, draft picks and, say, Tyson Chandler, instead of Stoudemire.

Rod Beaubois, draft picks and, say, Tyson Chandler

while he can rule the west for maybe 2 more years, that isnt enough time to make a legacy for himself. Dirk is 32. Terry 33. Kidd is an old man by NBA standards. It is similar to the same problem with the Lakers, they are an aging team who will need to be rebuilding a few years down the road. If he joined the Nets, they are in win now mode for 5 years minimum, more like 7 years. I know we are obviously biased, but more and more you look at this, and Bucher and Broussard agree, the best fit is the Nets.

I’d be willing to bet they’ve talked about it. I don’t think they can get it done, but that’s probably a dream of theirs.