TRADE RUMOURS
Marc J. Spears: Lakers have no interest in trading Pau Gasol or Andrew Bynum, source said.
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David Kahn laughed at the notion the Wolves might swing a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers for Gasol, who is from Spain and might be able to help Rubio adjust to the NBA and the country. "This is something that we don't have to address today," Kahn said, "but if that's something that is necessary and if that would ease the transition, then I think, of course, we need to address that."
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Adrian Wojnarowski: Two teams willing to draft 7-footer Jonas Valanciunas with expectation they could have to wait two years, sources say: Bucks and Warriors
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Adrian Wojnarowski: Two teams willing to draft 7-footer Jonas Valanciunas with expectation they could have to wait two years, sources say: Bucks and Warriors
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HoopsHype - NBA Media Twitters
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Roger Mason: Another long day of meetings with the NBA and the Owners. We made a little progress, but we're still pretty far away. Friday will tell a lot
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In what Stern termed a "modest" proposal, the players on Tuesday offered to reduce salaries by $500 million over a five-year deal, sources with knowledge of the proposal told CBSSports.com. The $100 million-per-year reduction would be achieved through a reduction in the players' share of basketball-related income (BRI) by
from 57 percent to 54.3 percent, sources said. The owners and players continue to disagree about the expenses the owners want taken off the top before revenues are shared with the players. The owners' proposal, sources said, would reduce the players' effective share of BRI -- once expenses were deducted -- to less than 50 percent by the third year of their 10-year proposal and to 36 percent in the last three years of the deal. The players' salary and benefits for the 2010-11 season were approximately $2.17 billion, sources said. CBSSports.com
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The sides will try again Friday. The Players Association and NBA owners met for nearly three hours yesterday without coming close to a resolution. However, they agreed to sit down Friday as the union mulls the NBA's latest counter-proposal. Sources said the Players Association delivered its new proposal after which the owners countered. For the first time, commissioner David Stern revealed the league has offered what he termed "a flexible cap," as opposed to a hard cap. New York Post