NBA Lockout is over!

            The NBA Lockout came to a merciful end last week. The two sides, the players and owners, came to a 10-year agreement that allows players to receive 51% of all revenue. There are a lot more numbers, statistics, and big words involved, but I don’t want to bore you, or myself. If you want to learn more about the agreement, check out this article: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/CBA-111128/how-new-nba-deal-compares-last-one

            A typical NBA season begins in November and each team plays 82 games. Now the season will begin on Christmas Day and each team will play 66 games.  The problem right now is that the new schedules have not been created. The only games set in stone are the ones on Christmas Day. Too bad the playoffs won’t be shorter.

            Preseason practice and the free-agency will begin on December 9^th.  Usually these two periods don’t begin on the same day, but because they do, it will lead to some interesting scenarios. For example, the New Orleans Hornets have only six contracted players. That means when practice begins on the morning of December 9^th, the Hornets will only have six players and their coaches. They won’t even have enough to run 5-on-5 drills.

            I’ll have more on the NBA when practices begin and the schedules are released.