Commissioner David Stern gave NBA players an offer and a deadline: Accept a chance to earn up to 51 percent of basketball-related income by Wednesday or get ready for a deal that’s a whole lot worse. Â He wouldn’t call it an ultimatum, but it didn’t sure sit well with the union. Â Read more after the jump. @Shay_Marie x @gametimegirl
NBA: Derek Fisher Texts Players That Progress is Being Made & to Get Physically Prepared
On the heels of Roger Mason’s now-infamous tweet in which the NBPA vice president wrote, “Looking like a season. How u,” but later claimed his account was hacked, one league source claims that union president Derek Fisher text-messaged numerous players last week indicating that some progress had been made and imploring them to be physically prepared just in case the season started on time. Â Read more after the jump. @Shay_Marie x @gametimegirl
