Links and FAQ’s of the 2011-2012 NBA Lockout
Jul 5, 2011 Blog
Below is a list of links from around the web that give an overall view of just what this Lockout is about and the issues involved:
How the NBA Lockout will impact Olympic qualifying (ProBasketball Talk)
NBA Lockout Q & A (ProBasketball Talk)
Lockout Timeline: How We Got Here (CBS Sports)
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Tags: 2011 - 2012, fantasy basketball, NBA Lockout
Fantasy Basketball Daily News and Notes (7/3/11)
Jul 3, 2011 Blog
It looks like greed is going to destroy our fantasy world this fall with the current NBA Lockout, which REALLY SUCKS. I’ll continue to post whatever news might be available, but I doubt there’s going to be much happening over the next couple of months, especially considering the fact that most websites aren’t allowed to post much NBA content during the strike. If you check out some of the bigger sites like NBA.com, ESPN or CBS, you’ll see almost no player news, photos or features. It’s like basketball just vanished.
Hopefully they’ll get this thing resolved soon, otherwise the NBA risks losing a lot of fans just when the league was starting to pick up some steam in popularity. It looks like poker just moved up to #1 on my hobby list for the next several months.
The last of the NBA news before the Lockout went into effect:
NBA Free Agency – Free Agency was set to begin July 1, but that’s now on hold. There won’t be any signings until the lockout is resolved. Here are the top 40 NBA free agents as rated by CBS Sports.
J.J. Hickson (SAC) – One interesting trade that happened just before the lockout was J.J. Hickson going to Sacramento with Omri Casspi going back to Cleveland. Cleveland also got a future first round draft pick thrown in. Sacramento got the better player in the deal in the short term, but this trade may have been influenced by the impending lockout. It also signals how hight the Cavs are on Tristan Thompson. He could get big minutes with Hickson now out of the way, so keep an eye on his stock.
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Tags: fantasy basketball