The Works: Lockout Clock Winds Down; Crittenton Gets a Chance

by Bethlehem Shoals and Tom ZillerFiled under: Bobcats, Heat, Wizards, Sports Business and Media, The WorksIn The Works today: more on LeBron's Q Score and the black community; and Javaris Crittenton benefits from his relative anonymity.

But first, the league inches closer to a devastating lockout.

Labor Lockdown

Players and owners powwowed Wednesday, and the most vague joint statement imaginable revealed that talks were cordial and constructive. Cheers to that; no one wants to see Roger Mason Jr. give Glen Taylor a black eye. (Or do they?) Progress is a positive, no matter how small the movement and no matter how long the process, right?

That's fine ... if you have no deadline, or if your goal can be reached at any time. Players and owners don't have a lot of time, though. Doomsday is about 10 months away. And that pesky 2010-11 NBA season is about to get in the way.

Wednesday's session is believed to be the final such meeting before the season begins October 26. Players and owners obviously can't meet during the regular season, with players strung about 30 cities.

The next bargaining session is during All-Star Weekend in late February. After that? Late June, after the NBA Finals end. The current Collective Bargaining Agreement ends June 30. You see a problem here? Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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