Fanshots

Project Spurs: Ex-Spur Hill close to deal with Olympiacos

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Everyone's favorite ex-Spur might have to get added to our Euroleague follow list. Go get 'em, Georgie.

Simmons, "Lockout has become personal"

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The not-so-subtle signs that the lockout has become personal have been present for some time now. Simmons breaks it down. Things do not look good.

Happy Thanksgiving; enjoy the pills turkey dinner!

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Happy Thanksgiving; enjoy the pills turkey dinner!

espn | NBA talks reportedly taking place

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Negotiations aimed at ending the NBA lockout resumed Tuesday with a specific goal at the heart of the talks -- to end the 146-day impasse in time for games to begin on Christmas, The New York Times reports. The newspaper cited two people close to the talks in its report Wednesday. Yahoo! Sports also is reporting on the talks, which are continuing Wednesday. According to The Times, the talks are taking place through lawyers representing both sides because of pending litigation -- different groups of players filed separate lawsuits in California and Minnesota last week. NBA owners locked out the players on July 1, and the labor strife has forced games to be canceled through Dec. 15. The NBA said Wednesday that "it remains in favor of a negotiated resolution (to the lockout)." The league declined to further comment. Christmas games generally are considered the launching pad for the NBA's national TV schedule. There are three games on the Dec. 25 schedule: the Boston Celtics at New York Knicks at noon ET on ESPN, and an ABC doubleheader featuring an NBA Finals rematch between the Miami Heat at the Dallas Mavericks (2:30 p.m.) and the Chicago Bulls visiting the Los Angeles Lakers (5 p.m.).

The Onion Sports Guide To The NBA Lockout

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For everyone at work who is bored as much as I am.

TBJ’s No Season Required: San Antonio podcast

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The Basketball Jones + Brent Barry = Awesomeness. It's not short, but it is amazing. They discuss everything from carpool songs, to Fabri Oberto crying at a Pearl Jam concert in Argentina. There's also some serious stuff in there, like Barry's opinion of Pop and how it was for him growing up the son of an NBA legend. Listen and enjoy.

Yet another reason to hate the owners' stance

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The next brick in the wall of evidence that the season is in jeopardy not because of a battle over dollars and cents, but because of egos, and (this time) the search for a modern day holy grail.

We Didn't Start the Lockout

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To the tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" the folks at Outside the Arc have come up with a lockout song. Lyrics are below the video, so sing along!

probasketballtalk | Craig Ehlo talks about being on the wrong end of history

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It is one of the defining moments of Michael Jordan’s career. Chicago was down 100-99 to Cleveland with three seconds left in a deciding Game 5 (it was a best-of-five playoff series back then). The Cavs were ahead because of Craig Ehlo — Chicago had forgot to defend him on the last play and he had hit a layup before Jordan could recover. The Bulls had just three seconds to score, miss and they go home. Ehlo was defending Jordan and was on the wrong end of history, something he talked about with CSNChicago.com. "I was in a dead run, so I flew right by him with my hand in his face," Ehlo said. "People always say that I played good defense because I had a hand in his face. He was able to hang in the air for a longer period of time than I was, and let me fly by… The rest is history." Now 22 years later, Ehlo is philosophical about the play for which he is most remembered. "Everybody has a great signature moment," says Ehlo. "My signature moment came on a bad side, but I still consider it a great signature moment." I thought this might be a nice NON-lockout related fanshot. I've always thought Ehlo was one of the better un-sung reserves in league history. He was a great contributor to those late 80s/early 90s Cavs teams that could never make it out of the East.

CORRECTION: Splitter signs with Power Electronics Valencia of ACB, Eurocup

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CORRECTION: It seems that we jumped the gun yesterday. Oops. Eurocup.com has the story, linked above. Nando De Colo will be one of Tiago's new teammates. I'm glad he's going to be playing during the lost NBA season. Your turn, Manu.