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(11:03:48 PM) Yao Ming was NBA's Consummate Ambassador – With the NBA lockout dominating headlines, the announcement of Yao Ming's retirement on Friday seems a fitting, yet ominous sign of what could be the end of the latest golden era in the NBA. (This story continues here)
(11:25:02 PM) NBA to host 11th BWB camps, minus active players – The NBA is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Basketball without Borders program, the first that won't involve active players because of the lockout. Camps will be held in Slovenia, Johannesburg, South Africa, and Rio de Janeiro. The Slovenian camp will be the first held in one of the former Yugoslav republics, where the 50 campers who attended the inaugural camp in 2001 came from. (This story continues here)
(10:44:05 PM) NBA hosts 10th BWB camps, minus active players – The NBA is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Basketball without Borders program, the first that won't involve active players because of the lockout. (This story continues here)
(10:57:32 PM) Bobcats begin laying off workers amid NBA lockout – With the NBA lockout less than two weeks old, at least two NBA teams have begun cutting staff. One of the first to resort to layoffs: Michael Jordan's Charlotte Bobcats. Radio play-by-play announcer Scott Lauer was one of at least seven employees let go by the Bobcats in the past week. A person familiar with the situation says the Detroit Pistons fired 15 people two weeks ago. (This story continues here)
(11:42:36 PM) NBA to host 10th BWB camp sans active players – NEW YORK (AP) -- The NBA is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Basketball without Borders program, the first that won't involve active players because of the lockout. (This story continues here)
(11:41:28 PM) PBT: NBA returns $160M in escrow money to players – In the one move since the start of the NBA lockout, the NBA announced Tuesday that it is going to give the players back money they already earned. It’s a good thing in terms of thawing the ice, but it’s not going to really change things. As for what happened… this is going to take some explaining. (This story continues here)
(10:42:49 PM) AP Sources: NBA players to get escrow money back – Locked-out NBA players will have their escrow money returned to them for the first time because salaries fell below 57 percent of league revenues last season, two people with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. The players will get about $160 million back when a final audit of league revenues is completed later this month. (This story continues here)
(11:34:33 PM) NBA Capsules: Sampson, Bickerstaff join Rockets staff – HOUSTON (AP) — Kevin McHale has added a couple of familiar names to the Houston Rockets coaching staff. Kelvin Sampson and J.B. Bickerstaff will join McHale once teams get back to work, a person with knowledge of the decisions said Tuesday. (This story continues here)
(10:45:46 PM) NBA removes player images from TV, web – Since the NBA locked out its players earlier this month, news of the labor dispute has dominated NBA.com and official team websites. But one crucial thing has gone missing: the players themselves, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. (This story continues here)
(11:22:57 PM) Yao retirement risk NBA profile in China – The expected retirement of Chinese basketball star Yao Ming risks diminishing the NBA's once-burgeoning popularity in the country, with many local fans saying they would no longer watch NBA games. (This story continues here)
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