Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

Reason 14,982 why the NBA has not negotiated in good faith with its players? They’ve set to attempting to “negotiate” with the players union with a mediator present over the last week, knowing full well that they’ve already given two NBA arenas the go-ahead to reschedule suddenly open dates on former NBA game nights to give to concerts and other events.

This is from Kevin Ding at the Orange County Register, via Matt Moore at EOB:

But let it be known that the league already has taken another game off the schedule. The Lakers’ still-scheduled Dec. 13 home game against the Toronto Raptors will not happen under any circumstances then and there.

That’s because the NBA has already allowed Staples Center to vacate its commitment to the Lakers that day and schedule an extra date of the Jay-Z and Kanye West concert tour.

According to a statement from the NBA: “With the cancellation of the first two weeks of the season, the NBA schedule would have to be reworked and certain dates — including Dec. 13 for a Lakers game at Staples Center — would not be part of any revised schedule.”

Actually, it’s two additional NBA games already on the move, because the league did the same thing to accommodate another Jay-Z and Kanye show at Chicago’s United Center on Nov. 30, when the Bulls are currently scheduled to play the San Antonio Spurs.

Ding points out that the “go ahead and schedule stuff” edict from the NBA wouldn’t really make much of a difference to arenas this late in the game, because any facility holding 20,000-plus seats would have any show or act that could fill those seats booked months and months (and not just two months) in advance.

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WRITTEN BY Kelly Dwyer & FULL STORY HERE