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Moot point? NBA plans to unveil full 2011-12 schedule

It could just be an exercise in futility, but the NBA — still in the throes of a contentious labor impasse —

When will the Spurs face the defending champion Dallas Mavericks? When will LeBron James and the Miami Heat come to town? When will the Spurs get their first crack at Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers? Who will they face in the season opener, and when and where?

We’ll know the answers soon. But only in theory.

Obviously, the league has to prepare for a full season, which means releasing a full schedule in timely fashion. Still, chances are good most of what is unveiled on Tuesday will be erased by work stoppage.

It’s all tentative at this point.

In a way, the planned nationally televised schedule announcement could be considered cruel and unusual punishment for NBA die-hards: Hey fans, here’s the fun you would have been in for, if only owners and players could get their stuff together.

It’s sort of like showing a kid a picture of Disneyland, then refusing to take him there.

For the Spurs, games against the Eastern Conference might as well come written in pencil. Should the lockout shorten the schedule, which seems to be the consensus expectation, games against the opposite conference will be the first to go.

When the last lockout truncated the 1998-99 season to 50 games, the Spurs only played six against Eastern opponents.

Considering it’s three weeks into the current work stoppage, and the sides have not yet scheduled a formal next meeting, it appears we could be heading that way again this season.

In the meantime, enjoy a 2011-12 schedule that, for now, will exist only in theory.

Back from vacation and ready to crank up the blog again

I’m back.

After 3,745 miles, nine states and 127 gallons of gasoline spread over the last two weeks our family vacation finally is over.

The Griswolds only thought they had all the fun.

But after introducing my 6-year-old to a little American culture with a trip to Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills, I’m ready for work again.

The NFL apparently has shown their NBA brethren that settling lockouts isn’t exactly impossible.

We can only hope their athletic camrades in sneakers learned something watching this play out.

The world of the Spurs and the NBA hasn’t been silent since I’ve  been gone. And there’s a lot to catch up with.

Thanks again to Jeff McDonald and Mike Monroe for picking up the slack while I was gone. I owe you guys one.

And thanks to the management at the Express-News, who unlike my bosses at jobs in the recent past realize that vacations are healthy and even productive for their workers.

Now where do I start?

Acie Law signs with Serbian team, keeps family in groceries

Former Texas AM guard Acie Law apparently will be able to keep feeding his family.

Law has in the Adriatic League, Sportsando.net reports.

After playing at Kimball High School in Dallas, Law was a member of the Aggies for four years and was an All-Big 12 guard in 2007. He then was the 11th pick in the first round by Atlanta in the 2007 NBA Draft.

But he had trouble finding a spot in the NBA, playing for six different teams including stints with Memphis and Golden State in 2010-11.

Earlier this month, Law told ESPN Dallas that he was concerned about if the lockout stretched for an extended period. He had made $7,074,007 in his four-season NBA career.

But those fears about providing for their basic needs should be averted after the deal with the Serbian squad.