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NBA spokesman Tim Frank on Monday acknowledged that the out-of-bounds call that should have been made on Bogut had been missed but said the referees were correct in not asking for a video review. San Antonio Express-News

Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, Manu Ginobili, Tim Frank, Andrew Bogut, Referees 

Tom Ziller: @Art_Thiel had source saying relocation vote was initially 4-3. NBA spokesman Tim Frank: "It's a total fabrication." Twitter @teamziller

Sacramento Kings, Seattle SuperSonics, Tim Frank 

The Sacramento contingent seeking to buy the Kings and block the franchise's move to Seattle submitted its bid to purchase the team Tuesday night. The amount of the bid was not revealed. NBA spokesman Tim Frank said the bid will now be examined by a committee of owners today during meetings at the NBA Headquarters in midtown Manhattan. Those owners - members of the relocation and finance committees - will eventually recommend whether to approve the Kings' proposed sale and relocation to Seattle or accept the Sacramento offer. Sacramento Bee

Sacramento Kings, Tim Frank, Kevin Johnson 

Johnson also announced that former Kings great Mitch Richmond would join the local ownership group and that the city’s proposal would include an option to return WNBA basketball to Sacramento. Sources close to the situation told PBT that the framework of the offer delivered to the NBA on Friday was very close to Seattle’s $341 million offer for a controlling 65 percent interest in the club. NBA spokesman Tim Frank confirmed delivery of the offer on Friday, the day of the deadline. NBCSports.com

Sacramento Kings, Seattle SuperSonics, Tim Frank, Kevin Johnson, Mitch Richmond 

After the Super Bowl was delayed by a 34-minute power outage earlier this month at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the NBA took extra steps to make sure nothing like it occurs during its All-Star Saturday events or Sunday night’s All-Star Game at the Toyota Center. But in case something unforeseen occurs, the NBA and the Toyota Center have put in a number of contingency plans, NBA officials confirmed earlier this week. ``We are prepared with contingency plans for a myriad of potential scenarios,’’ NBA spokesman Tim Frank said. ``In the very unlikely event there is a power outage at the Toyota Center, there is a back-up system that restores power immediately.’’ New Orleans Times-Picayune

Tim Frank, NFL, All Star Game 

The NBA has promoted Mike Bass to Executive Vice President, Communications, it was announced today by NBA Deputy Commissioner and COO Adam Silver. As Executive Vice President, Bass, who reports to Silver, will oversee all public relations for the NBA, WNBA and NBA Development League, including basketball and business communications, on a global basis. Tim Frank, NBA Senior Vice President, Basketball Communications, will continue to direct the basketball communications efforts for all three leagues and will report to Bass. USA Today Sports

Tim Frank, Adam Silver, Mike Bass 

The Nets' season opener instead will be Saturday night at Barclays Center against the Toronto Raptors. Bloomberg, who confirmed that game would go on as scheduled, said he's working with the city to provide extra bus service for fans to get to the arena. Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald said Friday's game against the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden is still on. NBA spokesman Tim Frank later confirmed that in an email. "We're good to go," Grunwald said. The NBA said it doesn't anticipate the status of the Knicks-Heat game to change Thursday. Nets coach Avery Johnson informed his team in the middle of Wednesday's practice at Barclays Center that the game against the Knicks was postponed. "We're definitely disappointed ... but we realize the seriousness of the situation," Nets point guard Deron Williams said on "SportsCenter." "A lot of people have lost homes and lost loved ones, so in the grand scheme of things, it's really not that important." ESPN.com

Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, Avery Johnson, Deron Williams, Schedule, Tim Frank, Glen Grunwald 

The NBA is about to act in hopes of stopping the floppers. Spokesman Tim Frank said Thursday the league is finalizing procedures to deal with flopping, the art of falling down when little or no contact was made in an effort to trick referees into calling a foul. Frank said the competition committee met two weeks ago and discussed plans that would go in place this season. Commissioner David Stern believes too many players are deceiving referees by flopping and has been seeking a way to properly penalize them. The procedures will likely involve a postgame review of the play by the league office, rather than an official calling an infraction during the game, Frank said. Players would likely be fined if the league determined they flopped. ESPN.com

David Stern, Tim Frank, Referees 

Stern signaled last spring that a policy was probably coming. “We just want to put a stake in the ground that says,`This is not something that we want to be part of our game,’ without coming down with a sledgehammer, but just doing it in a minimalist way to begin stamping it out,” Stern said after a competition committee meeting in June. “And I think there are ways we can do that, and we’ll have to wait and see exactly what we come up with.” New York Times

David Stern, Tim Frank, Referees 

NBA spokesman Tim Frank said the two fans “were in their ticketed seats. Vince sat in a ticketed seat instead of the bench and it gave the appearance that they were actually on the bench, but they weren’t on the bench. They were in ticketed seats. “For a lack of a better term, (Jack) Nicholson’s seat (at Los Angles Laker games) sit there at the end. They’re at the back end of the bench instead of the front end of the bench.’’ Carter knew something was out of the ordinary when he couldn’t find a place to sit next to West. But his hands were tied -- until the Mavs got the call from the NBA. “I wasn’t going to ask them to move, because they paid their money to sit there,’’ Carter said. “I didn’t feel obligated to do that. “I see where people blew it all of out of proportion. They were sitting there, they were cool and they were watching the game and minding their business.’’ Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, Vince Carter, Tim Frank 

The players' growing interest in decertification almost ensures that the union will not retreat from its demand for a 52 percent revenue split, and league sources have told Broussard a significant number of owners are growing resistant to offering the players a 50/50 split. Federal mediator George Cohen will also attend Saturday afternoon's meeting, according to league spokesman Tim Frank. ESPN.com

Tim Frank, George Cohen 

Ken Berger: League spokesman Tim Frank says mediator has asked both sides to refrain from commenting, and they are abiding. Twitter

CBA, David Stern, Lockout, Billy Hunter, NBPA, Tim Frank, George Cohen 

Brian Mahoney: NBA denies Stern will threaten cancellation of entire season if no progress after weekend. "It's simply not true," spokesman Tim Frank says. Twitter

CBA, David Stern, Lockout, Billy Hunter, NBPA, Tim Frank 

In a statement e-mailed to The Times, Tim Frank, a spokesman for the National Basketball Association, has disputed an analysis by Forbes Magazine suggesting that the N.B.A. turned a $183 million operating profit in its 2009-10 season. Instead, according to Mr. Frank, the league lost $340 million that year and has lost money every year during the current collective bargaining agreement. New York Times

David Stern, Lockout, Tim Frank, Owners 

Mr. Frank’s full statement is reproduced below: The information from Forbes that serves as the basis for this article is inaccurate and we do not know how they do their calculations. Forbes does not have the financial data for our teams and the magazine’s estimates do not reflect reality. Precisely to avoid this issue, the N.B.A. and its teams shared their complete league and team audited financials as well as our state and Federal tax returns with the Players Union. Those financials demonstrate the substantial and indisputable losses the league has incurred over the past several years. The analysis that was posted this afternoon has several significant factual inaccuracies, including: “[The N.B.A.] is a fundamentally healthy and profitable business” The league lost money every year of the just expiring CBA. During these years, the league has never had positive Net Income, EBITDA or Operating Income. “Many of the purported losses result from an unusual accounting treatment related to depreciation and amortization when a team is sold.” New York Times

David Stern, Lockout, Tim Frank, Owners 

The Knicks’, Bulls’ and Lakers’ combined net income for 2009-10 does not cover the losses of the 23 unprofitable teams. Our net loss for that year, including the gains from the seven profitable teams, was -$340 million. “Forbes’s estimates – a $183 million profit for the NBA in 2009-10, and those issued by the league, which claim a $370M loss…” Forbes’s data is inaccurate. Our losses for 2009-10 were -$340 million, not -$370 million as the article states. “The leaked financial statements for one team, the New Orleans Hornets, closely matched the Forbes data …” New York Times

David Stern, Lockout, Tim Frank, Owners 

Ben Golliver: After Dirk Nowitzki bolted court, NBA Senior VP Basketball Communications Tim Frank personally chased him down Twitter

Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki, Tim Frank 

The NBA fined 24-year referee Ken Mauer and Suns guard Zabian Dowdell undisclosed amounts for an exchange they had that led to Dowdell's ejection in a March 30 game. Dowdell entered the game with 3:02 remaining and the Suns trailing by 20. Two minutes later, the exchange occurred after a Dowdell turnover. The rookie reported to the league that Mauer used a derogatory name, which prompted a Dowdell response that could have been considered a threat. "While we do not believe Mauer used the language that was reported, his actions were still deemed to be inappropriate," NBA spokesman Tim Frank said. Arizona Republic

Phoenix Suns, Zabian Dowdell, Tim Frank, Referees 

Chris Iott: NBA spokesman Tim Frank said via email that the incident Monday night involving Charlie Villanueva is still being reviewed. Twitter

Detroit Pistons, Charlie Villanueva, Tim Frank 

The NBA was noticeably absent from referee Bill Spooner's libel lawsuit against Associated Press reporter Jon Krawczynski over a tweet the scribe sent during a Jan. 24 game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets. The tweet quoted Spooner as telling Wolves coach Kurt Rambis that he'd give him a make-up call after an apparently bad whistle against Minnesota. SB Nation

Minnesota Timberwolves, Tim Frank, Referees, Kurt Rambis