http://www.startribune.com/sports/wolves/133936143.html http://tinyurl.com/bp6w8mo The NBA Players Association filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit against the NBA and its 30 teams in the same venue where the NFL and its players fought last spring and summer. The same Minneapolis law firm that helped represent the NFL players filed a lawsuit for all NBA players, but specifically named Timberwolves players Anthony Tolliver and Derrick Williams as well as Caron Butler and Ben Gordon as plaintiffs. Players association lawyers also filed a separate lawsuit naming five plaintiffs, including superstars Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant, in a Northern California court on Tuesday. The lawsuits ask a judge to award damages three times (more than $2 billion) the players' lost salaries caused by the owners' lockout of players, or what the lawsuit contends is an illegal "group boycott and price-fixing arrangement." The Minneapolis lawsuit specifically names a player who is a free agent (Butler), two currently under NBA contracts (Tolliver and Gordon) and an unsigned rookie (Williams) on behalf of all other NBA players "similarly situated." Why Minneapolis for one of the venues? Probably because it has been a favorable court for the NFL Players Association in similar cases through the years and because it generally schedules hearings more quickly than some other district courts. NBA球員已經正式向明尼亞波里斯地方法院，提出集體反托拉斯訴訟。控告對象為NBA當局 ，以及30支球團公司。 在這份訴訟報告中，Caron Butler、Anthony Tolliver、Ben Gordon和Derrick Williams 等四名為球員代表。分別代表為自由球員(Butler)，有約球員(Tolliver、Gordon)，以及 新秀球員(Williams)。訴訟內容提及資方封館動作是非法的集體抵制行為，並且有違法操 控薪資，球員將對聯盟提出三倍薪資賠償，總金額將超過兩億美元。 為何球員選擇明尼亞波里斯？明州地方法院曾在今年年初做出對NFL球員工會有利的判決 (Brady vs. NFL)，甚至早期更多案例。另一方面，在這安排聽證會流程將快速許多。 另外，包含Carmelo Anthony和Kevin Durant在內的五名球員代表，在同時間向北加州地 方法院提起相同訴訟。 訴訟案遞交當日剛好是11-12球季的球員第一個領薪日，當然目前是不可能領到了。 --

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