NBA Season Hangs In Balance With No Deal Imminent
They don't have a deal yet, and they are just about out of time.
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They don't have a deal yet, and they are just about out of time.
Negotiators for the NBA and its players have met for about two hours and will talk again Wednesday.
Last we left our negotiating heroes, Billy Hunter had drawn a line in the sand: The players were prepared to make a significant economic move, but only if the owners dropped their insistence on a hard cap.
NBA talks have started again and are apparently going nowhere.
Union chief Billy Hunter says owners are locking out players after failing to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, potentially putting the 2011-12 season in jeopardy.
NBA owners and players have met for more than five hours, the first of two straight days of sessions planned to discuss a new collective bargaining agreement.
Kobe Bryant fined $100,000 today for using a derogatory statement about referee Bennie Adams. Bryant had just been hit with a technical foul and said he was trying to get Adams attention from the bench. That's when video replays showed him making the remark in question.
The Kings have been considering relocation to Anaheim for months. They've been in discussions regarding a loan for over $100 million in the event of such a relocation to the Honda Center in Anaheim.
