Schmeelk: Dark Days Ahead For NBA
I should have been watching an NBA preseason game last night. In three weeks, I should be watching the Knicks start their season against the Miami Heat. That's not going to happen.
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I should have been watching an NBA preseason game last night. In three weeks, I should be watching the Knicks start their season against the Miami Heat. That's not going to happen.
Some questions and answers about the NBA's labor impasse.
Two weeks of NBA games are lost. Many more could be in jeopardy.
Top negotiators for both sides met for more than seven hours Monday, returning to bargaining about 14 hours after ending talks Sunday night.
Top negotiators for the NBA and players' association met Sunday night in perhaps the last chance to avoid canceled regular-season games.
"There's still time," Heat player representative James Jones said. "There's always time. Anything can happen. But you have to be realistic
Top negotiators for the NBA and players' association will meet Sunday night in perhaps the last chance to avoid canceled regular-season games.
Carmelo Anthony fully expects the NBA to cancel some regular-season games soon, and said players around the league have been bracing to hear that grim news.
Without an agreement by Monday, the beginning of the NBA season will be canceled, and both sides will lose millions of dollars and perhaps countless fans.
The best part of Tuesday for NBA fans was the cancellation of the rest of the preseason. That means for season ticket holders like me, there will be no payments for preseason games that no one wants to go to.
So it comes down to this. After a lockout that has lasted more than three months, whether the NBA season starts on time could hinge on one "very huge day" in labor talks.
With perhaps days left to avoid further damage, negotiators for owners and players are talking again in hopes of ending the lockout.
NBA owners and players failed to reach a new labor deal after about seven hours of talks Saturday, focused mostly on the league's salary cap structure.
With exactly one month until the season is scheduled to start, NBA owners and players are meeting for a second straight day in hopes of ending the lockout.
By Monday, everyone is going to know whether or not the NBA season is going to start on time. We might even know if there's going to be a season at all. It seems much more bluster than reality, but this weekend is crucial to the future of the NBA.
