June 28, 2011NBA PAGE
Kurt HelinProBasketballTalk.com
The NBA owners and players have been formally meeting on the new Collective Bargaining Agreement with an offer on the table since the 2010 All-Star game in Dallas (and really they were talking before that, informally). After more than 16 months of talks, they are hundreds of millions of dollars apart and nowhere close to a deal.But they are going to meet again on Thursday in New Yorkone last ditched effort before the lockout kicks in at midnight July 1 (Thursday nightFriday morning).Theoretically they could make progress and decide to extend the negotiations and postpone the lockout, but if after 16 months of getting nowhere fast why would this session be different?READ MORE FROM PROBASKETBALLTALK.COM
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