The Official S2 NBA Lockout Thread!

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  1. THE HCP

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    Hunter says there are another 30 or 40 secondary issues that also need to be resolved.
     
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    Hunter: Among those seconary issues are the age limit, commissioner discipline, etc. -- six pages union presented them.
     
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    Damnit players take the effin deal and end this forsaken lockout already.
     
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    Hunter: "We made every effort within reason to try to make an agreement."
     
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    Hunter: we haven't succeeded yet so you feel in a sense that you haven't fulfilled your mission
     
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    Why not have the players in NY now to discuss the fucking deal now?

    Monday or Tuesday?!?
     
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    Hunter said he indicated to Stern that union needed time to review offer with player reps.
     
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    Asked ownership source if this proposal is last, best before league delivers so-called 'reset' offer: "Looks that way to me," source said.
     
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    League has not given time limit for accepting or rejecting new offer.
     
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    Hunter: It's not the greatest proposal in the world but I have an obligtion to at least present it to our membership.
     
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    Fisher: if this is league's last best offer we'll have to take that into consideration
     
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    Hunter acknowledged revised offer will remain on table till they get back to NBA.
     
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    Hunter: "Its been a long haul. We're trying to come to the end of it and get this thing done."
     
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    They should be more concerned about the fans will respond
     
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    Stern: We made a revised proposal to the union which attempted to meet their concerns as best as we and the labor relations committee could.
     
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    Stern opens with a joke about the air conditioning. Says revised proposal has been made, with 72-game season starting Dec. 15.
     
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    72-Game Season, Beginning December 15th, If Deal Reached
     
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    Stern: I met with Billy and said that just as the clock had stopped at 5 o'clock on Wednesday ... would remain stopped through his meeting.
     
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    Stern says NBPA has until "no later than Tuesday" and clock will remain stopped while Hunter meets with board.
     
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    Stern says if we don't get positive answer, revised proposal with 47 percent share for players would be redelivered.
     
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