NBA to cancel games if no deal Monday

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  1. truebluefan

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    The NBA has canceled the remainder of the preseason and will wipe out the first two weeks of the regular season if there is no labor agreement by Monday.

    Commissioner David Stern and deputy commissioner Adam Silver made the announcement after owners and players met for about four hours Tuesday but came no closer to an agreement -- despite a 50-50 split of basketball-related income being discussed as a way to break the stalemate and save the season.

    "We were not able to make the progress that we hoped we could make and we were not able to continue the negotiations," Stern said.

    No further meetings are scheduled. "Today was not the day to get this done. We were not able to get close enough to close the gap," union president Derek Fisher said Tuesday, speaking ahead of Stern.

    Read more: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7...ason-canceled-no-deal-monday-david-stern-says
     
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    Better ice surface for the NHL if the games are canceled. =D
     
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    If a piss poor city like Detroit can have 4 stadiums, why cant a city like Chicago build a stadium to for just the Hawks?
     
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    I don't know where they would even build one? Demolish some old buildings or something? Plus the United Center is awesome.
     
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    Throw the Bulls in Evanston, already got a "basketball" arena.
     
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    You want me to drive another 45 minutes to see the Bulls? No thanks.
     
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    Whats 45 min when you actually have good ice at the hockey game?
     

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