The Official S2 NBA Lockout Thread! (2 Viewers)

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Mannix.....

Unofficially, today's CBA meeting went about four hours and fifteen minutes.
 
truehoop.........

Knee-jerk assessment: Ending talks at a reasonable hour, talking to media separately ... not great signs for a deal.
 
alanhahn......

Obviously there's no deal because there would be a joint press conference, but nobody expected a deal to be struck today. But progress...
 
Broussard........

Someone in NBA meetings just told me they made a little progress today but still have a long way to go before a deal
 
KBergCBS.............


Hunter waiting for Fisher to arrive and lead news conference.
 
Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Roger Mason, Matt Bonner, Ben Gordon, Month Evans join Billy Hunter and Derek Fisher at podium
 
Fisher: "Intense discussions today ... today was not the day for us to get this done."
 
Fisher: Not able to get "something that's fair and amenable to our players."
 
Fisher: We anticipate the rest of preseason cancelled and faced with early part of regular season in jeopardy
 
Fisher: We're where we anticipated and expected to be.
 
Fisher: This is not a game to us. We've been willing to negotiate. Lockout could jeopardize portions if not all of our season.
 
Broussard......

I'm told no meetings scheduled rest of week...D Fisher says preseason about to be cancelled& probably start of reg season
 
Fisher: "We are employees and the NBA are the employers and they hodl the key to when the lockout will be over."
 
KBergCBS: Fisher" Players offered 53 percent of BRI.
 
Fisher: Players were "informed that we're not close enough on the economics to close the gap."
 
Fisher: We offered to reduce our share of BRI to 53 percent. We were informed that's not close enough. We can't go further on economics.
 
Fisher: players offered over a billion dollars over 6 years of deal by dropping BRI to 53 percent.
 
Fisher: "We're going to regroup as a collective body and make decisions accordingly."
 
Fisher: Not sure when the next meetings will be held. Not expecting to meet tomorrow or in the near future.
 
Sheridanhoops.......

Lockout talks done for today and forseeable future. Players offered to go to 53 percent, owners went to 47, according to Derek Fisher.
 
Fisher: "We did not feel a move from 46 to 47 percent was large enough to close the gap that still lies there."
 
KBergCBS: Hunter: Players' concession was over $200 million a year and owners talked about a $300 million annual loss.
 
Hunter says players willing to transfer $200 million per year back to owners.
 
Hunter: "The willingness to give back the 200 clearly addressed their needs."
 
Hunter: "Fifty-three is our number."
 
Hunter: "Fifty three is our position. We were never inclined to come out of 50's and they were never inclined to come up..."
 
Hunter: There are no scheduled meetings. Maybe a month, or two months. It's your guess.
 
Fisher: "It'll always be a bargaining process. That's the only way to get a deal done."
 
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