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Xmas Day start set as NBA talks yield deal
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November 27, 2011, Sunday
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THE 2011-12 National Basketball Association season is likely to start on Christmas Day after the NBA and players reached a tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement, commissioner David Stern said yesterday.
"We've reached a tentative understanding that is subject to a variety of approvals and very complex machinations," Stern told a news conference in New York after a 13-hour negotiating session.
"But we're optimistic that will all come to pass and that the NBA season will begin on December 25, Christmas Day, with a triple-header.
"We're very pleased that we've come this far. There's still a lot of work to be done in a lot of places, with a lot of committees and player groups and the like.
"But we're optimistic that it will hold and we'll have ourselves an NBA season."
Barring a change in scheduling, the season will open with the Boston Celtics at New York Knicks, followed by the Miami Heat at the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA finals rematch before MVP Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls close the triple-header against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Labor relations
Stern said the deal would be discussed with the owners' labor relations committee today, before being passed on to the overall Board of Governors.
The commissioner said he expected both bodies to approve the settlement.
Stern said the deal called for training camps and free agency to begin simultaneously on December 9 and the league to have a 66-game schedule, 16 games fewer than a complete season.
"We're going to turn it all over to the lawyers here and have them work out all the details," said Billy Hunter, the former executive director of the players' former union.
"We'll be able to then talk with you further as that process proceeds."
The players disbanded their union in an effort to file a variety of lawsuits against the league. It could take up to 10 days for the players to re-form their union and ratify a formal labor deal.
"We've reached a tentative understanding that is subject to a variety of approvals and very complex machinations," Stern told a news conference in New York after a 13-hour negotiating session.
"But we're optimistic that will all come to pass and that the NBA season will begin on December 25, Christmas Day, with a triple-header.
"We're very pleased that we've come this far. There's still a lot of work to be done in a lot of places, with a lot of committees and player groups and the like.
"But we're optimistic that it will hold and we'll have ourselves an NBA season."
Barring a change in scheduling, the season will open with the Boston Celtics at New York Knicks, followed by the Miami Heat at the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA finals rematch before MVP Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls close the triple-header against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Labor relations
Stern said the deal would be discussed with the owners' labor relations committee today, before being passed on to the overall Board of Governors.
The commissioner said he expected both bodies to approve the settlement.
Stern said the deal called for training camps and free agency to begin simultaneously on December 9 and the league to have a 66-game schedule, 16 games fewer than a complete season.
"We're going to turn it all over to the lawyers here and have them work out all the details," said Billy Hunter, the former executive director of the players' former union.
"We'll be able to then talk with you further as that process proceeds."
The players disbanded their union in an effort to file a variety of lawsuits against the league. It could take up to 10 days for the players to re-form their union and ratify a formal labor deal.
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