After roughly 13 hours of negotiations over two days failed to close what he termed a significant gulf "on virtually all issues," NBA commissioner David Stern canceled the first two weeks of the 2011-12 regular season Monday night.Stern also suggested that the cancellations imposed on the 102nd day of the NBA lockout -- just the second work stoppage in league history to bleed into the regular season -- essentially guarantee that a full 82-game season has also been lost after fruitless talks found NBA owners and players unable to agree on key items such as luxury-tax specifics, contract lengths and annual raises.Those were not seen as the sort of issues that would derail negotiations as recently as last week, but they became as big over the last 48 hours as the sides' ongoing inability to agree on a workable split of annual Basketball Related Income."We think that we made very fair proposals," Stern told reporters in New York, describing himself as both sorry and sad about the parties' inability to get close to the framework of a deal before Monday's deadline to start the regular season on Nov. 1 as scheduled."I'm sure the players think the same thing," Stern said. "But the gap is so significant that we just can't bridge it at this time." Source: ESPN
I don't watch any basketball until like April or May (whenever the playoffs start) anyways so I'm not going to miss it.
Same here. I don't feel bad for either the owners or the players. I feel bad for the part-time workers, such as the people who run the concession stands. How are they going to make a living during this time?
the product the nba produces now blows. if i wanna see streetball i can go to any local playground and watch it for free.
Season is lost, plain and simple, gear up for the long haul. I hope the season is lost means Detroit gets a pretty good pick automagically.
Im a huge NBA fan. The past few season i have bought the nba league pbutt. Its a real bummer they might not have 1 this year
