NBA: NBA heads to CBA deadline day, sides far apart

NBA NBA NBA heads to CBA deadline day, sides far apart 29 Jun 2011, 10:16 pm NEW YORK â€" Negotiators for NBA owners and players will meet Thursday in the final hours before the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement, perhaps needing to make significant progress to avoid a lockout. The CBA expires at the end of the day, and the sides remain far apart on most major issues. After meeting twice a week for most of the month, this is the only session scheduled this week. The two sides could continue bargaining past the deadline, but that probably requires owners to see evidence of the gap between the sides narrowing Thursday. Otherwise, they could lock out the players for the first time since the 1998-99 season was reduced to 50 games. The Associated Press You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.