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Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by DallasThomas, Nov 1, 2011.

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  1. ascaptjack

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    WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
    As labor talks lurch past midnight, link to latest Y! Sports story on NBA and NBPA push to end lockout: tinyurl.com/6nt8w5p

    http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y....8vLYF?slug=aw-wojnarowski_nba_lockout_110911

     
  2. ItsMyFault

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    RT @WojYahooNBA: Meeting has ended.
     
  3. A_3PO

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    WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
    Two news conferences, no deal.
     
  4. J.R.

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    No deal as expected
     
  5. Ricksmith

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    FML, FML, FML.
     
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    MoneyMase Roger Mason Jr
     
  7. TheGreat

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    Looking like a meeting tmrw. How u


    FML
     
  8. Pete Chilcutt

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    NBA TV has the press conference as usual
     
  9. A_3PO

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    That's better than no deal talks end.
     
  10. Pete Chilcutt

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    Stern: Agreed to continue to negotiate at noon tomorrow
     
  11. Clutch

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    Meeting went 12 hours. The press conferences are supposed to be on NBA TV live and online here:

    http://www.nba.com/home/live1/

    No deal may not be all that bad if they are optimistic in the press conferences. Could just be more tomorrow.
     
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    Stern: I would not read into this optimism or pessimism as we continue to negotiate.
     
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    Stern on if they made any progress on the 5 key system issues:

    "There are many other issues, many other issues of importance. It just behooves us to make sure all of those issues are on the table."

    "We're not failing and we're not succeeding. We're just there."
     
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    ZachLowe_SI Zach Lowe
    Vibe is at least cordial. No sniping.

    LarryCoon Larry Coon
    Per David Stern's instructions, I'm currently neither optimistic nor pessimistic.

    KBergCBS Ken Berger
    Fisher: We won't be able to elaborate on any details or any significant progress.

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    Fisher: We can't say that there was significant progress today.
     
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    KBergCBS Ken Berger
    Fisher on 50-50: What we stated yesterday was an openness and a willingness to come off of our number.

    daldridgetnt David Aldridge
    Union now. Fisher: we spent a lot of time covering the issues. I can't say there was sig progress made, but we're going to meet tomorrow

    KBergCBS Ken Berger
    Fisher: Not as much as we'd like ( re: NBA being receptive to union's willingness to make economic move).
     
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    KBergCBS Ken Berger
    Fisher: Obviously, we'd have a deal done if the right flexibility was being shown.

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    Hunter: I think there was enough give and take on both sides to warrant us coming back tomorrow.

    SpearsNBAYahoo Marc J. Spears
    Fisher: "the fact that a deal isn't done obviously shows there hasn't been a lot of flexibility on the system."
     
  18. OlajuwonFan81

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    Same crap......different day.
     
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    WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
    Fisher: "We're going to meet again tomorrow to give it our best effort, but we don't know if it will be enough.

    SpearsNBAYahoo Marc J. Spears
    Hunter: "There are so many issues that haven't been resolved."

    Lockedonsports David Locke
    Fisher's first comment is that if we make BRI concessions then we want system issues. Exact contrast to what Adam Silver said a moment ago.

    sheridanhoops Chris Sheridan
    Words no one in the media room wanted to hear: "This session could go on for another couple days." -- Hunter.
     
  20. Clutch

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    From the presser -- Union said they did not make headway on any of the system issues, nor did they agree to the economics of the deal.

    How many of these NBA insiders (today it was Adrian Wojnarowski's turn) have been absolutely owned by bad info the last few months? A few hours ago, Woj reported "significant progress" in today's talks.

     

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