July 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors
The NBA hasn’t even been locked out for a month but it already feels like an eternity. Players and owners will resume talks, in person, this Monday in New York.
Commissioner David Stern, union director Billy Hunter and their top lieutenants have agreed to resume collective bargaining discussions, sources told ESPN.com Wednesday, for the first time since talks broke down hours before NBA owners imposed a lockout July 1, shutting down the league for the first time since the summer of 1998.
The sides remain far apart on the parameters of a new deal, but the decision to meet face-to-face again is one of the first possible signs of progress after four weeks of stagnancy.
Read more about Monday’s meeting at ESPN.com.
