NBA season could be saved or sunk in coming days

By Brian Mahoney

Associated Press

Published: Friday, Nov. 11 2011 6:10 p.m. MST

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National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern speaks to the news media after a marathon meeting with the Players Association, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in New York. The league presented the players' association with a new offer Thursday after nearly 11 hours of bargaining, hoping it would be enough to end the lockout. However, union president Derek Fisher said it doesn't address all the necessary system issues that are important to the players.

John Minchillo, Associated Press

Summary

The time for talk in the NBA is over.

NEW YORK — The time for talk in the NBA is over.

David Stern made that clear Thursday, saying the league is done negotiating. The next time he hears from the players' association, he expects an answer: Yes, players will accept the league's latest proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement, or no they won't.

If they do, the NBA will commence with a 72-game season on Dec. 15.

And if no? Then the next time LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and the rest of the NBA's biggest stars are in uniform, it might be in London during next summer's Olympics.

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