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BY GARY COTTON

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For the first time in 13 years, the NBA will have at the very best a shortened season. Commissioner David Stern’s Monday deadline to end labor talks has passed. CNN brings you the latest.
 

“This is bad news, if you’re about the dunks and the lay-ups. The NBA now scrubbing the first two weeks of the season. Players and owners say they are no where near a deal on splitting up all the money the league takes in. No new talks are set and this lockout is going to continue.”

NBA fans and players are reeling after the news. NBA TV analyst David Aldridge was a little frustrated saying the “big” differences aren’t so big. 

“The league wants Larry Bird free agents to have a maximum contract of four years, the union want’s a maximum contract for Bird agents of five years. The league wants maximum contracts for non-Bird free agents to be three years. The union wants four years. I mean this doesn’t sound like a great deal of difference to me.”

Analysts on MSNBC’s Morning Joe agree - pointing out we’ve seen the consequences of this before.

“Two weeks is only the beginning you remember last time there was a lockout 12 or 13 years ago they played 50 games, it was a meaningless season. The NBA has great momentum right now. They had a great playoffs, big revenue, big ratings on TV. They’re making a terrible mistake here.”
 

So exactly which games got the axe? A writer for NBC Sports says that among the 100 lost games were some gems that may make NBA fans squirm.

“How about the Miami Heat vs. the New York Knicks? Gone. The Orlando Magic taking on the Heat? Gone. [Also] … the Chicago Bulls heading into Dallas on the night the Mavericks [would have] raised the banner.”

So let the blame game begin. A writer for SB Nation says David Stern is being...well...too stern about the money issues fueling the stalemate.

“…David Stern has taken the NBA lockout on its illogical course right into the wallets of players (again)...given that right now there is no NBA, he's not doing his job. Even worse, he's keeping others from doing theirs. Shame on him.” 

But The Washington Post argues not to point the figure at David Stern. There’s two sides to every story and players are being stubborn too.

 

“….Stern is not the only one at fault. The players union fought off a hard salary cap and is now tussling with a luxury tax penalty that it claims amounts to about the same thing. Because heaven forbid there would be a limit on how much teams pay — and overpay — for some of this NBA ‘talent.’”

No news yet on when talks will continue, but stick with Newsy for more on the NBA lockout and other sports news. 


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