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BY LAUREN DELANEY

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The NBA postponed basketball training camps and cancelled 43 preseason games through October 15--all because of salary disputes. San Diego’s KGTV explains the financial fiasco.

“The NBA lockout is moving into it’s serious phase today with the league announcing its cancelling fall camp and 43 preseason games. NBA training was supposed to begin October 4th with games beginning a week later. Both the players and the owners say they hope to reach a new labor agreement before the season opener scheduled for November the first.”

The debate over a collective bargaining agreement has persisted for nearly two years. The LA Times suggests -- the preseason games cancellation isn’t a huge surprise.

“In any negotiation no matter the industry or the stakes, so-called "givebacks" are tough to come by. A reduction or elimination of previously won benefits is the Holy Grail for management and the NBA owners have already won that war to an extent.”

According to an NBC sports blog, the players just want their fair share. Suns forward Jared Dudley says he’s willing to wait it out until an agreement is reached.

“‘Our thing is you have to have a stance,’ Dudley said. ‘It’s not like we’re not willing to give back. We just want the split to be somewhat fair… We have our line, the line we’re not going to cross, and if that means missing a season we might as well miss a season anyway because they are talking 40 percent cuts.’”

The Ology blog compares the NBA lockout to the NFL one--noting basketball really cannot afford losing a season.

“NFL owners always knew that football would be able to bounce back because it’s unchallenged as America’s most popular sport. Basketball, on the other hand, has to compete with the return of hockey’s popularity, the rise of soccer in America and the continued dominance of the NFL.”

But ESPN basketball analyst Chris Broussard  thinks players could be back on the court--though it may not be a full season of 82 games.

“I think we’ll see games, there are some people that don’t think we’re going to see a season at all, and certainly that’s possible, but I think we will see a 50 or 60 game season because ultimately David Stern does not want to see a cancelled season on his watch.”

Regular season may be canceled if no agreement is reached in the first week of October. The season is scheduled to open November 1.