NEW YORK (AP) — NBA players and owners still have no deal headed into the deadline for starting the season on time.
Negotiators for the sides met for more than five hours Sunday before breaking for the night. They are scheduled to return Monday afternoon.
Neither side offered many details, though union officials confirmed they scrapped a planned meeting with membership in Los Angeles and will instead remain in New York to talk with league officials again.
If they can’t come to a deal then, Commissioner David Stern has said the first two weeks of the regular season will be canceled. It is scheduled to begin Nov. 1.
