CHICAGO (AP) — Commissioner David Stern hopes the NBA does not follow the NFL’s lead and keeps its labor dispute with the union out of the courts.
Stern says litigation is “not appropriate to making a deal.” He says they “understand what a chaotic situation looks like.”
All he has to do is look at the NFL, where locked-out players and owners are embroiled in a bitter dispute that’s playing out in court.
The NBA’s current collective bargaining agreement expires June 30, and Stern has made it clear the owners will lock out the players if a deal that gives them the financial relief they’re seeking can’t be reached.
