SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — The NBA’s lead negotiator in contract talks with the players has a sense the sides are understanding each other and the “throttle is down” on reaching a new collective bargaining agreement.
NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver disclosed Tuesday that the two sides have agreed to hold two days of extensive meetings in early June in the city of the Western Conference champion.
Speaking beside Commissioner David Stern before the draft lottery, Silver said it would be “irrational” for the league and union not to reach an agreement before the current deal expires at the end of June.
Silver said the sides met Friday in New York, where he spoke with Gary Hall, the lead attorney at the players’ association. Hall died unexpectedly on Sunday at age 67.
