NBA Players Union chief Billy Hunter says owners are locking out their players eight-and-a-half hours early after failing to reach a new CBA.
In a three-hour meeting Thursday, the sides could not close the gap that remains between the two parties in their positions.
All league business is officially on hold, starting with the free agency period that would have opened Friday. The last lockout reduced the 1998-99 season to just a 50-game schedule, the only time the NBA missed games for a work stoppage.
Union executive committee member Matt Bonner says "we tried to avoid the lockout; unfortunately we couldn't reach a deal."
Earlier this week on "The Dan Patrick Show" Charles Barkley's gut feeling told him that the entire season would be lost...
Remember, this is what we were subjected to the last time this happened...
More when we know more...
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