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Ever Since the Dallas Mavericks lifted the NBA title back in June when they defeated the Miami Heat all the NBA news has related to the lockout. The NBA has been in talks since July to get a new collective bargaining agreement.

Unlike the recent NFL Lockout which despite a stubble between the Union and league the season went ahead un affected, the NBA labour talks however look to be affecting their season.

Many sources before this summer predicted that a full season would be lost due to the NBA Lockout and these predictions now appear to becoming a reality. There have been many meeting between the Union and the league but none of the major issues appear to be agreed upon.

The major issue on the table is how the money is split up of the basketball generated income. On the present deal the players receive 57% of the income, it has been rumoured that the players made a proposal of 53%. However it is believed that the owners rejected that and countered with an offer of 47%. The gap is 6% and the players are already offering a drop of 5% and from looking at those figures you can see why this years NBA season is in jeopardy.

NBA Lockout – What about the Players

Many of the players also believe that a season with many NBA players agreeing to play their basketball abroad this season. Even big name players such as Kobe Bryant are entertaining the thought of playing in Europe this year.

So far the NBA have cancelled the entire pre season and will cancel the first 2 weeks of the season if there is no deal agreed by Monday. The reduction of games will surely hit the NBA owners in their pockets as the sales of NBA tickets & NBA jerseys will surely fall if a season is unable to go ahead.

The NBA labour talks are an constantly changing and to keep up to date with the latest NBA news check out the NBA official website or for an alternate view visit ESPN for analysis from their insiders.

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