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NBA owners, players brace for a lockout

By Chad Ford
NBA Insider

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

In February, NBA commissioner David Stern and union chief Billy Hunter sat together at the All-Star Game in Los Angeles and smoked a peace pipe. Hand in hand, the two bitter enemies claimed they already were talking about the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with an eye toward coming to a compromise in the summer. "Recognizing that it seems to be part of labor lore that you have to be under some kind of deadline to get the final deal done, we'll give it our shot," Stern sai ...

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