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Road map to NBA labor peace

By Chad Ford
ESPN Insider

Thursday, May 26, 2005

Three months ago, during All-Star weekend in Denver, NBA commissioner David Stern and National Basketball Players Association president Billy Hunter expressed optimism that a deal would be reached on a new collective bargaining agreement before the end of the season. Last week, sparked in part by an ESPN Insider report detailing the dissatisfaction of a number of player agents with the owners' offer, the NBA announced the owners had canceled all further talks with the players. With the current ...

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