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Stern hopes regular refs ready to work

Associated Press

Friday, October 23, 2009

NEW YORK -- David Stern is pleased with the performance of his replacement referees, though ready for his regular staff to come back to work. The NBA's referees union will vote Friday night on a contract proposal from the league. If they accept, as expected, the officials will be back in time for the opening of the regular season Tuesday night. The league has used replacements, mostly from the NBA Development League and WNBA, during the lockout. Stern said the 62 backups have "responded very w ...

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