David Stern Gives Players a Deadline

It’s looking less and less likely that we’ll have an NBA season this year. The latest chapter of this sad saga has David Stern giving the NBA players a deadline to accept the owners’ latest offer. However, the players have already all but officially turned down the offer.

The deadline, which is the close of business on Wednesday, will surely come and go without a deal in place. After that point, Stern says that the owners will take the offer off the table and replace it with a much harsher deal.

Don’t expect the players to cave in to the pressure. Instead, the players are now looking at decertifying their union. If that happens, that would be the beginning of the end to the 2011-12 NBA season.

As it is, things are looking bad for NBA fans around the globe. You better start watching college basketball because that’s likely all we’ll have.

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