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    NBA commissioner David Stern believes further cancellations are coming. He indicated that the regular season games on Christmas may be canceled if there is no labor agreement by Tuesday.

    On that day, owners and players are scheduled to meet with a federal mediator.

    If we don’t make it by Tuesday, my gut — this is not in my official capacity of canceling games — but my gut is that we won’t be playing on Christmas Day,” Stern told

    Stern have already been canceled the first two weeks of the regular season on Monday when the sides could not reach a deal on the deadline he had set. The talks were stalled over the division of revenue between owners and players, both sides were also arguing over the league’s salary-cap system, the length of player contracts and the length of a new collective bargaining agreement.

    To resolve the deadlock, now sides will meet on Tuesday with George Cohen, the same mediator who tried to sort out the NFL’s labor dispute earlier this year. Stern is hopeful that Cohen had the ability to move the sides toward a deal.

    Stern said despite frequent meetings lately that “we aren’t making any progress,” He added. “We’re ready to sit down and make a deal. I don’t believe that the union is. Hopefully by Tuesday, aided by the mediator, they’ll be ready to make a deal. Certainly, I’ll bring my owners ready to make a deal.”




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