NBAPA says it won't accept bad deal

Topdawg13 · Jun 24, 2011

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In some of the strongest public comments he has ever made, National Basketball Players Association executive director Billy Hunter said Thursday the league's owners are trying to "break" the players' union.

"Their intention is to lock us out and break the union to achieve what they want to achieve," Hunter said following a meeting of player representatives from the 30 teams.

Collective bargaining talks will resume Friday after each side made new economic proposals Tuesday -- the players offering to reduce their share of revenues by $500 million over the next five years, and the owners proposing a 10-year system that would guarantee the players a minimum of $2 billion in salaries each season.

Union president Derek Fisher said Thursday that players won't accept a bad deal to avert a work stoppage.

"We'd love to avoid a lockout, but we're unified in the sense of not being afraid if that's what we're faced with," the Lakers guard said.

If there is an impasse and a lockout is imposed, the players would not begin to feel the financial pain until Nov. 15 -- the date the first paychecks of the 2011-12 season are due.
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