NBA cancels 43 preseason games. Camps postponed; no talks scheduled.

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NEW YORK - The lockout has started doing real damage to the NBA’s calendar.

Players won’t report at the usual time. The preseason won’t start as scheduled.
And more cancellations could be necessary without a new labor deal soon.



Out of time to keep everything intact, the NBA postponed training camps indefinitely and canceled 43 preseason games yesterday because it has not reached an agreement with players.



All games from Oct. 9-15 are off, the league said. Camps were expected to open Oct. 3.

“We have regretfully reached the point on the calendar where we are not able to open training camps on time and need to cancel the first week of preseason games,’’ deputy commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. “We will make further decisions as warranted.’’



The players’ association did not comment.



NBA.com’s schedule page, which has a banner across the top listing the number of games on each day, was changed yesterday morning to read “0 Games’’ for each date until Oct. 16, when there are four games.



Those could be in jeopardy, too, without an agreement by the end of this month or very early October. The league scrapped the remainder of its preseason schedule on Oct. 6 in 1998, when the regular season was reduced to 50 games.



That remains the only time the NBA has lost games to a work stoppage.



The cancellations were inevitable after Thursday’s meeting between owners and players ended without a collective bargaining agreement. Both sides still hope the entire regular season, scheduled to begin Nov. 1, can be saved.


The league locked out the players July 1 after the expiration of the old labor agreement. Owners and players still haven’t agreed on how to divide revenues - players were guaranteed 57 percent under the previous deal - or the structure of the salary cap.



The next talks aren’t scheduled, but both sides said Thursday they hope to meet again next week - though the window could be limited because of the Jewish holiday and a union meeting Tuesday in Miami. They probably need a deal by the middle of October to avoid canceling real games.



Asked Thursday if he thought things were far enough along to still believe that was possible, commissioner David Stern said: “I don’t have any response to that. I just don’t. I don’t know the answer.’’



According to NBA policy, ticket-holders for canceled games will be refunded the cost of the ticket plus 1 percent interest.



The NBA had long prepared for a shortened or canceled preseason, declining to schedule exhibition games overseas for the first time since 2005 - also when a labor pact was set to expire.



Still, the hope had been to find a way to negotiate a deal in time that would allow the ball to be tipped as scheduled in Detroit and Orlando Oct. 9, the first of five games that night. Realistic chances of that passed in recent days, given the expectation of about two weeks from a deal in principle to a completed agreement.
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If there is a season I cant see nothing getting done before early next year and the could revamp the schedule to maybe a 50 game schedule which would make every game alot more important
 
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IMO the NBA is going to take a long time to recover if they don't get some type of seaon in. I feel like I'm not going to miss it at all if they don't play.
 

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OK, some good news, the owners moved on BRI. Bad news, they're still below 50% on the players side....now its the players turn to accept or counter offer
 

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If there's one league where the players and owners don't care about the fans it's definitely the NBA. Fuck them. I hope they cancel the season and it completely ruins the NBA.
 

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I feel you on that...BUT...as a sportsbettor I really hope this deal gets done soon
 

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fantastic,could not have heard better news
 

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Screw the NBA.
The one sport that has more corruption in it. I'd rather watch College Basketball.
 

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^
This

Pro hoops died when Bird and Magic and MJ retired.
 

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I guess I'll have to start getting familiar with NHL teams for the months of March to June but I'm still glad that this is happening.

NBA is a joke.
 

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