The NBA is planted with a 'take it or leave it' to players

'Lockout'. Day 129 and quiet on the front. Despite efforts by both sides, yet another meeting to resolve the 'lockout' came to end in failure. After more than eight hours of negotiations, the franchisees and the players union left the hotel room of the Waldorf Astoria in New York without an agreement to put in their mouth, but with a final offer from the NBA that sounds ultimatum to the players.

David Stern appeared before the media to explain the proposal that representatives of the League and the owners have done to the players' union. A 'take it or leave it' with the NBA wants to put pressure on the union, which has until Wednesday to decide whether to accept the offer of the League.

Stern began the press conference by thanking George Cohen its presence in the negotiations and the role played in them. According to the commissioner of the league, the federal mediator appeared with six proposals of which five were accepted by the owners, including the offer of a division of BRI for 49-51 players. A deal that would take long you adhere to the expected growth of the League, who speak of a 4%.

"We told the players that we could put in writing all accepted recommendations in the proposal to have the opportunity to understand each aspect with total transparency on both sides and hope that acceptable," said Stern. "We would have the ability to reach an agreement on this basis until next Wednesday." However, Stern also threatened that if after that date the union has not given a positive response, the proposed owners could be much worse and could even return to 47% in revenue sharing.

The head of the NBA also used his appearance before the media to point to Jeffrey Kessler, attorney for the union, as the key man of this meeting. According to Stern, Kessler would have rejected one by one all the proposals made by the owners as those relating to the 'mid level exception' and hardening of the luxury tax. "But hope springs eternal and we would like the union to accept the proposal on the table now," he said Stern to end his press conference.

The union's response was swift. In the words of its president, Derek Fisher, the Players Association value this new round of negotiations as "very negative" in every way and pointed out that the offer made by the owners is unacceptable to him and the rest of his teammates.

"It was a day very frustrating in every way, it has barely spoken formal proposals during the meeting," said Fisher, who could not conceal his indignation at the ultimatum issued by the owners. "We have been threatened with an ultimatum and our response is we do not accept," said union president, who further noted that not even going to consider the League's offer to players.

A new clash between the parties to wipe out any hint of optimism that might exist. A shift to a conflict in which the possibility of dissolving the union is becoming harder, leaving Fisher and Billy Hunter at a position extremely difficult .