The NBA is back for Christmas

NBA clubs have spent may be the last ball of the players union negotiations. The proposal is based on a calendar with 72 days of regular season from 15th December. This will preserve the activity of the most prestigious league in the world of basketball for Christmas, an especially attractive to fans, which are programmed some of the most interesting duels in which broadcasters get some of its highest peaks of audience. The competition was to have begun last November 1 in its usual format and consists of 82 games perBilly Hunter, the players' union representative, said the proposal is not the best in the world but has the obligation to submit to the members of your association. That meeting will occur is, in principle, on Monday or Tuesday in New York. The clubs provide a distribution of profits of 50%. His initial proposal was 47% versus 57% earned by players until the last collective agreement concluded. Each percentage point is equivalent to about 40 million dollars. Hunter also claims that there are 30 or 40 secondary issues to be resolved.

Derek Fisher, Lakers and president of the association, said: "We are saying that there is sufficient progress to reach an agreement, but we want to talk with representatives of all the teams first." The negotiations will occur since the lockout was decided when it expired the previous meeting last July 1.

David Stern, NBA commissioner, said that if the club's latest proposal is rejected, and it would revert back to his idea of ​​giving players a 47% income maximum. In the event that the players accept the proposal and the League will begin on December 15, it is estimated that each team should play between 15 and 18 games each month and it is also possible that the start of the playoffs for the title had to be delayed a week until April 28.

The last lockout occurred in the 1998-1999 season. Then the tournament began in January and each team played 50 of the 82 games scheduled in principle in the regular season. team during the regular season.