Resuming CBA talks

[DPG21920]

didn't that happen last time as well

[Birn]

Mediator: "Owners read Birn's posts, and are waiting for players to bend over"

LOL!!!

The fact they're going this long is a real good sign in my opinion. I want this crap over so we can focus on free agents, trades, etc. If they can't get this figured out now there won't be a season. Now is the best time to get it done since all the owners are in town for Board of Governor meetings.

[DesignatedT]

Hope he's not depressed and near a Whataburger... FML

[baseline bum]

Meanwhile, Blair's twitter has gone all-out middle school mode:

What, did that chick with the enormous ass cheat on him? I'd hate to lose that too.

[Bruno]

13 hours

A reason to be optimistic is the bunch of owners at the meeting is mainly composed with owners who are said to be players friendly:

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap...r_Eleven_Hours

According to Chris Sheridan, representing the owners are Peter Holt (San Antonio), Clay Bennett (Oklahoma City), Mickey Arison (Miami), Mark Cuban (Dallas), Jim Dolan (New York), Dan Gilbert (Cleveland), Wyc Grousbeck (Boston), Larry Miller (Portland), Robert Sarver (Phoenix), Glen Taylor (Minnesota) Jerry and Jeanie Buss (Lakers) and Bob VanderWeide (Orlando).

[ElNono]

Sheridan is probably dotting the i's on his new article "Why did the mediator work?", shortly followed by a Woj tweet: "Players, owners still seas apart".

[Dex]

What, did that chick with the enormous ass cheat on him? I'd hate to lose that too.

You be the judge. Her last tweet:

AshleyLoganAL Ashley Logan
Hope the Lockout ends! I need to do a new Body Paint Shoot. But Who's Jersey should I paint on me this season?
2 hours ago

[DJ Mbenga]

my guess is cohen just locked the door and and sat there and said so we aint leaving unless you agree. i swallowed the key.

[Ditty]

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski



Tuesday has turned into Wednesday in New York, and labor talks push into a 15th hour.

[Dex]

johnschuhmann John Schuhmann
Post-mediation comments will be televised on NBA TV & streamed on NBA.com once the parties emerge. Stand by.
1 hour ago

Some of the funnier tweets....media must be getting bored.

forumbluegold Darius Soriano
I bet the mediation session has turned into an argument over whether Blake Griffin is better than Carmelo. #ReasonsForLongLockoutMeeting
3 minutes ago

TheAkronHammer Adam Reisinger
If you started watching "Phantom Menace" when the NBA mediation began, you'd be finishing "Return of the Jedi" right about now
35 minutes ago

IamaGM IamaGM.com
RT @jake_langbecker: Lockout mediation entering the 840th minute. That's 521 more minutes than Union VP Roger Mason played last year.
40 minutes ago

johnhollinger John Hollinger
If lockout isn't settled in 14th hour of mediation, they'll have two overtimes and then it goes to penalty kicks.
45 minutes ago

jeskeets J.E. Skeets
Keanu Reeves is not expecting good news from tonight's @NBA mediation talks — bit.ly/oydrhG
1 hour ago

j_d_hastings The_real_jd_hastings
Feeling good about the nba mediation. They go this long I expect them to emerge with a comprehensive Israeli-Palestine peace accord
2 hours ago

AschNBA Steve Aschburner
Wondering deep in hour No. 11, NBA labor talks, if first step of fed. mediation is reminding both sides of IRS-dent in that last 3-6% BRI.

[timtonymanu]

Holy . I go to eat out and they are still meeting with each other. LMAO Progress better be made if the meeting has gone this long.

[baseline bum]

You be the judge. Her last tweet:

Someone needs to tweet her to give the obvious answer; a photo shoot sin body-paint.

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

Someone needs to tweet her to give the obvious answer; a photo shoot sin body-paint.

This is a , but if I was a chick, I wouldn't want to date a guy who had bigger ties than me neither.

[spurs10]

What, did that chick with the enormous ass cheat on him? I'd hate to lose that too.

That really did make me laugh out loud! Not that I wish the guy heartache, but your delivery was good.
I'm getting hopeful, again, that they are getting somewhere with this marathon....

[Ditty]

Adrian Wojnarowski
Shouldn't be surprising, but two league sources briefed on meeting say luxury tax on the cap remains the biggest hurdle in talks tonight

[DMC]

There's a ton of money at stake, but the lower level earners are surely thinking " this, I need to get PAID, my grille is ready and I need to pick it up".

[Mr. Body]

Days later, someone thinks of busting down the doors... and find everyone snuck out the back within the first hour.

[Ditty]

Adrian Wojnarowski



15.5 hours later, NBA and NBPA still meeting in NYC Texted official in room and asked if they were winding down. Response: "Hopefully."

[DesignatedT]

lol crazy.

[ElNono]

Supposedly, the way these sessions work, is both sides sit on separate rooms, and the mediator goes back and forth. If they really get to a deal tonight, just goes to show how much they hate their guts.

[Ditty]

Wojnarowski
Sixteen hours....

[timtonymanu]

Damn.

[Ditty]

Meeting has ended after 16 hours and mediator, NBA and NBPA will be back later on Wednesday to talk more, source says.

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

ing re ed..

[timtonymanu]

"We're still far apart" in 3, 2, 1 .....