David Stern Digs in as Labor Issues Loom

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The collective bargaining cloud is still there, and darker than ever.

Even if NBA commissioner David Stern is choosing to ignore it.

His league is days away from what he's hyping as its most exciting season yet, with the love-'em-or-hate-'em Miami Heat spiking ticket sales and new intrigue while old-guard attractions like Lakers-Celtics redux are still spinning the turnstiles. The salary cap that so many estimated would take a serious hit and reflect the owners' tough times instead grew, followed by a free agency period in which the funny money doled out did little to support the league's argument that times were historically hard.

But as Stern seemed to make clear in a teleconference with reporters Friday, none of that will stop him from continuing down a path that can only lead to a lockout.

 

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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/10/22/david-stern-digs-in-as-labor-issues-loom/

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