The NBA and NBPA are on course to finalize a new labor deal ahead of Thursday’s collective bargaining agreement opt-out deadline, ESPN’s Marc Stein and Ian Begley report.
Both the league and Players Association have until Thursday at 11:59 p.m. ET for either side to opt out of the current 10-year CBA and initiate a lockout in summer 2017. ESPN reports a new deal, on which the two sides have been close for weeks, could get done on Wednesday night.
It had been widely assumed the deal was nearing completion and on course, but Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, one of the NBPA vice presidents, told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne last weekend that he was “skeptical” a deal would get done in time.