NBA, Players' Association Ready To Try Mediation
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA and players' association are ready to try mediation, and Commissioner David Stern wants results quickly.
Stern said last week during an interview with WFAN radio in New York that without a deal Tuesday, when the sides meet with federal mediator George Cohen, his "gut" was that there wouldn't be NBA basketball on Christmas.
Owners are opening two days of board meetings Wednesday, and Stern wants to be able to bring a deal to them.
Cohen, who tried to resolve the NFL's labor dispute, met with the sides individually at their offices in New York on Monday. He will then oversee talks between their full bargaining committees Tuesday at a hotel.
