The NBA will announce another 2 weeks of cancelled games today

*sigh* Looks like it’s gonna get worse WAY before it gets better…

The NBA plans to cancel two more weeks of its regular season, a source told the New York Daily News.

This would be the third time commissioner David Stern has postponed games as the league’s lockout of the players continues. The NBA had previously canceled the preseason and the first two weeks of its regular season which was set to begin on Nov. 1.

According to the Daily News’ source, this latest cancellation would total at least 102 games and run through Nov. 28.

The source told the Daily News that the NBA will announce the latest cancellation of games on Tuesday.

At present, the league’s annual slate of Christmas Day games remain a possibility, however no new talks between the owners and players union are scheduled.

After three days and 30 hours of meetings with a federal mediator, negotiations fell apart last week when union officials said they were told they must commit to a 50-50 split of revenues before owners would agree to discuss the salary cap system.

For those fans that see this lockout as a case of millionaires vs. billionaires, Player Association exec Billy Hunter has this to say about the players’ position:

“They are principled individuals and I think that they realize the struggle that they are incurring,” he said. “They may be paid at a higher level but it’s the same issue that we see that is endemic right now, not only in our country but around the world — it’s about folks at the top who have the leverage and power who need to impose upon the workers of the world.

“Most of our players when they end playing basketball they are going to be living for another 40 years or so. And so I don’t know how long that money is going to last,” he added. “Even if they made every prudent investment that they could possibly make, I don’t know at what level they are going to be able to live. But I think after a while it just becomes a principle. For a lot of these players that is what it’s about.”

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