It took nearly two years of meetings and arguing for the NBA players and owners seeing eye to eye on a possible agreement.
“We want to play basketball,” Commissioner David Stern said.
Both sides reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season with a marquee tripleheader Dec. 25.
We could be seeing professional basketball if both sides approve the handshake deal.
“We thought it was in both of our interest to try to reach a resolution and save the game,” union executive director Billy Hunter said.
After a secret meeting earlier this week that got the broken process back on track, the sides met for more than 15 hours Friday, working to save the season. Stern said the agreement was “subject to a variety of approvals and very complex machinations, but we’re optimistic that will all come to pass and that the NBA season will begin Dec. 25.”
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