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NBA's David Stern and Derrick Fisher Announce 'Progress', Reconvene Thursday

The NBA and NBAPA, after 15 hours of talk on Wednesday, both agreed that progress was made and they were hopeful to reconvene negotiations on Thursday.

After the long day of negotiations ended, key figures from both sides held a press conference to speak about the progress. David Stern, NBA commissioner, seemed positive about the session.

“We just finished a solid day of negotiations and the sum and substance of what we are reporting is that we did such a good job day that we're going to do it again tomorrow starting at 2 p.m,” said Stern to a group of reporters. “We hope to use tomorrow’s session to continue making and build upon the progress that we made today.”

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Stern did not discount the possibility of completing an 82-game schedule in the upcoming season, although he said it would be difficult.

“I have given (NBAPA) the sense that we're going to knock ourselves out with them consistent with what’s in the best interests of our fans and our players in terms of a schedule,” Stern told the press early Thursday morning. “Whether that gets to be 82 games or not is really dependent upon so many things we have to check. We've got building issues versus hockey issues, travel schedules, we've got all kinds of things that are difficult for us.”

Adam Silver, deputy NBA commissioner who led negotiations during Stern’s brief absence last week, said he felt positively about the meeting.

"There is no question that today was a better day than last Thursday,” said Silver in the press conference early Thursday morning. “I think it’s too early in the negotiations to express confidence that we're at a deal, but there’s no question that we did make progress on some significant issues.”

Derek Fisher, president of the NBAPA, said it is still too early to tell the status of the season. However, he agreed that progress was made.

"We were able to work through a number of different issues today regarding our system,” said Fisher. “We can’t say that major progress was made in any way, but there was some progress on some of our system issues. We'll continue to remain focused on some key principle items in our system that have to remain there in order for our players to agree to what is already a reduced percentage of BRI.”

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