NBA Players Association Exec : Season likely to be canceled

Source : Mark J. Miller Yahoo Sports

Billy Hunter

NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter spoke before about 200 members of the National Bar Association Wednesday in Baltimore and what he said would not be considered music to the ears of NBA fans.

The Baltimore Sun reports that Hunter told the group that it is looking pretty good for the whole NBA season to be canceled: "We're $800 million apart per year," Hunter said, according to the Sun. "The circumstances have changed among [NBA commissioner David Stern's] constituency. In the last six or seven years, there is a new group of owners to come in who paid a premium for their franchises, and what they're doing is kind of holding his feet to the fire."

When asked if there would be a season, Hunter said, "If I had to bet on it at this moment, I would probably say no," the Sun reports.