r                                                The First Meeting

After a month the president of the NBA David Stern will meet with the representative of the players  Billy Hunter, the president of the association of the players Derek Fisher and with the representative of the owners of the teams  Peter Holt who is the owner of the San Antonio Spurs.

                As Derek Fisher stated: Taking into account that in June we tried a lot to reach an agreement before the 1^st of July, since then there is a strange silence from both sides. We will meet so as to see if we have made any progress and try to reach an agreement  until October 1st

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