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Labor deal details getting done, vote set for Thursday

Dec 5, 2011, 2:31 PM EST

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It was expected to happen, but don’t confuse that with being easy.

Lawyers and officials with the NBA owners and players union put in nearly 28 hours over the weekend to hammer out all the B-list issues that were remaining undone with the NBA labor deal, a source told ProBasketballTalk. It’s sort of the dirty work that needs to get done but not everyone notices (much like dirty work on the court itself).

The important thing is that everything will be in place for both the owners and players to vote on the deal Thursday (electronically, in both cases), allowing training camps to open Friday.

Ken Berger of has an update on where those secondary issues stand.


The two sides will set up a committee that will take another look at the draft age limit, but it will be a year or two before there are any changes there. Do expect more liberal rules on players getting sent down to the D-League earlier in their career.

But for now, the dirty work is getting done so we can have hoops on Christmas.

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