NBA talks to resume next week

Talks will continue next week in an attempt to end the NBA lockout after the players’ union, the National Basketball Players’ Association, broke off negotiations today over a new collective bargaining agreement.

The league have made a revised offer to players, which would see a reduced 72-game season begin on December 15, but the union will hold further discussions with player representatives after NBPA president Derek Fisher admitted the proposal “does not meet us entirely on system issues”.