The league went to the table Saturday aiming to hammer out key issues in an effort to get a new CBA in place, but was stonewalled by the union's unwillingness to negotiate. I fear the union may have had a different agenda with their press release and the leaks (of a deal) Friday night, ... They wanted us back at the table and didn't even bring a new proposal.
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