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NBA lockout coming to an end as season could begin on Christmas Day

NBA Commissioner David Stern (R) and Former Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association Billy Hunter speak to members of the press to announce a tentative labor agreement to end the 149-day lockout on November 26, 2011 in New York City (credit: Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
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The NBA season could begin on Christmas Day, with commissioner David Stern announcing that a "tentative understanding" to end the five-month lockout has been reached.

The scheduled start to the new NBA season has been delayed due to the wrangling between the league and players' association in negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement.

But following a 15-hour meeting on Friday, an end could be in sight, with Stern telling reporters: "We’ve reached a tentative understanding that is subject to a variety of approvals and very complex machinations, but we’re optimistic that that will all come to pass and that the NBA season will begin on December 25 with a triple-header, but I won’t give you the details just yet.

"We’re very pleased that we’ve come this far, there’s still a lot of work to be done with a lot of committees, player groups and the like but we’re optimistic that it will hold and we’ll have ourselves an NBA season."

Players’ union executive director Billy Hunter said: "We’re happy that we’ve been able to reach a tentative litigation settlement with regard to many issues that are pending before the various courts.

"We’re going to turn it all over to the lawyers and have them work out all the details and we’ll be able to then talk with you (the media) further as the process proceeds."

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