Merry Christmas to all Los Angeles Lakers fans!
If the recent reports from multiple sources around the league are true, the NBA lockout is officially over and the 2011-12 NBA season will get underway starting Christmas Day.
Apparently, the NBA owners and players were able to come to a tentative agreement after meeting for 15 hours on Friday and into Saturday in New York. This is just a tentative deal and nothing has been signed just yet, but as long as everything stays the way it is right now and everyone is happy, the new Collective Barganing Agreement (CBA) will be signed.
"We've reached a tentative understanding that is subject to a variety of approvals and very complex machinations, but we're optimistic that will all come to pass and that the NBA season will begin Dec. 25," NBA commissioner David Stern said.
With this new CBA in place, there will be a 66-game season which is much better than anyone anticipated with the NBA lockout lasting as long as it did (149 days). This is great news for all NBA fans as things get back to business as usual and professional basketball will be played in this country once again!
The current schedule up to Dec. 15 was scrapped due to the lockout, but the same games will most likely be played on Christmas Day with NBA camps opening on Dec. 9:
Boston Celtics @ New York Knicks 12 p.m. EST (ESPN, ESPN 3)
Miami Heat @ Dallas Mavericks 2:30 p.m. EST (ABC)
Chicago Bulls @ Los Angeles Lakers 5 p.m. EST (ABC)
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