Collective bargaining negotiations between National Basketball Association players and owners collapsed Friday, increasing the likelihood that the entire 2011-2012 season will be lost.
Our former colleague Zach Lowe, writing for SI.com’s Point Forward blog, has more details on what led the labor talks to break down. As Lowe notes, the league and the players’ union had brought in federal mediator George Cohen—a former partner at Washington, D.C.–based boutique Bredhoff & Kaiser—last week in an effort to help both sides reach a deal.
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