http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. The National Basketball Players Association announced Friday that embattled union chief Billy Hunter has been placed on indefinite leave of absence.]]> February 01, 2013 05:23:26 PST NBA team executives and coaches will be allowed to start talking to players around the league Monday at 10 a.m. ET, according to league sources.]]> December 03, 2011 10:46:35 PST The NBA and the reformed players union will resume negotiations on the remaining terms of their new labor agreement starting Friday at noon, according to a letter sent to union members Thursday night by NBPA executive director Billy Hunter.]]> December 01, 2011 11:59:52 PST ESPN.com obtained Billy Hunter's memo to the players Saturday.]]> November 27, 2011 18:02:10 PST ESPN.com obtained Billy Hunter's memo to the players Saturday. Read it below: From: "G. William Hunter" To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: SETTL...]]> November 26, 2011 18:16:15 PST In a memo to union members Saturday night obtained by ESPN.com, NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter told players that they will receive a 51.2 percent share of Basketball Related Income in the 2011-12 season.]]> November 26, 2011 17:13:33 PST The sides in the NBA labor dispute, which reached its 146th day Wednesday, have re-opened negotiations to make one last run at trying to start the season on Christmas Day.]]> November 23, 2011 09:23:09 PST The NBA players' union has rejected the owners' most recent collective bargaining proposal and will instead seek to disband the union, a move that likely jeopardizes the 2011-12 season.]]> November 14, 2011 07:58:51 PST NBA players broke off negotiations with the league Thursday night, saying there had not been enough progress to get a deal done to end the lockout.]]> November 10, 2011 13:18:29 PST The NBA and the NBA Players Association negotiated Wednesday for eight hours past the league's stated 5 p.m. ET deadline for a deal and made sufficient progress to schedule another round of talks for Thursday.]]> November 09, 2011 17:56:13 PST The NBA Players Association has rejected the league's latest labor proposal and asked for one more bargaining session before a 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday that, according to commissioner David Stern, will cause the offer to vanish if there's no deal.]]> November 08, 2011 11:05:13 PST After spending the past few days trying to convince outsiders that its union is not splintering, members of the players association's executive committee will meet this week to map out their next move in stalled labor negotiations with league officials.]]> November 01, 2011 14:47:23 PDT Derek Fisher strongly denied a published report over the weekend that union president Billy Hunter and other members of the executive board have questioned Fisher about his relationship with commissioner David Stern and deputy commissioner Adam Silver.]]> October 31, 2011 16:56:53 PDT NBA commissioner David Stern canceled the first two weeks of the season Monday after owners and players were unable to reach a new labor deal and end the lockout.]]> October 10, 2011 09:49:31 PDT After two years of mostly fruitless labor talks, league officials and union leaders will reconvene Friday in New York on the 92nd day of the NBA lockout for what is being widely regarded as a now-or-never weekend of negotiations]]> September 29, 2011 19:06:24 PDT