- Associated Press - Wednesday, June 8, 2011

DALLAS (AP) - David Stern says owners and players remain “very far apart” on a new labor deal after completing two days of negotiations.

The NBA Commissioner used the term “far apart” five times in about 8 1/2 minutes Wednesday to describe where owners and players stand with a June 30 deadline before the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement.

The sides agreed to meet twice more next week, Tuesday in Miami if there is a Game 7 of the NBA finals or in New York, and then again Friday in New York.

Stern says it’s a positive they continue to meet and that “both sides have moved, but we’re not anyplace close to a deal.”

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