NEW YORK--with NBA stars by veteran Kevin Garnett to Rookie of the year Blake Griffin standing behind him said Union President Derek Fisher on Thursday, that player is not a bad deal, avoid a work stoppage accept.

"We look forward to a lock-out to avoid, but we are unified in the sense not in fear, if that is what we are faced with," said Lakers guard.

Player representatives from each team were in the city have been updated for their summer meeting and on the State of negotiations with the owners. The collective agreement is 30 June, and the sides remain far apart headed into another meeting Friday.

Garnett and Paul Pierce of the Celtics, the Clippers Griffin, the Hornets Chris Paul and Jason Terry of the NBA Championship that the Dallas Mavericks were among 60 players joined the fishermen at the top of the news conference. Garnett said that owners want to "Control."

"It is regrettable, to be honest, because we have great momentum right now," said Garnett, whose massive Vertrag in Minnesota was a catalyst for change owners, which resulted in the 1998 lockout searched.

"I think the League is, as far as anticipation and leading stories and the career that you can follow, you know, win Dirk Finally, I mean, there are several stories, which are now fascinating, and it is only regrettable that we all go through this kind of that slow down now."

The sides swapped proposals Tuesday, but that they brought no closer. The League proposed what it a "Flex" salary cap, the teams to spend would be targeted $62 million, but could not exceed, with various exceptions. But there are so player a hard Cap still consider it a possible ceiling with an unspecified amount.

It is similar to the NHL salary cap system, which was initiated after a work stoppage in 2004-05 and the NBPA Executive Director Billy Hunter called "the worst thing in all professional sports."

Hunter said that NHL owners only such an agreement after breaking their players Union win could, and contends that NBA owners want to lock their players with similar hopes.

"they have been implemented, the on us yet, but are what proposes it even NHL deal look good makes," said Hunter. "To ensure that it is my belief, that you need to do the same kind of damage, you impose on the same type of harm on us." "They have the mind and will and determination of NBA players, to achieve, what they want to break."

Players say is not going to happen, with Garnett believing that unity is stronger than it was in ' 98.

The players say she reclaim their proposal $500 million in salary give five years by reducing their share of guaranteed revenue from 57 percent to 54.3%, a proposal called that Commissioner David Stern "modest."

"Our steps call modest, is just not right," Fisher said.

Even though the League has projected $300 million loss of this season and says that 22 of its 30 teams will lose money, show player to record TV ratings and increases in were and their faith that things are not bad enough to the change owner search in ticket sales to justify.

"Everything you measure to the success of were at record levels,", Fischer said.

May be not enough. Both sides pointed out that they reached the border have of what she would admit a proposal so that it can be no progress Friday. Then, owner be set to lock the players Tuesday in Dallas, meetings where they were able to vote.

Fisher refused to guess what the owner do his side would, but made clear.

"We rely have not to accept a deal that is fair, not our players," he said.

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