NBA Lockout to End? Season Starts on Christmas?

Well I guess good things can't last forever.

It seems that the second sports lockout in the USA is about to come to an end. The word is that both sides have reached a tentative labor agreement after months of a lockout that included the missing of several games in the NBA regular season. It's not official yet as both sides still need to approve the deal with their own camps. If that gets done, the NBA season would start on Christmas day and the season shortened to just 66 games.

Sounds good. Though I thought it would go longer and cost the entire season but both leaders seemed to hash it out not wanting to cause more damage to the sport. Good news for Basketball in that it will see action this season but at a cost. The whole preseason was lost among 16 games regular season games for all. This is assuming both sides will reach an agreement. There is a possibility that one if not both of the camps will not like the deal and vote it down but I think that chance is small.

Better write to Santa Claus. They'll need some basketballs for opening day.