League sources have pegged September 15th as the last possible date to reach a deal before Training Camps and Pre-season games are likely scrubbed.

Sources have also said that if even one Pre-season game is lost, the economic impact would be the same as if all the preseason games are lost. It would be a trigger a point in which league advertisers and sponsors could and would start pulling back and season ticketholders would likely start asking for refunds.

Does anyone believe a better deal happens after those two events occur?

Yeah, didn’t think so.

via Steve Kyler of HOOPSWORLD