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As Derek Fisher, center, president of the NBA players union, speaks during a news conference, Etan Thomas, Billy Hunter, Chris Paul, Maurice Evans, Roger Mason Jr. and James Jones, from left, listen after NBA labor talks ended Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, in New York. After 30 hours of negotiations over three days, the two sides remained divided over two main issues–the division of revenues and the structure of the salary cap system. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)