<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nba/SIG=11v3kob7g/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-draftlottery-stern"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/ap/d3/thumbe.f17cc923bee0f169497b0681d2567ddb/ap-201105171827664702971.jpg" width="130" height="72" alt="Adam Silver, left, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer for the NBA, talks to the media next to NBA Commissioner David Stern prior to the start of the 2011 NBA Draft Lottery Tuesday, May 17, 2011 in Secaucus, N.J." align="left" border="0"></a></p><p>The NBA's lead negotiator in contract talks with the players has a sense the sides understand each other and a full-court press is under way to reach a new collective bargaining agreement. NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver disclosed Tuesday that the sides have agreed to hold two days of extensive meetings in early June in the city of the Western Conference champion, which would be either...</p><br clear="all" />
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