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NBA players present unified front in labor impasse

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LAS VEGAS - NBA players will remain unified and calm in what could be a lengthy pursuit of a labor agreement, union president Derek Fisher says.

About 40 players got an update on collective bargaining talks from Fisher and executive director Billy Hunter at a casino on Thursday. NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith also spoke to the players, who were mostly in town to play in a summer league.

After what Fisher described as a spirited meeting, the players vowed they won't allow the union to splinter.

The players met two days after a bargaining session between the union's executive committee and the owners' labor relations committee brought no progress after the league refused players' desire to keep the current salary cap system.

Owners are also meeting Thursday in Dallas.

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