In his strongest terms yet, David Stern reiterated that the NBA is finished negotiating the 50-50 proposal that was submitted to the union late last week.
"I want to answer this diplomatically," Stern said. "The next time we meet to discuss anything, we'll be discussing the 47 percent proposal. This is it."
"We've been negotiating this for two-and-a-half years," Stern continued. "The owners authorized a revised proposal, and they said if it's not acceptable and they want to keep negotiating, we present them with a 47 percent, flex cap proposal. They know it."
Reports over the weekend indicated that Billy Hunter was preparing some requested amendments to the NBA's offer. But Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reported Monday that the union does not believe the league would consider any changes to its last proposal.