A high-level meeting of top negotiators for both the players and owners will take place next week, a person with knowledge of the meeting confirmed to CBSSports.com on Thursday.
The plan is to limit the number of people in the room, with commisioner David Stern, deputy commissioner Adam Silver, union chief Billy Hunter and president Derek Fisher, the person said. Also possibly in attendance could be Spurs owner Peter Holt, the chairman of the owners' labor relations committee.
The two sides want to limit the amount of attention given to the talks.