According to sources close to the situation, the National Basketball Players Association is planning a series of player sessions in as many as six cities over "the next month or so," as a way to help with their planning during the lockout and update players on the state of negotiations with the NBA. Unless things unexpectedly change, there won't be much to report on that front.

While mid-level staffers from both sides met on Friday to finalize the numbers related to basketball-related income (BRI) for the 2010-11 season, no negotiating sessions involving commissioner David Stern or NBPA executive director Billy Hunter have been scheduled. Sources said the BRI numbers were not finalized Friday and more similar sessions are forthcoming to that end, but the union is focused on fortifying from within rather than exchange proposals with the owners who are pushing for a hard salary cap as part of a drastic overhaul to the current system.