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Deadline passes, but labor negotiations continue on Thursday

After 12 hours of meetings that extended into early Thursday morning, NBA players and owners have decided to come back again for more talks again on Thursday.

And in the process, NBA commissioner David Stern’s ultimatum to accept an offer by 4 p.m. CT Wednesday or it would be replaced with a much harsher one has passed.

Stern reacted with a smirk when asked why he allowed the deadline to pass earlier in the day when queried after midnight on Thursday.

“I wouldn’t read into this optimism or pessimism,” Stern said.

The meetings will continue at noon Thursday.

“We can’t say there was significant progress made today, but we decided to come back again tomorrow,” NBPA president Derek Fisher said.

We’ve been to this point several times before in the negotiations.

Several reporters say that players are prepared to decertify their union if they don’t see some give on the luxury tax, even if they agree to a 50-50 split in basketball-related income.

We’ll see if they get to that point after tomorrow’s session.

TP ranked among NBA’s ‘top 15 hunks’

Tony Parker has picked up all kinds of honors during his professional basketball career.

He’s made the All-Star team twice, earned the Most Valuable Player Award in the NBA Finals and been the starting point guard for three of  the Spurs’ four NBA championship teams.

But Parker picked up another one that probably is new for him or any other NBA player when the Athlebrity Zone of Eonline.com recently voted him as one of the league’s “Top 15 hunks.”

Here’s what the website had to say about :

“Sure, he may have screwed things up with one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, but that doesn’t make him any less of a hunky basketball star! We’ll fight anyone who says otherwise.”

Here’s a list of the other players who joined him on the list:

  • Kobe Bryant
  • Lamar Odom
  • Kyle Korver
  • LeBron James
  • Tracy McGrady
  • Dwyane Wade
  • Kris Humphries
  • Paul Pierce
  • Gilbert Arenas
  • Dwight Howard
  • Amar’e Stoudemire
  • Marko Jaric
  • Quentin Richardson
  • Carmelo Anthony