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NBA Players Far From Optimistic

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NBA players won't be waving the white flag anytime soon, but they are looking to meet with league officials next week for just the second time since the lockout began on July 1.

And that, for anyone holding out hope that the season might be started on time, counts as welcome news.

National Basketball Players Association vice president Maurice Evans revealed that and much more in a wide-ranging interview with SI.com on Wednesday evening. The veteran free agent had just landed in Chicago after meeting with approximately 10 players in New York, with both locations part of a six-city tour designed by the NBPA to educate and update their players on the status of the negotiations.

But Evans and his NBPA colleagues have spent much of the time discussing NBA...

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