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COMO SE LLAMAS? COULD NBA PLAYERS NOW FLOAT TO CBA?

          The CBA "might be the best professional men's league
     playing this winter if the NBA winds up losing the entire
     season" and "might just reap some benefits," according to
     Bob Young of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC.  However, CBA
     Commissioner Gary Hunter said an NBA settlement "is in the
     CBA's long-term interest."  Hunter: "There is some upside
     for us.  But I think there is more of a downside, to be
     honest. ... Any type of labor dispute in pro sports is not a
     good thing for the rest of us."  One upside might be that
     some of the NBA's "fringe players" might play in the CBA to
     "get into shape and be ready when the lockout ends."  Other
     players, such as Suns free-agent C Horacio Llamas, "may see
     the CBA as an opportunity to make somebody's club" since
     they won't have the benefit of a normal training camp and
     preseason.  Hunter: "Our biggest concern is that we'll start
     the season with some very deep rosters, maybe five or six or
     even seven players with the capability of playing in the NBA
     or at least being invited to camp.  Then they'll end the
     work stoppage in December or early January, and all of those
     athletes could be gone."  Hunter continues to push for the
     CBA to become more of a minor league for the NBA: "We think
     the Idaho Stampede would be a natural association with the
     Utah Jazz.  The Trenton, N.J., franchise could have an
     affiliation with the Nets or the 76ers or the Knicks. 
     You're able to develop fan interest" (AZ REPUBLIC, 11/9).
          GOING GLOBAL: The CBA sent the Idaho Stampede and the
     Connecticut Pride to compete against int'l competition in
     the inaugural Marseilles Basketball Challenge in France this
     week (CBA).  The CBA's Hunter said the league "will discuss
     playing more games or tournaments against European teams,
     and even expansion to Europe" (HARTFORD COURANT, 11/7).

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