With the current CBA [Collective Bargaining Agreement] due to expire in 30th June this year, the headlines regarding Lockout Los Angeles has grabbed all the eyeballs. Representatives from National Basketball Association [NBA] and Players association convened a meeting on 25th Feb in Los Angeles for two hours, to discuss a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.The discussions have been taking place since last one year, without much progress. Even this meeting did not prove to be very fruitful and is on the verge of being labeled as Lockout Los Angeles. But it lacked the bitterness that prevailed at the last meeting.The Meeting in Los AngelesThere has been mixed opinions regarding the meeting. As per Billy Hunter, Player’s Union executive, “I think it’s going to be difficult to achieve a deal between now and June 30,” but he also added that “The dietrine meeting was somewhat amicable”.Both the parties have made progress of the sense that they have agreed to open the lines of communication between them for the remaining season and also, no new impediment came to the forefront in the meeting. But any agreement regarding the new CBA is a far dream.Reason For StalemateThe Lockout Los Angeles situation has been due to the last meeting that was convened in Dallas, last February, to discuss the new CBA. The league owners are persistent on the following terms of the proposal:– A hard cap on the player’s salary.- Salary rollback of $700 – $800 million per annum- Reduction in guaranteed contracts.As per Billy Hunter “Probably one of the biggest impediments to our getting a deal has been the demand for a hard salary cap, We have indicated that we just don’t see any way possible for us to accept that.