NBA players, owners finally get into the same room, but still appear far apart

The sides meet for the first time since November but make no discernable progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement, and Players Assn. chief Billy Hunter says, 'I'm going to tell my guys to prepare for a lockout' July 1.The NBA players' union and the team owners are far apart in their labor dispute, having failed to strike a compromise in two years of on-and-off bargaining.