NBA best case scenario a 50-game season?

The two sides don’t have any future meetings scheduled, but will stay in communication, Stern said. Though both Stern and Hunter expressed optimism the two sides would reach agreement before the entire season is lost, some team executives fear the league and union will now dig in and progress will be even harder to come by. “I think the best-case scenario now is 50 games, but I can see the whole season gone,” one team general manager told Yahoo! Sports.