Golden State Of Mind, a Golden State Warriors community

As Ken Berger of CBS Sports reports, although the NBA owners and players are closer than they have been to a deal, they're still $80 million per year apart and the official cancellation of 2011-12 regular season games is looming.

Unless you have the gift of limitless optimism, this was probably expected: the NBA canceled 43 preseason games today and more bad news could be on the horizon.