At what point on the calendar does the season get wiped if no agreement?

[greenpride32]

Just curious if anyone has heard any mention of a drop dead date or rough approximation for when the season would be in jeopardy if a new CBA isn't reached?

In 1998 I believe the agreement was made during the 1st or 2nd week of January, allowing for a tight 50 game schedule.  Now if it took all the way to the AS break, would the league even bother having a 32-35 game season?  I'm thinking 45-50 would have to be the lower threshold for regular season games.

[Who]

They said that they came within 24 hours of the whole season being cancelled in 1999 so the date of that agreement is pretty much the end point.

I couldn't remember the exact dates so I looked it up and found that ... David Stern had said that he would cancel the whole season if a deal wasn't in place by the 7th of January a few days before Christmas. The deal was agreed on the 6th of January. Not signed until the 20th but agreed on the 6th.