NBA owners want system like NHL, NFL - www.roanoke.com

NEW YORK - NBA owners have their priorities, and playing games isn't first on that list.

Instead, the league is looking beyond this month - and maybe beyond this season, if that's what it takes - to implement an extreme financial makeover after years of sizeable losses. The goal is, in the words of Spurs owner Peter Holt, "an opportunity to make a few bucks."