NBA Lockout Makes Halloween Extra Scary for Players, Owners, Fans

For the first time in 13 years, there will be a November without professional basketball. The NBA lockout now threatens to wipe out the entire season after negotiations broke down yet again last week.

It's enough to make even companies in the $2 billion basketball sneaker industry shudder.

In this era of constant negotiating between sports leagues and their players, the NBA is the only league that won't have a happy Halloween. Cartoonist Will O'Toole reveals the spooky truth in the cartoon above.

Since graduating from Seton Hall University, Will O'Toole has been doing cartoons for over 30 years for a number of papers (USA Today), magazines (College and Pro Football Weekly) and websites (CBSSportsline.com). He is believed to be the only national cartoonist to have voted for the Heisman Trophy and the Wooden and Naismith Awards.