NBA, union optimistic new CBA deal likely finalized within several weeks

[SlyPokerDog]

The NBA and National Basketball Players Association have made significant progress toward a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, and there is strong optimism among officials on both sides that a deal could be finalized in the next several weeks, league sources told The Vertical.

The NBA and NBPA each have until Dec. 15 to exercise an opt-out clause of the current 10-year deal that was reached in 2011, but sources on both sides believe that a new deal will be in place prior to that date.

An agreement will eliminate the possibility of a work stoppage in 2017.

During several months of discussions, NBA commissioner Adam Silver and NBPA executive director Michele Roberts, as well as their respective committees and staffs, have agreed upon many of the significant collective bargaining issues, league sources said. Much of the remaining talks are centered upon smaller elements of the CBA, league sources said.

From the outset of the talks, there has been a spirit of cooperation between Silver and Roberts, largely reflective of strong economic times in the NBA.

Among expected changes in the new CBA, league sources told The Vertical: A significantly higher rookie contract scale and two-way contracts between the NBA and NBA Development League that will add playing jobs for the union.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...finalized-within-several-weeks-200433903.html

 

[Natebishop3]

I'd rather not see a third lockout in.... what.... 10 years time?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I'd rather not see a third lockout in.... what.... 10 years time?

We had a shortened season in 2012, and prior to that back in '99. Was there one in between there that I'm not remembering?

 

[Natebishop3]

We had a shortened season in 2012, and prior to that back in '99. Was there one in between there that I'm not remembering?

Sorry, 15 years. I stopped counting after I turned 30.

 

[oldfisherman]

Per Woj.

The National Basketball Association's reported new collective bargaining agreement will have a profound impact on both the wages of rookie players, as well as the Developmental League.

A "significantly higher" rookie contract scale would be instituted in the CBA, as well as two-way contracts between the NBA and D-League that would add playing jobs for the union, according to The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski.

All salaries for first-year players are determined by the CBA, and guaranteed for the first two seasons for first-round talent with team options in years three and four. The amount of money they can make is related to their overall draft position, and can be as little as 80 percent of the scale or as much as 120 percent.

 

[santeesioux]

Sorry, 15 years. I stopped counting after I turned 30.

Damn bro, you're like old, and stuff.

 

[Tunchi]

Per Woj.

I bet first round draft picks will be more available then. With rookie contracts currently being so cheap relative to the cap, owners don't give those up easily. They have great value.

Hopefully this comes true so Paul Allen can go shopping. He was known to spurge on 1st round picks when they were more available

 

[julius]

Sorry, 15 years. I stopped counting after I turned 30.

actually, it'd be 3rd time in 18 years. Still too frequent.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I bet first round draft picks will be more available then. With rookie contracts currently being so cheap relative to the cap, owners don't give those up easily. They have great value.

Hopefully this comes true so Paul Allen can go shopping. He was known to spurge on 1st round picks when they were more available

Remember they changed the CBA in 2012 to reduce Paul Allen's first-round buying habits; used to be you could buy a first round draft pick for however many million per contract (as many as you could acquire), but now you can only buy one like that per year.

 

[ripcityboy]

Yeah. I kind of figured things would run pretty smoothly. There are too many guys gettin' P-A-I-D. I still think the Player's Association will challenge the one-and-done rule at some point.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I bet first round draft picks will be more available then.

Maybe each team will get 2 first round picks.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Yeah. I kind of figured things would run pretty smoothly. There are too many guys gettin' P-A-I-D.

This won't last forever. That sweet sweet cable TV money will dry up right around the time when the next CBA will be negotiated. Hopefully by then we'll have had a parade or two because it won't be pretty.

 

[ripcityboy]

This won't last forever. That sweet sweet cable TV money will dry up right around the time when the next CBA will be negotiated. Hopefully by then we'll have had a parade or two because it won't be pretty.

Yeah. It's funny. A couple of years ago I heard the PA was all hammer and tongs about finding a test case to go as far as they could to overturn the rule. Now.... nothing. ???

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Yeah. It's funny. A couple of years ago I heard the PA was all hammer and tongs about finding a test case to go as far as they could to overturn the rule. Now.... nothing. ???

Neil's new strategy of buying the picks after they strike out with the Orlando Magic seems to be working.

 

[riverman]

Lockout season's are now called Felton's excuses

 

[THE HCP]

Gonna be able to keep payin the bills FAMS!

 

[riverman]

Gonna be able to keep payin the bills FAMS!

the bills and the joes and the steves and the mikes

 

[KingSpeed]

Sorry, 15 years. I stopped counting after I turned 30.

18 actually.

 

[handiman]

This won't last forever. That sweet sweet cable TV money will dry up right around the time when the next CBA will be negotiated. Hopefully by then we'll have had a parade or two because it won't be pretty.

The cable deal is the NBA of the guaranteed contracts world.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Maybe each team will get 2 first round picks.

Just get rid of the 2nd round and instead give each team 2 first round picks.

#MakeTheDraftGreatAgain

 

[Eastoff]

Just get rid of the 2nd round and instead give each team 2 first round picks.

#MakeTheDraftGreatAgain

We're going to build a wall, and make the ACB post up for it

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Just get rid of the 2nd round and instead give each team 2 first round picks.

#MakeTheDraftGreatAgain

One round draft, but it's White Elephant style where you can either draft a player, or pay $10 million to steal an already drafted player (if he's stolen three times, that's it). At the end of the draft, the #1 pick team gets to go again.

 

[Mediocre Man]

the bills and the joes and the steves and the mikes

The Mikes got fired.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Good news!

 

[riverman]

The Mikes got fired.

doesn't mean the HCP doesn't owe them money

 

[Mediocre Man]

doesn't mean the HCP doesn't owe them money

True. What makes them different than everyone else he knows?

Speaking of owing money, HCP, you need to let the Mrs know I'll pay her for last time on the next road trip.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

One round draft, but it's White Elephant style where you can either draft a player, or pay $10 million to steal an already drafted player (if he's stolen three times, that's it). At the end of the draft, the #1 pick team gets to go again.

HELL YES!! This would be awesome!! We need to do a white elephant draft this June, just to see how it might play out.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

HELL YES!! This would be awesome!! We need to do a white elephant draft this June, just to see how it might play out.

And, to make it even more White Elephant-y, each player 1-31 is assigned a number, but nobody picking knows what number is which player, so they just draft NUMBERS and find out who it is after they pick (but before their turn is done).

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Nah, now you've gone too far

 

[Orion Bailey]

Nah, now you've gone too far

Beer up the nose...