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The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) of the National Basketball Association (NBA) is a contract between the league (the commissioner and the 30 team owners) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), the players' union, that dictates the rules of player contracts, trades, revenue distribution, the NBA draft, and the salary cap, among other things.
ESPN has reported that the owners and players failed to reach an agreement and broke off negotiations, and that the owners began a lockout immediately after the collective bargaining agreement expired. [6] The primary sticking point within negotiations was the shares of Basketball Related income, player movement and the soft salary cap.
In the new collective bargaining agreement starting with the 2023-24 NBA season, the league instituted a minimum 65 games played requirement for players to be eligible to make year end awards such as All NBA, All Defense, and MVP. [159]
The NBA seems to want to make it easier for teams to keep their own guys … Under the current CBA, the most a team can offer a veteran player in an extension is 120% of his salary in the final ...
Breakdowns in CBA negotiations might impact the next order of business, so both the NBA and NBPA anticipate an agreement on collective bargaining sooner than later, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
LAS VEGAS — Perhaps the most pivotal leverage point among the NBA’s latest round of collective bargaining with the players association was the league’s urging for some form of upper spending ...
The 1998–99 NBA lockout was the third lockout of four in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It lasted from July 1, 1998, to January 20, 1999, and forced the 1998–99 regular season to be shortened to 50 games per team and that season's All-Star Game to be canceled.
The NBA Players Association provides the entire collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for fans to inspect, [6] but simply links to Coon's website for users who have specific questions about the contents of the CBA. [7] In The Book of Basketball, sportswriter Bill Simmons calls Coon an "Internet hero" for his detailed, 40,000 word site. [8]