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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 National Basketball Association (NBA), a sign-and-trade deal is a type of transaction allowed by the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) where one franchise/team signs an unrestricted free agent or restricted free agent player to a new contract, only to then immediately trade him to another team of the player's choosing.
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.
The NBA and NBA Players Association tentatively reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement, the sides announced early Saturday.The agreement must go to the players and the ...
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]
The NBA and NBPA are currently negotiating terms of a new CBA that could change the league substantially.