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Can the NBA veto any trade?

Was the cp3 blocked trade different because the NBA took ownership of the hornets?

Yes, the CP3 trade was only because the NBA owned the Hornets.

I think all trades are technically subject to NBA approval but the CP3 trade was unique in that the owners of the other teams owned the Hornets.

oh ok.

So they are not allowed to veto trades unless they own a team.

Soupman wrote:oh ok.

So they are not allowed to veto trades unless they own a team.

They can also veto trades that violate the established rules(such as for cap purposes). They can not veto trades just because they do not like the trade unless as pointed out they own one of the teams

Trades can also be vetoed for violating the letter, or even the spirit of the CBA.

I'm sure many of us remember the Kidd trade to Dallas being shot down because it included Devean George, who had a no-trade clause because he signed a one-year deal under certain CBA provisions. He refused to accept the trade and they all had to start again.

But there was another attempt at the same trade shot down beforehand...when Jerry Stackhouse was involved, and announced to the press that he wasn't worried because the Nets would just buy him out and he would be going back to Dallas anyway.

That wasn't technically illegal...but the league decided that it violated the spirit of the CBA, so they squashed the trade.

(It finally went through on the THIRD attempt, when Dallas S&Ted the long-retired Keith Van Horn to a contract as salary filler. As of the new CBA that isn't allowed either )