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[Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:29 pm
by TimeForChange
Re: [Charania] Fred Vanvleet The New President Of The NBA Players Union
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:30 pm
by Blazing_royale
1st order of business. Everyone bet on yourself and get the bag!!!
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The NBA Players Union
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:31 pm
by Bruin
Congrats on finding a new project Fred
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:36 pm
by Boardbreaker
Should be better for the players than CJ was
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:36 pm
by AbC?
My sources tell me Barnes was the other finalist for the job. But the cabal was against him and they gave it to FVV who was higher on the pecking order.
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:41 pm
by AkelaLoneWolf
He’s the consummate role player. Hopefully can help other role players in future negotiations
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:43 pm
by YogurtProducer
Thought everyone hated the guy?
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:43 pm
by Basketball_Jones
I always found him well spoken and doesn’t surprise me he’s part of the players association. Good for him.
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 11:24 pm
by Bankai
From Undrafted and not even being in the NBA, to be the NBA Player Representative. Thats quite a jump.
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 11:39 pm
by Tor_Raps
When betting on yourself goes right!
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 11:41 pm
by HangTime
Bet on Yourself vs NBA
Just imagine the potential court cases for this one era.
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 12:49 am
by Westside Gunn
They better make a biopic on Fred Van Vleet.
What a effing story this guy is
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:19 am
by bballsparkin
Mr. Freddy VV Bizness.
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:21 am
by ill-Will03
Great on him.
He’s perfect for the role. Freds story is truly remarkable
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:26 am
by aminiaturebuddha
Good for him. Hell of a career he's built for himself.
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:30 am
by DG88
Good for him
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:38 am
by Pointgod
Hope he can negotiate a better CBA that doesn’t screw the players.
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:44 am
by HumbleRen
Can’t be worse than the previous leadership. They screwed over the mid tier nba players badly.
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 6:19 am
by C_Money
Pointgod wrote:Hope he can negotiate a better CBA that doesn’t screw the players.
Oh yeah the players are so screwed making more money than most CEO’s. I feel so bad for them.
Re: [Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:57 am
by TGM
Despite, my dislike for Financial Freddie. This is a good appointment for the players.
Who better to act as the NBPA President than a guy that went undrafted, appreciates the challenges of not having certainty and stability while pursuing a dream in basketball.
With this being said Financial Freddie is probably going to be a big reason we have the next CBA lock-out. He will try to milk owners for more of a split, but the bigger issue is rebalancing the players salaries. No player should be paid more than 25% of the luxury tax level. If you cap super-star salaries you will see more parity across the board, but increasing vet mins. I personally think the MLE is a bit high, but maybe teams should have multiple MLEs to use each year. However, bringing down super star salaries and the size of rookie extensions I think are important. Barnes getting 40-50 million 3 years into the league is just way too much.