NBA, NBPA To Extend CBA Opt-Out Deadline Again, Owners Giving Up Hard Cap Push

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Mon Feb 6, 2023 3:17 pm

The NBA and NBPA will extend an early opt-out deadline of the current collective bargaining agreement as talks continues without a new deal.

The NBA's seven-year CBA expires following the 23-24 season and has been pushed back once already from Dec. 15th.

There had been some hope from teams that a deal would be in place by the trade deadline in order to inform future payroll planning based on potential rule changes.

The league has shown a willingness to give up its push to implement a hard cap, which has been called an upper spending limit.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/ESPN

meekrab · Post #2 » by **meekrab** » Mon Feb 6, 2023 5:01 pm

Duh, the hard cap was always a non-starter.

balla4lyf23 · Post #3 » by **balla4lyf23** » Mon Feb 6, 2023 9:34 pm

you know the league has a big "load management" problem when they say: "The top priorities remaining in CBA talks include finding mechanisms to incentivize top players to participate in more regular season games".

so you need to bribe players to play... player empowerment is getting out of hand. dont @ me

tien90802 · Post #4 » by **tien90802** » Mon Feb 6, 2023 11:37 pm

balla4lyf23 wrote:you know the league has a big "load management" problem when they say: "The top priorities remaining in CBA talks include finding mechanisms to incentivize top players to participate in more regular season games".

so you need to bribe players to play... player empowerment is getting out of hand. dont @ me

Yeah, it all started with Poppovich.

Rastas · Post #5 » by **Rastas** » Tue Feb 7, 2023 7:41 am

tien90802 wrote:
balla4lyf23 wrote:you know the league has a big "load management" problem when they say: "The top priorities remaining in CBA talks include finding mechanisms to incentivize top players to participate in more regular season games".

so you need to bribe players to play... player empowerment is getting out of hand. dont @ me

Yeah, it all started with Poppovich.

Simple
Make all out with injury games @ around 75% pay instead of 100%
Problem solved

scubaslim · Post #6 » by **scubaslim** » Tue Feb 7, 2023 12:00 pm

That's an interesting way to abbreviate March

tien90802 · Post #7 » by **tien90802** » Wed Feb 15, 2023 5:58 pm

Rastas wrote:
tien90802 wrote:
balla4lyf23 wrote:you know the league has a big "load management" problem when they say: "The top priorities remaining in CBA talks include finding mechanisms to incentivize top players to participate in more regular season games".

so you need to bribe players to play... player empowerment is getting out of hand. dont @ me

Yeah, it all started with Poppovich.

Simple
Make all out with injury games @ around 75% pay instead of 100%
Problem solved

Even if load management wasn't a problem, the owners would love this rule. The players want a 100% guaranteed contract for a reason - to protect themselves from injury.

So yeah, owners have always wanted this rule. Every owner in every sport wants this rule.