[Charania] Fred VanVleet The New President Of The National Basketball Players Association

TimeForChange · Post #1 » by **TimeForChange** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:29 pm

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Blazing_royale · Post #2 » by **Blazing_royale** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:30 pm

1st order of business. Everyone bet on yourself and get the bag!!!

Bruin · Post #3 » by **Bruin** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:31 pm

Congrats on finding a new project Fred

Boardbreaker · Post #4 » by **Boardbreaker** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:36 pm

Should be better for the players than CJ was

AbC? · Post #5 » by **AbC?** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:36 pm

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.

AkelaLoneWolf · Post #6 » by **AkelaLoneWolf** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:41 pm

He’s the consummate role player. Hopefully can help other role players in future negotiations

YogurtProducer · Post #7 » by **YogurtProducer** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:43 pm

Thought everyone hated the guy?

Basketball_Jones · Post #8 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:43 pm

I always found him well spoken and doesn’t surprise me he’s part of the players association. Good for him.

Bankai · Post #9 » by **Bankai** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 11:24 pm

From Undrafted and not even being in the NBA, to be the NBA Player Representative. Thats quite a jump.

Tor_Raps · Post #10 » by **Tor_Raps** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 11:39 pm

When betting on yourself goes right!

HangTime · Post #11 » by **HangTime** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 11:41 pm

Bet on Yourself vs NBA

Just imagine the potential court cases for this one era.

Westside Gunn · Post #12 » by **Westside Gunn** » Sun Jul 13, 2025 12:49 am

They better make a biopic on Fred Van Vleet.

What a effing story this guy is

bballsparkin · Post #13 » by **bballsparkin** » Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:19 am

Mr. Freddy VV Bizness.

ill-Will03 · Post #14 » by **ill-Will03** » Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:21 am

Great on him.

He’s perfect for the role. Freds story is truly remarkable

aminiaturebuddha · Post #15 » by **aminiaturebuddha** » Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:26 am

Good for him. Hell of a career he's built for himself.

Post #16 » by **DG88** » Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:30 am

Good for him

Pointgod · Post #17 » by **Pointgod** » Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:38 am

Hope he can negotiate a better CBA that doesn’t screw the players.

HumbleRen · Post #18 » by **HumbleRen** » Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:44 am

Can’t be worse than the previous leadership. They screwed over the mid tier nba players badly.

C_Money · Post #19 » by **C_Money** » Sun Jul 13, 2025 6:19 am

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.

TGM · Post #20 » by **TGM** » Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:57 am

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.