New CBA agreed upon, includes “expanded opportunities for trades and free agencies for mid and smaller team payrolls”

[Dejounte]

Good news for the Spurs who thrive on being opportunistic with their roster moves.

[stnick2261]

I love April 1st announcements

[The Truth #6]

So Woj is doing April fools? Hmmm…

[Degoat]

This isn’t April fools lol it’s legit

[scott]

Curious to read about these “expanded opportunities”

Mis-season tournament also part of this, will be interesting to see how that plays out.

[JPB]

Curious to read about these “expanded opportunities”

Mis-season tournament also part of this, will be interesting to see how that plays out.

the mid-season tournament (the equivalent of "cups" in Soccer) is intriguing I believe, with the excitment of the NCCA Tournament and its one game elimination bracket but actual basketball on the field, and another trophy to win for any team with more uncertainty and surprises than in a 7 game series.

[scott]

the mid-season tournament (the equivalent of "cups" in Soccer) is intriguing I believe, with the excitment of the NCCA Tournament and its one game elimination bracket but actual basketball on the field, and another trophy to win for any team with more uncertainty and surprises than in a 7 game series.

I'm intrigued by how these "cups" are integrated into the regular season (the games will count as regular season games) unlike the way Cups are running in Soccer (to use your example). Cool concept, IMO.

[Ariel]

the mid-season tournament (the equivalent of "cups" in Soccer) is intriguing I believe, with the excitment of the NCCA Tournament and its one game elimination bracket but actual basketball on the field, and another trophy to win for any team with more uncertainty and surprises than in a 7 game series.

Football teams (I refuse to call the sport soccer ) normally play once a week (weekends) in their domestic league, and mid week for the International tournaments / domestic cups. The calendar is completely different, the workload in the NBA is already so high that IMO they'd have to shorten the regular season if they want to add something like that. 82 games + playoffs is already too much.

[baseline bum]

Gross, I was hoping the owners would get some leverage against players signing long term deals and then forcing their way out. No one should get the the security of guaranteed years while also effectively becoming free agents whenever they want like we have seen with George, Leonard, Davis, Harden, and Simmons. Silver is such a commissioner, wish Stern was still here.

[TD 21]

McDaniels (Jalen) and Reid, here "we" come . . .

[Mr. Body]

Gross, I was hoping the owners would get some leverage against players signing long term deals and then forcing their way out. No one should get the the security of guaranteed years while also effectively becoming free agents whenever they want like we have seen with George, Leonard, Davis, Harden, and Simmons. Silver is such a commissioner, wish Stern was still here.

The league wants those players in the big markets. They have to reload the Lakers every time they can. The small markets just can't stop it.

[BacktoBasics]

Gross, I was hoping the owners would get some leverage against players signing long term deals and then forcing their way out. No one should get the the security of guaranteed years while also effectively becoming free agents whenever they want like we have seen with George, Leonard, Davis, Harden, and Simmons. Silver is such a commissioner, wish Stern was still here.

Yeah none of this was addressed. At the very least some kind of final year termination if you missed 80% of games. Injury or not.

[JPB]

Football teams (I refuse to call the sport soccer ) normally play once a week (weekends) in their domestic league, and mid week for the International tournaments / domestic cups. The calendar is completely different, the workload in the NBA is already so high that IMO they'd have to shorten the regular season if they want to add something like that. 82 games + playoffs is already too much.

National cups are played the week end too in place of league games.. Mid-week (in Europe f.e) is reserved for cups like the Champions league or Europa League for the few qualified teams meaning most teams will only play one game a week, for a lower workload indeed... Then there's 3 dates I believe reserved for national team meetings... Meaning top players may play more than 60 games a season, plus official off season tournaments (World cup, Euro) and there's also debates about too big of a workload for star players...

But I agree with you and can't conceive an NBA mid season tournament without shortening the season, which I'm all in for no matter what. There are too many irrelevant games in a season where you can see the players are not in, wich many of them will confess, admitting they are throwing games here or there. That would also prevent load management but from a business pov, I've a hard time imagining Silver taking that road before mid season tournament really prove lucrative and entertaining so everyone agree to shorten the season

[Ariel]

McDaniels (Jalen) and Reid, here "we" come . . .

I'm in, especially Naz Reid
https://sports.yahoo.com/lakers-stil...174912465.html

The name to keep an eye on most may be Timberwolves center Naz Reid, who has declined varied contract extension offers from Minnesota, sources told Yahoo Sports, and is said to be seeking salary in the ballpark of $10 million next season. While the Wolves have clearly shown interest in retaining Reid, Minnesota already has a mountain of money committed to Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert, plus the Wolves seem unlikely to be able to afford both Reid and guard Jaylen Nowell at the price points each player desires.

He'll turn 24 just before the next season starts, 6'9" barefoot, 7'3" wingspan, can stretch the floor (~34% from 3), adequate FT shooter (~70%), skilled, can put the ball on the floor and slash, decent rebounder, plenty of room to grow. He'd be an interesting gamble to throw in the big man rotation, with Zach Collins and hopefully Bassey. He's supposedly looking for 10M per year, which is below non taxpayer MLE, and if Minnesota is looking to cut costs I think it'd be a very good option for both him (as a team rebuilding that can provide him ample opportunities to develop) and the Spurs (as a young guy with upside for cheap).
I'd also be interested in Jalen McDaniels, but the fact that Charlotte traded him makes me suspect he's looking for a very big paycheck, and IMO he hasn't proven he's worth it. But if he commands close to MLE money, I'm in as well.

[Mr. Body]

Apparently NBA players will now be able to invest in gambling companies.

[BackHome]

Cups are just stupid no one is going to watch NBA is going down the drain

[Dejounte]

So free agents who want to join a winning team will have to take an even bigger pay cut than ever before.

[Dejounte]

[baseline bum]

The league wants those players in the big markets. They have to reload the Lakers every time they can. The small markets just can't stop it.

Silver works for the owners here. Though maybe they want that too for the TV deals? I expected some hardball from the small market owners after all the forced trade gotry though.

[baseline bum]

If they wanted to help small market teams should have addressed players forcing their way out after getting the security of long term deals. It's like heads I win, tails you lose for teams not in LA, Miami, or NYC. Like you give a big contract to Kawhi Leonard and he's worth it, and he can just force his way out when he wants. You give a big contract to John Wall and he never lives up to it and you're either stuck with him or have to give up assets to get rid of him. Bull .

[Harry Callahan]

Gross, I was hoping the owners would get some leverage against players signing long term deals and then forcing their way out. No one should get the the security of guaranteed years while also effectively becoming free agents whenever they want like we have seen with George, Leonard, Davis, Harden, and Simmons. Silver is such a commissioner, wish Stern was still here.

I also hate the signing of $100M contracts that aren't treated as actual contracts (the Nephew situation). I wonder when interest becomes apathy for the NBA.

[Ice009]

If they wanted to help small market teams should have addressed players forcing their way out after getting the security of long term deals. It's like heads I win, tails you lose for teams not in LA, Miami, or NYC. Like you give a big contract to Kawhi Leonard and he's worth it, and he can just force his way out when he wants. You give a big contract to John Wall and he never lives up to it and you're either stuck with him or have to give up assets to get rid of him. Bull .

Yeah, I 100% agree. I didn't think a deal would be reached this easily. I thought the owners would try to come up for something in both situations/scenarios like you mentioned (both the Kawhi and John Wall ones). Both really should have been addressed IMO as small market teams get screwed over a lot of times in those exact same scenarios. It's not fair at all.

[K...]

No one cares about the drug testing changes?

[exstatic]

No one cares about the drug testing changes?

Are they actually going to do some, unannounced?

[cjw]

If they wanted to help small market teams should have addressed players forcing their way out after getting the security of long term deals. It's like heads I win, tails you lose for teams not in LA, Miami, or NYC. Like you give a big contract to Kawhi Leonard and he's worth it, and he can just force his way out when he wants. You give a big contract to John Wall and he never lives up to it and you're either stuck with him or have to give up assets to get rid of him. Bull .

A guy who is one of the best players in the world forced his way out of New York (Brooklyn). I think we’ve moved into a different era that looks more like Euro soccer where players get unhappy over a weekend and want a new job. It’s bad for the sport and fanbases.