By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
The NBA and National Basketball Players Association have been in talks for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement and a deal could be finalized in the next weeks, as per The Vertical.
The NBA and NBPA each have until Dec. 15 to use an opt-out clause of the 10-year deal that was reached in 2011, but sources on both sides believe that a new deal will be in place prior to that date. An agreement will eliminate the possibility of a work stoppage in 2017.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver and NBPA executive director Michele Roberts, as well as their respective committees and staffs, have agreed upon many of the significant collective bargaining issues over the past months. Smaller elements are to be discussed now.
From the outset of the talks, there has been a spirit of cooperation between Silver and Roberts, largely reflective of strong economic times in the NBA.
Among expected changes in the new CBA, league as per The Vertical: A significantly higher rookie contract scale and two-way contracts between the NBA and NBA Development League that will add playing jobs for the union.