NBA owners, players reach tentative deal

[gladdyontherise]

NBA owners, players reach tentative deal - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

After nearly two years of bickering, NBA players and owners are back on the same side.

“We want to play basketball,” Commissioner David Stern said.

Come Christmas Day, they should be.

The sides reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season with a marquee tripleheader Dec. 25. Most of a season that seemed in jeopardy of being lost entirely will be salvaged if both sides approve the handshake deal.

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[jsab4807]

They ended the lockout because they realized that with football/college football/college basketball on, no one actually missed the NBA.

[wheeler281]

Thats it ^ File this one under the who cares category

[key2win]

Until the season actually starts and all paperwork is signed, I dont believe this until I see it. LOL!

I can totally see one of the sides changing their stance in like a week and then we are back to step 1 again.

[key2win]

Here are some details I found on Real GM.

Details have emerged from a league-issued memo circulating to teams, players and agents.

The contract length will be five years for Bird rights players and four years for non-Bird.

There will be no reduction in the Rookie Scale or the minimum salary.

Max salaries will only have one level and it will be equal to 30% of the salary cap, while sign-and-trades will be allowed.

The new exception will be $2.5 million for teams below the cap to go over the cap. Those teams can't use the mid-level or bi-annual exceptions.

For the mid-level exception, teams under the luxury tax can pay $5 million annually for up to four years, while teams over the tax have a $3 million offer for up to four years.

There also will be a 10% annual escrow system.

The minimum team salary increases to 85% in the first two years and 90% in years thereafter.

The new collective bargaining agreement will include an amnesty provision. This will allow each team to cut one player from their roster and have that salary not count against their salary cap or luxury tax.

[gladdyontherise]

The new collective bargaining agreement will include an amnesty provision. This will allow each team to cut one player from their roster and have that salary not count against their salary cap or luxury tax.

Charlie Villanueva. Done

[key2win]

Your team has 3 options though: RIP, Charlie V, or Gordon. LOL!

Luke Walton will be a former Laker in about 2 weeks.

[cathaytrader]

Can't wait. Throw up the ball and let's get it on !