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The sides have until Dec. 15 to opt out halfway through the
current 10-year deal.
The reports states that expected changes in the new CBA include
a significantly higher rookie contract scale, two-way contracts
between the NBA and NBA Development League, and minor changes to
the maximum contract scale.
The NBA and NBPA were unable to reach a labor deal in 2011 until
December, costing teams 16 regular-season games, and failure to
reach a deal prior to the opt-out deadline could have the same
consequences.
That is unlikely to happen, given the reported cooperation
between NBA commissioner Adam Silver and NBPA executive director
Michele Roberts. Both are believed to be motivated to get a deal
done, considering the influx of money into the league from its
current television rights deals.
Silver makes his annual address after a board of governors
session later in October, and there is expected to be an
official update on the negotiations then.
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