Tag: CBA

Who are the Boston Celtics who are most likely to be traded?

The Boston Celtics may consider trading certain players to create some breathing room for the team under the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement.

The Boston Celtics may consider trading certain players to create some breathing room for the team under the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement that was designed to be especially onerous for pricier rosters like Boston’s in recent seasons.

Forward Grant Williams and guard Payton Pritchard are potential candidates to be moved, especially given the front office clearly values Grant Williams more than Joe Mazzulla does. Veteran guard Marcus Smart is a crucial player and the heart of the team in many people’s eyes, but perhaps even he might not be a lock to be with the team in the fall. 2023 Sixth Man of the Year Malcolm Brogdon could be traded as well depending on the direction taken by the team’s management and ownership.

The hosts of the Athletic “NBA Show” podcast convened on a recent episode to discuss what they think might happen to the team’s roster before next season.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear what they think the Celtics ought to do in light of the new CBA.

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Bill Simmons expresses concern over the Thunder’s long-term ability to keep young core

“I look at a team like OKC and I just don’t know how they’re ever going to build it.”

The NBA’s recently agreed upon collective bargaining agreement will begin ahead of the 2023-24 season, which means new rules that will affect how teams operate their payrolls.

In his latest podcast, The Ringer’s Bill Simmons expressed concern over how the new CBA could hurt the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Simmons said the Thunder might reach a point where they have to decide which of their young core to keep long term — reminiscent of OKC’s previous core, where it had to deal James Harden for a multiple reasons, including the luxury tax.

“I look at a team like OKC and I just don’t know how they’re ever going to build it. They’re trying to build it the old fashion way and be smart and through the draft. And Giddey is gonna be a max guy. Shai is gonna be underpaid eventually. … What if Holmgren is awesome? Jalen Williams is going to be a borderline max guy. You can’t have all those guys. I don’t like when teams are smart and get penalized for it,”

It seems as though the new CBA is actually more Thunder-friendly because it encourages teams to draft well and extend their own players. If the Thunder go over the second tax apron, it’ll only hurt their ability to acquire outside talent — something OKC already historically struggles with.

The new CBA eliminated the restriction that only two players on a roster could be signed to a super-max deal. This means that if the four Thunder players Simmons mentions truly hit their ceiling, then OKC would theoretically be able to extend all four of them if ownership has the stomach to do so.

Under the previous CBA, teams weren’t able to sign a third player to a super-max extension.

Regardless, if the Thunder eventually end up with the problem of having too many good players on their roster, that’s a good problem to have and can help solve other areas on the roster if need be.

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Podcast: How the NBA’s new labor deal could benefit the Rockets

What does the NBA’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement mean for Houston’s rebuild? #Rockets salary cap guru David Weiner (@BimaThug) makes his case for why it should help.

With the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on the way, what does that mean for the Houston Rockets, who have approximately $60 million in salary cap space this offseason?

David Weiner, salary cap expert and renowned Rockets blogger, offers his insight on a new episode of “The Lager Line” podcast. As part of a conversation with Ben DuBose and Paulo Alves, Weiner makes his case for why the new CBA should benefit a franchise such as the Rockets, given their market size and projected spending.

Other topics include how the CBA could influence team-building strategies throughout the league; what the implementation timeline is likely to be; and perspective on the recent Ime Udoka hire by the Rockets, along with its potential ramifications this offseason.

Friday’s podcast, which is sponsored by Clutch City Lager of Karbach Brewing, can be listened to below. Each episode of the show is also made available via flagship radio station SportsTalk 790 and all major podcast distributors under “The Lager Line.”

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Former Celtic Guerschon Yabusele on playing for Real Madrid, his time in the NBA

Yabu has been forging a solid career for himself playing in Europe since leaving the NBA.

In recent days, former Boston Celtics big man Guerschon Yabusele has been in the news for all of the wrong reasons. 

He was the focal point in a massive brawl between EuroLeague teams Real Madrid and KK Partizan. But the former No. 16 pick has been forging a solid career for himself in Europe since leaving the NBA, an experience he recently sat down with the folks from the Swish Culture “Role Player” podcast.

The Dancing Bear — as Yabusele is called — also touched on what it was like to play in the Chinese Basketball Association for a season while stashed and waiting to join the Celtics in the NBA, and how much of a challenge it was for him as a foreign player.

Check out the clip embedded above to get a look at how Yabu is doing these days when he’s not locked in mortal combat with players from other teams to see a gentler side of the French forward.

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NBPA head Tamika Tremaglio on load management and the new collective bargaining agreement

In an interview with Evan Turner NBPA chief Tamika Tremaglio revealed how the Players Association looks at load management in the league of today.

We have heard about the practice known as load management that has entrenched itself in the modern NBA, but we seldom hear about this strategy of resting players to preserve their best play for the postseason from the point of view of the organization representing the interests of the players themselves.

In an interview with former Boston Celtics assistant and player Evan Turner and Warriors wing Andre Iguodala for their “Point Forward” podcast, National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) chief Tamika Tremaglio revealed how the NBPA looks at its use and advocates for load management in the league of today.

To hear their conversation on the phenomenon, the new collective bargaining agreement, and more, take a look at the clip embedded below.

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Is the NBA’s new midseason tournament a good idea?

When does it start and stop, and which teams participate in it? What is at stake for the ball clubs in question, and what will motivate individual players to care about it?

By now, only the most casual NBA fans have not heard the Association is  adding a midseason tournament to the calendar as part of the changes that are part of the new collective bargaining agreement. But even fairly avid fans are often hard-pressed to explain the pertinent details of this new tournament.

When does it start and stop, and which teams participate? What is at stake for the clubs in question, and what will motivate individual players to care about it? And isn’t the season already too long?

Perhaps the most important question about it is whether the NBA’s midseason tournament is even a good idea.

Taking a swing at clarifying the midseason tourney and what it will change about the season, The Athletic’s Ryen Russillo put together a video to help us get accustomed to this mysterious new wrinkle.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to get caught up on all if the finer details.

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Chinese team with a suspended Eric Bledsoe disqualified for ‘fixing’ multiple playoff games

Yao Ming, the CBA’s president, called it a “saddening” week for the league.

Two basketball teams in the Chinese Basketball Association, the Shanghai Sharks and the Jiangsu Dragons, were thrown out of the ongoing playoffs for match-fixing.

The Sharks have several players with NBA experience including Eric Bledsoe, Johnny O’Bryant, and Jamaal Franklin (who last played in March). Antonio Blakeney is the only player with NBA experience on the Dragons, although a few other players on the roster have played NBA Summer League.

Findings from an investigation from the CBA Disciplinary and Ethics Commission concluded that Shangai showed “negative contention” during the second game of a three-game series, which Jiangsu won.

Bledsoe was serving a four-game suspension for the Sharks, and he served all three during the three-game series against the Dragons. But the team was accused of “giving up” during the second game, forcing a third game, so that he could return for the second game if his team advanced to the semifinals.

Jiangsu then demonstrated a “lack of competitive effort” in the third and final game of the series, in which Shanghai won 108-104.

Jiangsu had several “unexpected errors” in the final few minutes of the game and coach Li Nan failed to call a timeout that could have at least kept them in contention.

Here is a video summary of the pivotal moments in question:

According to Mark Dreyer, each club was fined approximately the equivalent of $727,000. Shanghai coach Li Chunjiang and Jiangsu GM Shi Linjie were each given a 5-year ban from the league.

Jiangsu coach Li Nan and Shanghai GM Jiang Yusheng, meanwhile, were both handed 3-year bans.

Shanghai was scheduled to play the Shenzhen Aviators (who have former NBA and G League players Jared Sullinger, Justin Wright-Foreman, and Askia Booker on their roster). Shenzhen will now advance to the semifinals now that Shanghai was ruled ineligible.

Yao Ming, who played for the Sharks before coming to the United States, is now the president of the Chinese Basketball Association. He called it a “quite saddening” week.

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Should players have to play 65 games to qualify for major NBA awards?

Will we see players checking into a game until the first foul is called? What else might change because of this new rule?

With load management becoming such a prominent part of how the NBA conducts business these days, a push to make season-long accolades require a minimum number of games played resulted in the standard getting put into the league’s new collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

The intent was to properly honor players who put in the effort to play as much of the season as they could. As with all tweaks to the CBA, however, unintended consequences — and not always for the better — can arise. Will we see players checking into a game until the first foul is called? What else might change because of this new rule? Most importantly, should it exist to begin with?

The host of the Athletic “Game Theory” podcast, Sam Vecenie, and his guest, Mike Vorkunov, talked it over on a recent episode. Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear what they had to say.

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How the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement affects Jaylen Brown

The Celtics star forward’s earning potential has changed as a result of the new CBA.

The NBA has tentatively agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that should have significant effects on how all 30 teams in the league operate. In particular, a number of changes are specifically designed to make teams spending heavily in pursuit of a title pay more for the privilege of hanging on to their own players.

The Boston Celtics are one of those clubs. While many of those changes will hurt Boston, there was hope the new rules on extensions might help the Celtics hang on to star forward Jaylen Brown. Currently, Boston can only give him a 120% raise on his next deal. Under the new CBA, it could offer him 140%, which would be in line with a full max contract.

But the looming potential for a supermax deal could complicate that for Boston. It is an issue Chris Forsberg of NBC Sports Boston recently broke down for Arbella’s “Early Edition” show.

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Celtics Lab 179: Gearing up for the Boston Celtics’ 2023 NBA playoffs with Jack Simone

The end of the 2022-23 NBA season is nearly upon us, with only a few loose ends to tie up in terms of seeding,

The end of the 2022-23 NBA regular season is nearly upon us, with only a few loose ends to tie up in terms of seeding, the disbursement of regular-season hardware, and the reshaping of the Boston Celtics’ roster to reflect the exigencies of the league’s new collective bargaining agreement.

The hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast (powered by Fan Duel and Better Help) linked up with Celtics Blog’s Jack Simone to get into what awards the Celtics could win for this season’s campaign, who Boston might end up facing in the postseason now that the standings are close to complete, and what changes might be in store for the team’s roster.

We even get into how the team is playing to wrap up the regular season and take a glimpse out West to see what might be in store for Boston should they get all the way back to the finals.

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