But there are teams out there — I’ve heard from a few already — that believe owners and league officials are determined to explore the feasibility of working new salary sanctions into the next collective bargaining agreement to dissuade another highly compensated player from taking Harden’s lead and essentially going on strike, like he just did twice in a span of 13 months in Houston and Brooklyn, to force his way to a new team.
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Opponents and locations for all NFL teams’ 17th game in 2021
A look at the opponents for all NFL teams’ 17th game in 2021. The Seattle Seahawks will travel to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers.
The NFL officially announced the 17-game, regular-season schedule will begin in 2021. The preseason will now be reduced from four games to three.
Under the new format, each club’s 17th game will feature a team from the opposing conference that finished in the same place within its division the previous year.
The AFC will be the home conference in 2021 and the NFC in 2022.
The Seahawks will travel to Pittsburgh to square off against the Steelers.
Below is a look at each team’s opponent and location for the 17th game this season.
| Away Team | Home Team |
| NFC East | AFC East |
| 1. Washington Football Team | 1. Buffalo Bills |
| 2. New York Giants | 2. Miami Dolphins |
| 3. Dallas Cowboys | 3. New England Patriots |
| 4. Philadelphia Eagles | 4. New York Jets |
| Away Team | Home Team |
| NFC West | AFC North |
| 1. Seattle Seahawks | 1. Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 2. Los Angeles Rams | 2. Baltimore Ravens |
| 3. Arizona Cardinals | 3. Cleveland Browns |
| 4. San Francisco 49ers | 4. Cincinnati Bengals |
| Away Team | Home Team |
| NFC South | AFC South |
| 1. New Orleans Saints | 1. Tennessee Titans |
| 2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2. Indianapolis Colts |
| 3. Carolina Panthers | 3. Houston Texans |
| 4. Atlanta Falcons | 4. Jacksonville Jaguars |
| Away Team | Home Team |
| NFC North | AFC West |
| 1. Green Bay Packers | 1. Kansas City Chiefs |
| 2. Chicago Bears | 2. Las Vegas Raiders |
| 3. Minnesota Vikings | 3. Los Angeles Chargers |
| 4. Detroit Lions | 4. Denver Broncos |
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Report: Warriors have expressed interest in free agent guard Jeremy Lin
According to a report from weixin.com, the Golden State Warriors have expressed “a clear interest” in free-agent guard Jeremy Lin.
Once Bob Myers and Steve Kerr make the No. 2 overall selection in the NBA Draft, the Golden State Warriors will need to turn their attention to the free-agent market.
With expensive contracts linked to players like Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins, the Warriors will need to get creative when it comes to adding players in free agency.
Despite three All-Stars and the former Rookie of the Year on the roster, Golden State will need to add pieces to catch the Los Angeles Lakers at the top of the Western Conference.
One option could be to bring a former member of the Warriors back to the Bay Area. According to a report from Weixin.com, translated by HoopsHype, the Warriors have expressed “clear interest” in veteran guard Jeremy Lin.
Via Weixin.com (H/T HoopsHype):
According to reliable sources, the Golden State Warriors have already expressed a clear interest in Jeremy Lin.
After recording minutes for the Atlanta Hawks and Toronto Raptors in 2018-19, Lin spent the 2019-20 season playing in the CBA for the Beijing Ducks. In 29 games, Lin averaged 22.3 points on 49.1% shooting from the field with 5.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.8 steals per contest.
Watch highlights from Lin’s season-high 36 points for the Ducks via YouTube:
In 2010, Lin started his NBA career with the Golden State Warriors. The point guard played 29 games for the Warriors during his rookie campaign, averaging 2.6 points on 38.9% shooting from the field with 1.4 assists and 1. 2 rebounds in 9.8 minutes per game.
During his only season in the Bay Area, Lin shared the backcourt with Curry.
Behind Curry, Steve Kerr’s options currently consist of Jordan Poole, Ky Bowman and Damion Lee. While each showed glimpses during Curry’s absence last season, the Warriors need a consistent secondary ball-handler in their backcourt unit.
With both Curry and Thompson coming off significant injuries, Kerr will need a reliable guard to control his offense when the Splash Brothers are off the floor.
If Lin does land in Golden State, the 32-year-old guard could bring a level of experience the Golden State backcourt has missed since the departure of Shaun Livingston.
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What specifically are your biggest …
What specifically are your biggest concerns about the NBA’s future? Jared Dudley: I think owners will want players to put a big percentage of [their salaries] into escrow. Right now we had to put 25 percent of our salary into escrow. How much money we make through this pandemic, finishing this season in the bubble, depends on how much we get back of our money. Next year, let’s say I make $5 million, and the NBA says “Hey listen, we don’t know how long we won’t have fans, we need 50 percent instead of 25. My fear for players is that in four or five years the league is going to be back to normal making millions of dollars, but that player who had to put 50 percent into escrow is going to lose it and these billionaires are going to be back to normal.
Chris Mannix: Owners have been fully …
Keith Pompey: Michelle Roberts said to …
Keith Pompey: Michelle Roberts said to play now or not play now will have no bearings on a possible lockout and that the next CBA negotiation will be tough. So making a decision to play or not play can’t guarantee the tough negotiations to come, according to sources.
Adrian Wojnarowski: NBPA executive …
NBA and NBPA push backs talk to terminate current CBA
NFL, NFLPA reach agreement on COVID-19 adjustments
The NFL and NFLPA have figured out their differences regarding the COVID-19 adjustments to the CBA.
After some scary negotiations, the NFL is back and ready to kick off the 2020 season, barring any sidetrack from the COVID-19 pandemic.
A statement after our Board of Representatives meeting: pic.twitter.com/0OEiuDArVS
— NFLPA (@NFLPA) July 24, 2020
The NFL and NFLPA reached agreement on COVID-19 adjustments to the CBA Friday. Get ready for training camps, which are slated to open July 28 for most teams.
On Friday, owners and leaders of the players union reached an agreement on the parameters of the preseason acclimation window and changes to the collective bargaining agreement that will help ease the financial shortfall caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hours after the owners voted to ratify the agreement, the NFLPA executive committee unanimously approved the pact.
The matter was then passed on to the 32-member board of player representatives, which also approved the deal, ensuring the following guidelines will be implemented in time for training camps to begin by July 28:
Some of the details via NFL.com
The agreed-upon deal includes an allowance for 16-man practice squads, high-risk and general opt-outs of participation due to the pandemic (deadline date to be determined), and the absence of a preseason for 2020.
Training camp is set to be comprised of 20 days of a ramp-up period and a maximum of 14 padded practices.
Financially, the league will spread the impact of any 2020 revenue shortfall due to the pandemic over four years beginning in 2021. The salary cap will be at least $175 million in 2021, while the 2020 cap of $198.2 million remains unchanged. The two sides were able to reach an agreement after owners raised the minimum cap for 2021 from $165 million to $175 million and dropped their request for an $8 million reduction in cap for 2020.
Report: Jamal Adams blasts Adam Gase, Joe Douglas, says Jets open to trading him
The Jets relationship with Jamal Adams looks worse than ever before after an explosive interview.
In a new story from the New York Daily News’ Manish Mehta, Jamal Adams spoke publicly and candidly about his relationship with the Jets, Adam Gase and Joe Douglas, as well as his future with the team.
The picture he painted is not pretty.
Not only did Adams tell Mehta that Douglas said he’s willing to trade the All-Pro safety before the 2020 season, but Adams also described a less-than-friendly relationship with both the general manager and Gase.
“I don’t feel like he’s the right leader for this organization to reach the Promised Land,” Adams told Mehta in regards to Gase. “As a leader, what really bothers me is that he doesn’t have a relationship with everybody in the building.”
This sounds eerily similar to the reports out of Miami when Gase coached the Dolphins from 2016-2018. Gase had a reputation for alienating players in the locker room and was criticized for his play-calling. Multiple Dolphins players expressed happiness when Gase was fired in 2018.
“At the end of the day, [Gase] doesn’t address the team,” Adams continued. “If there’s a problem in the locker room, he lets another coach address the team. If we’re playing [expletive] and we’re losing, he doesn’t address the entire team as a group at halftime. He’ll walk out of the locker room and let another coach handle it.”
Gase, earlier this offseason, said he had a good relationship with Adams.
Adams’ frustrations with the team aren’t reserved for Gase. He also hasn’t been happy with the communication from the front office regarding contract negotiations, which Adams said were supposed to start in January. Adams said the Jets never gave him an offer and kept pushing negotiations further into the offseason without any actual contract proposal. Adams contends that Douglas never explained to him why his negotiations hadn’t progressed despite Douglas claiming he wanted Adams to be a “Jet for life.”
He still has two years left on his rookie contract, but Adams wants to be the highest-paid safety in the NFL, among other previously reported demands.
“If they would have just simply said, ‘You know what, Jamal — we’re not going to look to pay you this year, we want to keep adding players — I would have respected that more,” Adams said. “I would say, ‘You know what? I respect it. As a man, I get it. I understand it’s a business.’ But for them to tell me that they’re going to pay me and then not send over a proposal after they said that’s what they were going to, that’s where we go wrong. And then for you to ignore me, that’s why I have a problem.”
Adams has repeatedly taken to social media to air his grievances against the Jets. In June he requested a trade to one of eight teams. The Jets originally looked unwilling to trade Adams because they control his rights through at least the 2021 season. Now, though, it appears Douglas has changed his stance, at least according to Adams and the Daily News.
“It’s definitely mixed feelings,” Adams said about the prospect of being traded. “But at the end of the day, my happiness is more important. I know my worth. I’m going to stand on my beliefs. I’m going to stand on who I am as a person. And I’m not ever going to change who I am for somebody who’s judging me. Either you accept me for who I am and you work with me and support me or you don’t. It’s okay if you don’t.”
The Daily News offered a timeline of events that show the growing tension between Adams and the team. Douglas reportedly wanted Adams to prove his loyalty to the Jets by continuing to play on his rookie contract so the team could monitor him. That perturbed Adams, as well as the insinuations that trading Adams would be hard considering his actions this offseason. Adams called the process “draining.”
Adams said he still plans to report to camp this summer despite his contract and trade dispute with the Jets. The relationship, based on Mehta’s report, appears unsalvageable. Adams is clearly angry, frustrated and exhausted from an offseason of back and forth mixed messaging and an uncertain future.
Adams said that he still has “nothing but love and respect” for the Jets fanbase, “but when an organization starts to disrespect you like this, it’s just time to move on.”