The collective bargaining agreement …

The collective bargaining agreement might even have to be rewritten before the anticipated start of free-agency Oct. 18. None of that impacts Kupchak’s view on free-agency: They aren’t far enough along in the rebuild to go on a spending spree come October. “Even though we’ll have cap room, I don’t feel free-agency is the answer for us at this time,” Kupchak said. “So that talent is going to have to come from the draft or a trade.”