Cowbell Kingdom Podcast Ep 22: Larry Coon breaks down new CBA

Now that the NBPA has officially recertified as a union, NBA owners and players can begin putting the final touches on a new collective bargaining agreement.  Larry Coon is author of the NBA Salary Cap FAQ and he joins James Ham and Jonathan Santiago to break down aspects of the new deal in today’s Cowbell Kingdom Podcast.

Highlights

• On the new amnesty rule: “I think this is cool.  I think one of the things the league needs more of is silent auctions and that’s what they got here.”
• Today is the day B-List issues in the new CBA are being addressed.  What’s Coon’s take on one of those minor issues – the draft age limit?  I was thinking that the age limit was something the players would use as a trade chip.  They would say: “Alright, you want the higher age limit?  We’ll give it to you as long you give us something else here, ” and I think that’s something that might happen when they start talking about it.
• What does this new CBA mean for free agents and the NBA trade market today? “For a team like the Kings, I think restricted free agents are going to be more in play because they shortened the matching period for the original team from seven days to three days.  Now other teams aren’t going to be tying up their salary so much and they’re going to be more willing to go after other team’s players.”