NBA players are pushing for more money in the next collective bargaining agreement – for the players who came before them.
Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James, vice president of the NBPA’s executive committee, told The Associated Press on Thursday the union has made getting aid for retired players a priority in their talks with NBA owners on a new deal.
The NBA and its players have agreed that the next CBA will include new league-funded programs to help retired players with education and medical expenses, four people with knowledge of the situation told the AP. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because talks are ongoing.
In exchange for those programs, and pending full approval from both sides, the split of basketball-related income would remain the same “50-50” deal as it is in the current agreement.
THUNDER: Earlier this week, Kevin Durant made a batch of new comments about his move to the Warriors. Among them, he praised the Golden State players for their “selfless” play.
After the Thunder’s practice in Oklahoma City on Thursday, Russell Westbrook was asked about that particular quote. Westbrook, clearly a bit agitated by them, responded.
“That’s cute, man,” he said. “That’s cute. My job is to be able to worry about what’s going on here. We don’t worry about all the selfish guys we got over here apparently. So we better figure that out.”
Context is important in this situation. Durant’s comments were made during a panel discussion at Stanford on Monday, not a scrum setting.
The forum was part of a ceremony honoring the Warriors as an entrepreneurial company of the year. The point of the discussion, which included Joe Lacob, Bob Myers and Andre Iguodala, was to explain what was so great about Golden State’s organization.
JAZZ: Utah waived Marcus Paige, Eric Dawson and Quincy Ford.
Paige was the No. 55-overall pick by the Brooklyn Nets in this year’s NBA draft and was traded to the Jazz the same day.
THURSDAY’S EXHIBITION GAME
CELTICS 100, NETS 97: Jordan Mickey dunked with 34.5 left to give Boston the lead and the Celtics held on for an exhibition win in New York.
Al Horford had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Boston. Marcus Smart added 13 points.
Luis Scola had 14 for the Nets.
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