The Athletic published a major report on Wednesday as the publication revealed the details of the newest NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement. One key provision in the new CBA is getting serious traction online.
According to the report, an amendment was made on traveling and when teams will be able to play after traveling. The report said that teams can now play on the same day that they traveled across two time zones. The original rule was that they could only do that for one time zone change.
Back-to-backs have become a major talking point in the NBA, especially with regard to ‘load management.’ The new CBA will essentially put more of a tax on players then if they go from Eastern to Mountain, Central to Western, or vice versa.
Suffice it to say, reaction to the NBA and its new CBA provision hasn’t gone over well on Twitter.
… what? pic.twitter.com/WcU2sbhD9Q
— Justin Russo (@FlyByKnite) June 28, 2023
Aye man this is bad, this CBA is BAD lmao https://t.co/yILioLKcgh
— Niko (@nikotaughtyou) June 28, 2023
Adam Silver’s NBA https://t.co/JHV94AnTJR
— VP of Wu Tang Financial (@BarbChairScott) June 28, 2023
Others took aim at NBPA leaders CJ McCollum, Grant Williams, and others over the updated provisions.
CJ McCollum and Grant Williams are asleep at the wheel. This continues to be a terrible deal for the players I don't care what anyone else says https://t.co/PE4zlALhRD
— Mavs Film Room
(@MavsFilmRoom) June 28, 2023
Grant Williams might be a supervillain https://t.co/vUfl00TKr1
— A
(@itsYDG2) June 28, 2023
these idiots are traitors lol https://t.co/upUDsVjSfz pic.twitter.com/aiGpNaNo64
— LeBALLMight #KingMentality (@leballmight) June 28, 2023
Grant was playing Geometry Dash during CBA talks https://t.co/sD8IcezKDq
— Tanner (@TannerT27) June 28, 2023
Meanwhile, one fan didn’t mince words, labeling it the “worst CBA in the history of American sports.”
This is legitimately the worst CBA in the history of American sports https://t.co/0z1p97400J
— Chase (@JohnHenrytoHell) June 28, 2023
It doesn’t sound like things are going particularly well. But it does seem like the NBA owners walked all over the players to allow this kind of provision to be involved in the CBA. Because otherwise, what exactly are we looking for here? It seems silly to run the players down even more, especially with the new requirements for All-NBA going into effect. But it doesn’t seem like there was too much cohesion here.
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