Report: Owners not keen on including amnesty clause in new CBA

Though reports suggest the NBA's next collective bargaining agreement will look fairly similar to the current iteration, at least one provision appears set to change.

The owners are leaning away from including an amnesty clause in the new deal, which they're in the process of negotiating with the players' union, sources told ESPN's Brian Windhorst.

The clause, which allows each team to waive one player (over the life of the CBA) and remove their contract from the team's salary-cap ledger, has been present in each of the last two agreements.

The amnesty provision is a huge boon to general managers, for whom it offers a mulligan for any bad deal, or the chance to clear up scads of cap space in a hurry should, say, the opportunity to sign a marquee free agent present itself.

It's less obviously beneficial to owners, who are still left holding the bag for those waived contracts, although shedding a deal via amnesty can still save them money by allowing them to avoid potential luxury-tax penalties.