Draymond seems upset with new labor deal
The NBA and its players union reportedly agreed in principle to a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement Wednesday, which means the league has avoided a potential work stoppage after this season.
While that ostensibly seems like good news for all involved parties, at least one player didn't seem thrilled about the agreement.
Deal.?.?. Smh
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) December 15, 2016
That's a heartbreaker
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) December 15, 2016
Green didn't expound on his aversion to the deal, beyond cryptically hinting that the union had capitulated.
Stand for something... or fall for anything
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) December 15, 2016
One day we will get it right.... maybe
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) December 15, 2016
Terms of the agreement won't be announced until it's formally ratified, so there's no way to even speculate about what Green is so steamed about. Even his colleagues aren't sure.
Love to hear his insight.. cuz I really don't know anything about the deal https://t.co/AWdkgVBv6R
— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) December 15, 2016
The most contentious issue in the protracted 2011 negotiations was the league's basketball-related income split, which the two sides had reportedly agreed to leave unchanged from the current CBA.
However, it's possible that provision - and others that had been reportedly agreed upon - changed in recent days. NBPA vice president Carmelo Anthony said last week that the negotiations had hit a snag that threatened to push the completion of a new agreement past the Thursday opt-out deadline for the current deal.
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