The “Middle Class” of the NBA was penalized by a new collective agreement?

While “Free Agency” was again especially quiet And that they are protected “free agents” (Jonathan Kuminga, Cam Thomas, Josh Giddei, Kuentin Giddei) still signing anything, everyone hears that the new collective agreement changed the way that is franchise NBA Approach -Season …

For espnBobby Marx reacts to a few terms on the topic, whileAdam Silver It ensures that the “free agency” is not dead, even if it admits that the collective agreement negotiated to facilitate the expansions of the contract.

Increase of 60% extensions

“The Mechanism of the Collective Agreement was very clear: Giving teams the advantage for preparation, training and storage of his players. It does not mean more ‘free agencies’, but in many cases, players decide to stay in these markets. I don’t necessarily badly bad.” »»

Dealing teams exclusivity to negotiate with their “free agents” between the end of the finals and the beginning of the salary, from 120% to 140%, the NBA has led to an increase in expansion, and thus falling the number of players. “

Thus, with a collective agreement since 2017. years, there were 8.3 extensions of the contracts signed by the players who come at the end of their Rocky contracts and 12.3 extensions of the contract by veterans, ie that he had already paralyzed at least two contracts in the NBA.

With the collective agreement from 2023. years, the number of enlargements signed by players who arrived at the end of their Rocky contracts increased to 9.7 per year and number of veteran extensions in 16.7!

All in all, it makes an increase of 60%, transferring the number of extended players with 18 to 29 per year. Or more than a dozen “free agents” less. And how generally the largest fish, franchises now avoid giving a payroll that, according to Draimond Green or Austin Rivers, punishes the “middle class” of large leagues, ie players who are not all beasts.

Always more money … for everything?

“Data does not affirm this idea”Answers Adam Silver. “If you look at less well paid players, the best paid players and an intermediate group you call a middle class, there is a rather slight increase in relationships to the situation of an old collective agreement.” »

Former president of the playful trade union CJ McCollum admitted that the new CBA was not perfectBut he agrees with Adam Silver on the fact that the “Middle Class” of the NBA does not regret it.

“There is a false idea that players are no longer as before. This is not true. Players earn more money than ever. And the middle class earns more money than ever.” »

Between other examples, we can quote Saints Aldama which are for $ 52.5 million for three years with Grizli Duncan Robinson who paralyzed $ 48 Million for three years in clips or Nickeil Aleksandar-Walker who joined $ 60.5 million for four years.