From threats of a player shutting down for the season -- or performing infrequently -- to an agent's implied future retribution involving access to his free agent clients or draft prospects, it's often easier for teams to walk away from trade talks than take on a player hellbent on a buyout.
As a way to recapture some control of the process, NBA GMs have discussed pursuit of everything from a blind bidding system, similar to how amnesty claims have functioned; a compensatory draft provision that delivers second-round picks from the players' new team to the old one; even moving the buyout market ahead of the trade deadline to make it harder for agents and players to manipulate the process.
The NBA has never brought legislation for the Competition Committee or the Board of Governors to vote on, nor made recalibrating the rules on buyout free agency an issue in Collective Bargaining talks with the National Basketball Players Association. The union will always side on the freedom of movement for players, so they'll stay on the side of status quo -- unless there's something of significance to trade on in CBA talks.
The NBA does want to find a way to make the buyout pool players available to more teams than only the contenders, sources say, but that's hard to do without significant changes to the process. That'll take the league pushing hard on the NBPA -- with an understanding that its agents and players will want to push back. For all of the difficult CBA discussions ahead on the league's financial system, it'll take more than just front office executives to drive significant change. Owners will have to take up the cause, and they'll have to make it a priority to change.
Do you guys believe there will be any changes regarding buyouts by next season?
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