owners should've pushed harder for franchise tag.

[Waew]

In the last CBA negotiations. It would have been worth it.  Now you know why lebron wanted to be players union president, to carry his superteam agenda. He's probably been planning this for a while

[wdleehi]

Why?



Teams can already pay more money to keep their FA then any other team. 


Where is the benefit for the players?  In the NFL, a player gets a one year guaranteed contract based on the average salary of the top payed players at his position.  Players may not like not getting a multi-year contract, but it does have a price for the team that uses it.


What benefit is it for the NBA player?  Top players are already going to earn the Max for multiple years with it guaranteed. 

[D.o.s.]

The NFL is a terrible organization for their players -- there's a reason why every sports league wants to be more like them.

Free Agency is a good thing.

edit: it's also worth pointing out that Restricted Free Agency and a Franchise tag operate in essentially the same way.

[#1P4P]

Owners already get up to 9 seasons of control (up from 7 for the last CBA) over players they select in the 1st round (if they're willing to match RFA offers... a given if the player has shown glimpses of being an elite player during his rookie deal and the max another team can offer is capped at $15-16M).

If they can't create an environment, where a player wants to stay after those 9 seasons, then they shouldn't be rewarded with another season of controlling the player especially without the lack of security a franchise tag offers.

Lebron might want to be the NBPA President because Billy Hunter incompetency (or corruptness) botched the current CBA, where the owners lied about losses and the players gave up several key concessions that set them back 9 years.