cba questions

[Lucky17]

Question: is it possible, at this point in the season, to extend a player's contract?

Wondering if a pending free agent--oh, let's say Glen Davis--might prefer to have his contract extended for another season or two, under current CBA guidelines, rather than face free agency under the new guidelines?

Edit: I think I answered my own question, after looking at Larry Coon's FAQ: yes, but only contracts longer than four years can be extended.

[LooseCannon]

You missed the part where contracts can't be renegotiated between March 1 and June 30.

[Lucky17]

You missed the part where contracts can't be renegotiated between March 1 and June 30.

Well, I was asking about contract extensions, not renegotations. Difference between tearing up an existing deal, and simply tacking on another year to one.

[Kiorrik]

According to Zack Lowe at The Point Forward:

The system the league has presented would not work this way, according to sources. Instead, a team would be allowed to designate one player for preferential contractual treatment, including more overall money, more guaranteed money and at least one extra year on his contract. A player would have to agree to such a designation. It is designed to work as an incentive to get a player to remain with his team rather than as a roadblock to free agency, the sources said.

You can think of the proposed franchise tag as super-Bird rights, where a team can tag one player to be eligible for even more benefits than its other free agents.

That's not half as good as what Roy wrote. Typical how the human mind works: I jumped to the reply box as soon as I read what Roy wrote lol

Sorry for missing your post there >_<

And darn @ NBA for not having it in that other way.