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Rockets guard Fred VanVleet will transition into this role with guidance from CJ McCollum, who completes a 4-year term as President (2021-25).
The WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement is set to expire Oct. 31. If the league and players don’t reach a new deal by then, a work stoppage could begin.
The quandary points to how college basketball may now be close to being considered a pro sport, at least in the NBA's eyes.
ESPN's Shams Charania reported that Rockets guard Fred VanVleet was elected as the new president of the NBPA. McCollum has served and completed his four-year term as president, and now VanVleet will officially begin his four-year term.
When an outside source owns the majority of your league...it's going to very hard," union vice president Napheesa Collier said of the union's push for a fair share.
Tamika Tremaglio—an attorney who was executive director of the National Basketball Players Association when it negotiated a groundbreaking, seven-year collective bargaining agreement with the league two years ago—has joined the fast-growing litigation consulting firm Secretariat as leader of its global sports consulting practice.
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 30: Derek Fisher (C), President of the National Basketball Players...[+] Association is surrounded by NBA players (L-R) LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Paul ...
It's been a good summer for Fred VanVleet. The veteran point guard got a new two-year, $50 million contract with the Houston Rockets, a team that has loaded up and will enter next season as a title contender. Now he has also been elected the new president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA, the players' union).
Houston Rockets point guard Fred VanVleet was named the NBPA president by his peers in a July 12 election, succeeding CJ McCollum.
Former Razorback and Little Rock native Moses Moody was named to the National Basketball Players Association Foundation board of directors, the organization announced Monday. The foundation also named current player Santi Aldama of the Memphis Grizzlies and a member of the Spanish Men’s National Team to the board.