In Qin Yue's view, this is a very reasonable patch.
As for the modification of the Bird rights, the player representatives led by Qin Yue had no objections.
Although under the new agreement, the salary increase percentage of the Bird rights will drop to 8%, given the current average league income, this is a reduction that all players anticipated.
In fact, in Qin Yue's eyes, what could truly change the future landscape of the NBA is the amendment to the sign-and-trade method.
Under the new agreement, players traded through sign-and-trade will be limited to a three-year contract when re-signing with their original team, with an annual salary increase of only 4.5%.
What does this mean?
Let's use James as an example here.
If, after his contract expires this summer, James wants to leave the Cavaliers through a sign-and-trade, the most straightforward illustration in terms of contract amount would be:
