Killa Klay Thompson’s electric performance helped the defending champs avoid elimination and set up a winner-take-all Game 7 showdown with the Rockets in the West finals.
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USA Basketball released the roster for their upcoming AmeriCup qualifying games. Team USA will feature several NBA veterans for matchups against Puerto Rico and the Bahamas on November 22 and November 25 in Washington D.C.
Longtime NBA forwards Robert Covington and Keita Bates-Diop will join the team. Rounding out an experienced frontcourt is veteran center Frank Kaminsky.
That trio will be joined by several players who are currently playing in the G League. That group includes Henry Ellenson, Dusty Hannahs, Nate Hinton, Jahmi’us Ramsey, Chasson Randle, Javonte Smart, David Stockton, Paul Watson and Malik Williams.
Team USA split games with Cuba in the earlier qualifying window. They’ll play two more away games against Puerto Rico and the Bahamas in February. The top three teams in the group will advance to the AmeriCup tournament in August in Nicaragua.
The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association agreed to a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement on Friday night, reported Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
The deal starts with the 2023-24 season and includes a mutual opt-out after the sixth year.
The agreement includes several key new details, including the creation of a second salary cap apron of $17.5 million over the tax line where teams will no longer have access to the taxpayer mid-level in free agency.
The deal will also have larger trade exceptions as a way to create more spending and trading opportunities for middle- and lower-spending teams.
The new CBA will also add a mandatory games played of 65 games (with conditions) in order to be eligible for postseason awards.
A new in-season tournament will also start during the 2023-24 season, which includes pool-play games baked into the regular season schedule. Eight teams will then advance to a single-elimination tournament, with the final four possibly taking place in Las Vegas. With in-season tournament games counting towards regular season standings, the two championship teams will play 83 games in a season.
The prize money for the championship team will be $500,000 per player, sources told Shams Charania of The Athletic. Charania also adds that marijuana has been removed from the anti-drug testing program.
The two sides also agreed to increase the upper limit on extensions from the current 120% to 140%.
The agreement will also add a third two-way contract slot on team rosters.
Both the owners and players are expected to ratify the agreement in the future.
