Tag: NBPA
NBPA reportedly admits the possibility of fan-less 2020/21 NBA season
The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) admitted the possibility of the 2020/21 season being played without fans, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. The NBPA...
Players could be allowed to sit out season restart
These times have taken a burden on all of us. While we are still trying to return to some form of normalcy in the...
Report: “Faction” of players debating NBA restart
As the NBA and NBPA are finalizing terms on the return-to-play plan, there's a faction of players discussing if the restart is a good...
NBA will test for PEDs when season resumes
The NBA and NBPA have agreed to conduct performance enhancing drug testing when the season resumes in Orlando, but won't test for recreational drugs. In...
NBPA reportedly calls December 1st start date for 2020-21 season ‘unlikely’
The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) believes it is unlikely the 2020/21 season will start on December 1, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. "The...
NBPA also approves NBA’s 22-team return-to-play format
The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) is in total agreement with the NBA's plan to return to play with a 22-team format in Orlando. The...
NBA players ‘really want to play’, claims NBPA’s executive director Michele Roberts
NBA players want to return to action and finish the season, according to the executive director of the NBPA, Michele Roberts. Roberts says the players...
NBPA denies formally polling NBA players on whether or not they want to try...
The National Basketball Players Association has denied polling or authorizing the polling of NBA players in what is a contradiction of a report coming...
Lakers’ Jared Dudley encourages players to vote “yes” on resuming season
Los Angeles Lakers' Jared Dudley tweeted about the effects of not playing the season and encouraged players to vote on resuming. Dudley was responding to...
The National Basketball Players Association has started texting NBA players to ask if they...
Representatives from the National Basketball Players Association have begun texting NBA players to find out whether or not they want to try to play...
NBA reportedly proposes 50% player paycheck reduction beginning April 15
The NBA is proposing that players take a 50 percent paycheck reduction beginning April 15, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. For its part, the...
NBPA Executive Michele Roberts says she has not heard from players who are upset...
Michele Roberts, Executive Director of the NBPA, said she has not heard from players who are upset with Rudy Gobert. Gobert was the first NBA...
’40-50%’ of NBA players could test positive for the coronavirus, says NBPA executive Michele...
NBPA executive Michele Roberts says '40-50%' of the NBA players could be tested positive for the coronavirus. Seven NBA players have been tested positive for...
NBA and NBPA reach agreement to eliminate drug testing amid the coronavirus outbreak
The NBA and the NBPA have reached an agreement to eliminate drug testing amid the coronavirus outbreak. As Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports reports, the...
Kyrie Irving elected as Vice President of NBPA
Kyrie Irving has been elected as a new Vice President of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). Irving replaces Pau Gasol on the executive committee,...
