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Jared Dudley: The @TheNBPA does a good job with the RTP program before you actually enter the NBA and also during the season but maybe we need more. Twitter

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Did you and some of the other big-name owners fail with the new CBA?: Mark Cuban: “We certainly didn’t achieve all we needed to achieve. I’ve said it multiple times that in the old CBA, financially, teams were drowning in 10 feet of water, now we’re drowning in two feet of water. It’ll be interesting. Obviously the Nets just went out and spent a boatload of money. It’ll be interesting to see if that works for them or against them.” Sports Radio Interviews

Dallas Mavericks, CBA, Mark Cuban, Lockout 

The Goon Squad Classic II has been cancelled. The second-annual charity game organized by Donté Greene was set to tip-off tomorrow evening at Cosumnes River College. However, the former Kings forward and his Circle of Success foundation received word from the NBA that players would face heavy penalties for their participation. “Just got word from NBA (league) office,” said Greene in a series of tweets, informing fans of the news. “(Due) to stipulations in the new CBA the charity game has been canceled. Any players who play without prior league approval face suspension and fines. We are saddened by this news and apologize for any inconvience this may cause.” Cowbell Kingdom

CBA, Donte Greene 

Dwain Price: #Mavs GM Donnie Nelson: "You need about four days to explain the new CBA. It's good material if you want to get a good nap in.'' Twitter

Dallas Mavericks, CBA, Donnie Nelson 

Ken Berger: Stern says owners were given a "very optimistic report" about the potential for profitability under the new CBA. Twitter

CBA, David Stern 

After Bosh bolted for South Beach the team was force to rebuild and this summer marked the first time they have flirted with big name free agents. “We were in a situation the last two years where we were building to this point,” Colangelo admitted this week. “This summer we wanted to accelerate forward. I think the combined moves of the addition of the two draft picks, the addition of a key free agent, the acquisition of Kyle (Lowry), this is all kind of that next step in the evolution of our team.” HoopsAddict.com

Toronto Raptors, CBA, Kyle Lowry, Bryan Colangelo 

While Toronto may be rebuilding slowly, this summer some teams are trying to remove bad contracts, debating if they should match big deals or weighing the impact of making a bold move via a trade. So, in many ways, how an NBA team approaches the new CBA depends on where the team stands in regards to how competitive they plan to be during the upcoming season. “Every franchise is really at a different stage,” Colangelo explained. “The impact of the new CBA, though, has really thrown some interesting scenarios out there, especially with the amnesty provision and with some of the new tools available with sign-and-trades as you can see with some of the contract offers given to restricted free agents.” HoopsAddict.com

Toronto Raptors, CBA, Bryan Colangelo 

Miami Heat owner Micky Arison is thrilled the team won the NBA title, but he says he’s hardly ringing up the cash register. Arison told CNBC that the final numbers aren’t in yet, but his guess is that the team lost money again. CNBC

Miami Heat, CBA, Micky Arison 

“This is a hobby of passion, it’s not a business,” said Arison, the CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines who took control of the team in 1995. “Every year in the building we’ve lost money aside from last year, under the old Collective Bargaining Agreement, because of LeBron.” CNBC

Miami Heat, CBA, Micky Arison 

The Heat have been playing in American Airlines Arena for 12 seasons. They also haven’t ever paid rent thanks to loopholes in the agreement with Miami-Dade County including a clause that allows the team to pay itself back for its contributions to the arena’s cost before sharing the wealth. So how does Arison explain how the team might have lost money after selling out its second straight season and 13 home playoff games? “With the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, it works against us because of the dollars we had under contract already and the revenue sharing,” Arison said. CNBC

Miami Heat, CBA, Micky Arison 

Under the CBA ratified by owners and players in December, the salary cap and luxury tax threshold cannot go lower in 2012-13 than their levels in the first year of the deal -- $58 million and $70.3 million, respectively. Despite a robust post-lockout recovery that included salvaging all $900 million or so of the league's national broadcast revenues, sources familiar with the NBA's finances believe overall revenues did not increase enough in 2011-12 to push the cap and tax significantly beyond current levels until 2013-14, the first season under a more punitive luxury tax designed to rein in big-spending teams. CBSSports.com

CBA, Salary Cap, Owners 

League executives expect the spending gap between the top and bottom to narrow as the effects of the new CBA kick in, beginning in 2013 -14 with vastly more onerous luxury-tax provisions. Indeed, some of the financial reset is expected to phase in during free agency this summer as teams position themselves to comply with the new guidelines and new player contracts begin to converge with old ones on teams' salary books. CBSSports.com

CBA, Salary Cap, Owners 

The pivotal arbitration showdown between the NBA Players Association and the NBA over the Bird rights of waived players is expected to take place in mid-June, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations. The result of that hearing will be of utmost importance for the New York Knicks. ESPN.com

New York Knicks, CBA, NBPA 

From ordering lockouts to scheduling Christmas Day games to determining who has power and who doesn’t, nothing of consequence in the NBA ever happens without David Stern calling the shots. On that last front, the league’s 30 general managers lost a good deal of power this past week when the NBA announced that a new “competition committee” that includes select owners, GMs and coaches will decide all future rules changes, along with other potential modifications to the game. New York Daily News

CBA, David Stern, Owners 

Previously, and for what seems like the last 25 years, rules changes were the exclusive domain of the league’s general managers. Owners and coaches were not a part of the process. Unless the GMs wanted to make a change, it never got to a vote. But in recent years, that system had not been working for Stern. So he ordered the change. This was a commissioner-driven production, even though the league made it a point to announce that its owners called for the change. According to ownership sources, they did, but only after Stern first went to them and told them he wanted a new, smaller committee that would implement the changes he is seeking before he retires. He has told friends he’s probably going to step down after two more seasons. New York Daily News

CBA, David Stern, Owners 

The new committee was hand-picked by Stern and consists of two owners, four GMs and three coaches. When they come up with rules changes, those will go directly to the 30 owners for their consideration and vote. The members are: owners Dan Gilbert (Cleveland) and Joe Lacob (Golden State); GMs Bryan Colangelo (Toronto), Mitch Kupchak (Lakers), Kevin O’Connor (Utah) and Sam Presti (Oklahoma City); and coaches Rick Carlisle (Dallas), Lionel Hollins (Memphis) and Doc Rivers (Boston). New York Daily News

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“Stern is looking for more control,” said a source. “He hasn’t been able to get some things done because he’s had to deal with 30 general managers and he can’t control them. But now he has his people on the committee.” New York Daily News

CBA, David Stern, Owners 

According to Coon, the Kings were projected to be losing $15-16 million under the previous collective bargaining agreement. But by year three of the new CBA: …instead they would turn a small profit. So it would make them profitable if they’re well managed, which for a team that’s really been in financial dire straits for a little while, this could make a big difference. Cowbell Kingdom

CBA, Owners 

Cuban seemed to be saying that the biggest obstacle in the Mavericks’ bumpy title defense is the CBA that was negotiated in early December, at a time when it appeared the season was in jeopardy because of the prolonged labor impasse. “If you want to nail me for something, I’ll be the first to admit that it was a huge [expletive] that I didn’t fight for the new [CBA] harder,” Cuban said. “I said it before, I’ll say it again. It put us and other teams in a bad spot, and it was an overnight handshake deal that I should have fought harder. I’m the first to say that. “That was my mistake, because once that thing passed, our hands were tied in a lot of respects. But within that, we did the best we could.” Dallas Morning News

Dallas Mavericks, CBA, Mark Cuban 

Even with his defending NBA championship team on the verge of first-round elimination, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban had no regrets about his post-lockout decision not to retain the core of last season's team. "If you want to nail me for something, I'll be the first to admit that it was a huge (expletive) that I didn't fight for the new (collective bargaining agreement) harder," Cuban said before the Mavs attempted to avoid being swept by the Oklahoma City Thunder in Saturday's Game 4. "I said it before, I'll say it again. It put us and other teams in a bad spot, and it was an overnight handshake deal that I should have fought harder. I'm the first to say that. "That was my mistake, because once that thing passed, our hands were tied in a lot of respects. But within that, we did the best we could. And we're not out of it yet." ESPN.com

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