Marc Stein: The Pacers’ Malcolm Brogdon, who is on the union’s executive committee, told @Rachel__Nichols yesterday he expects today’s deadline on talks to be extended for the fourth time this year. But a resolution in the standoff is expected by next week with all sides antsy for clarity.
Malcolm Brogdon Rumors
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Position: G
Born: 12/11/92
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight:223 lbs. / 101.2 kg.
Salary: $20,000,000
Born: 12/11/92
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight:223 lbs. / 101.2 kg.
Salary: $20,000,000
League, players pushing CBA talks deadline back?
Indiana Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon said that he “absolutely” expects Friday’s deadline for the NBA or the National Basketball Players Association to opt out of the collective bargaining agreement to be pushed back, as the two sides work through several issues ahead of returning to play for the 2020-21 season.
“Absolutely,” Brogdon, an NBPA vice president, said Thursday in an appearance on ESPN’s The Jump, when asked if he expected the deadline to be pushed back. “The way talks are going, this is a super complicated issue, and there’s a lot to balance. [There’s] a lot of minds working on this collaboratively, on both sides. So it’s going to take some time. I don’t think a few weeks, but I think it will take at least a few more days.”
“I think those are the two options,” Brogdon said. “We’re either going to start MLK Day, which I think a lot of the players are leaning towards, or we’re going to start the 22nd, Christmas time. But the huge difference is revenue. Revenue, and trying to get the season back on track to start in that September-October range. So I think calculations are being done on both sides on how much revenue would be lost for each potential date, and we’ll have to come to some type of agreement and go from there.”
Scott Agness: Currently home in Atlanta, Malcolm Brogdon had lunch today with new head coach Nate Bjorkgren. “He’s gonna be terrific,” he said with a big smile. Brogdon appeared on The Jump and shared that his @BrogdonFamFnd will soon build its first well — in Tanzania.
Redick: “Malcolm Brogdon launched a fund while in the bubble. Chris Paul, D-Wade and Melo launched a Social Change Fund in the bubble. The league announced it would be providing $300 million into a fund for the next 30 years to invest in Black communities. There are a lot of things happening. I made a big deal about this on my podcast when I talked to Mark Cuban about Jared Kushner coming out and saying something about LeBron and how he wished these players would focus more on actually solving the solution than complaining. I’m paraphrasing. But the reality is we’re doing things to help solve these problems. Our elected officials are not doing enough. The impetus and onus is on active athletes to help create change. It’s nonsensical. I said this on the podcast: I’m so proud of our league, my peers and what we’re doing and what we stand for.
Scotto: “They’re going to have an interesting decision with Fred VanVleet. I think Fred is a guy who can command a Malcolm Brogdon type of contract. A couple of general managers I’ve spoken with and executives around the league agree with that.”
