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I want to talk about the CBA because there's not that many people who really understand it.

And you working for Spotrack and you being around the league for as long as you are,

you were the first person that came to mind. So thankfully, we already had this interview scheduled.

When you took the time to absorb the main changes in the CBA, what was your first overall reaction?

I think they made it so that the middle class of the league is going to have some

significant advantages in acquiring players. They made it harder for the most expensive teams

to acquire players, but they also gave them avenues to keep players that they already have.

I think the problem with a so-called hard cap was always going to be, hey, if we're the

Warriors, because that's the team everybody uses for as an example, and we've drafted really

well and developed really well, why should we get penalized and have to lose guys?

And I think the NBA basically, along with the NBPA, said, you know what? You're kind of right, but we still can't have you trading for everybody under the sun and signing a bunch of guys and that. So we're going to put in some limiters on you that'll make it hard. And it's not just the Warriors, the Clippers are in that boat. There's a handful of other teams. That'll probably be in that position over the next few years. But it's, we're going to

make it harder on you to do, get new players that don't come through the draft and their minimum

signings and the like. And then for the middle class teams, we're going to give you a whole

bunch of ways that you can go get players that maybe you didn't have available to you in the like. And then for the middle class teams, we're going to give you a whole bunch of ways that you can go get players

that maybe you didn't have available to you in the past.

So I think they're just trying to increase that parity around the league.

There's a lot of people who think that this is a,

these are seismic changes that we're not going to really fully understand

for years to come.

In your opinion, how monumental is it?

I think they're pretty big.

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