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You're tuned in to Heat Check with Trista Crick.

On this episode of the Heat Check, the NBA and the NBA PA have signed a new collective bargaining agreement, at least in theory, and it is the biggest news in the league since the bubble.

So many ramifications.

It's so complicated.

I had to bring on one of the only people qualified enough to break this down.

Spot tracks Keith Smith.

It's actually Spot Track, not Spotrach, so we got that all settled.

So much to cover.

Let's skip the bullshit.

Let's get right into it and drop that generic ass beat.

So the biggest news of the year, probably several years, to be honest, is that the NBA and the NBA PA have hammered out this new collective bargaining agreement.

We only know some of the details, and there are major, major changes coming next year.

Monumental changes.

Before we bring on Keith, our favorite NBA guru to explain it all to us,

I just wanted to sort of break down some of the things that are getting changed.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Players Union Director Tamika Tramaleo,

they should get a bunch of credit, honestly.

They work together to get the deal done before the CBA ends.

And let's be honest, other leagues like the NFL and Major League Baseball, they never do that, ever.

They know they're going to get a bag from the new rights deal.

And they were like, yo, before we get money from Amazon, Apple, ESPN, Turner, whatever,

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