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 SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Quite a few things are going up in the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement: the minimum age, the salary cap, and the flexibility general managers will have to make trades.
Commissioner David Stern and union director Billy Hunter finalized a new labor deal Thursday morning and then flew to the NBA Finals to announce it. The agreement, which replaces the seven-year pact expiring June 30, gives the league labor peace for the next six years and removes the possibility of a second straight lockout.
"We decided it was time to back away from the abyss and see if we could get a deal," Hunter said.
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