The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) of the National Basketball Association (NBA) is a contract between the league (the commissioner and the 30 team owners) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), the players' union, that dictates the rules of player contracts, trades, revenue distribution, the NBA draft, and the salary cap, among other things.
[6][7] By April 26, 2023, the NBA and the CBA came to an agreement.The players voted to ratify this new agreement which would go into effect July 1, 2023, and would last until the 2029–30 season.
The Inactive List can change up to 60 minutes before opening tip by informing the official scorer of the game.
[12] Players sent to the NBA G League will continue to count on a team's inactive list.
[13] The NBA's 2011 CBA proposal reportedly included an "amnesty clause" – a one-time opportunity for teams to remove their worst contracts from the books.
[16] Under the current CBA, a team cannot expend nor receive more than $5.617 million in trades in a given season.