The Sunday Click -- Quarter Pole Questions
Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog —
... TOO RESTRICTED Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle writes that, in the wake of Anderson Varejao 's new contract, the Players' Association may want to revisit restricted free agency rules ... If Anderson Varejao held out much longer, he might have negotiated his way down to minimum wage. Varejao went from high-energy, valuable Cavaliers defender/flopper to cautionary tale, but he might have also become the face of the next Players' Association cause. -- Read More Peter May of the Boston Globe wonders why the Bobcats signed Varejao to an offer sheet in the first ...
Union could challenge restricted free agency rules
NBA - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports —
... Association director Billy Hunter said. "When you hear complaints that a player should just sit around and wait for his team to make an offer, I'm obviously concerned about that."To me, that's one of the things we should talk about going forth in the next round of bargaining, restricted free agency. They aren't free agents if no one gets an offer because teams believe the offers will be matched. All of the leverage is with the team. It's something we have to look at." Source: Houston Chronicle
Down With ‘Restricted’ Free Agency?
SLAM Online —
... Following the embarrassing Anderson Varejao episode in Cleveland, Players’ Association director Billy Hunter says it might be time to take a long, hard look at what it means to be a restricted free agent. From the Houston Chronicle: ...
Varejao Problem
NBA Obsessed —
... While it’s nice to have the messy Varejao situation out of the picture and everything seems to be back to normal for the Cavaliers, this whole process left a bad taste in the NBA’s mouth. Andy just might be the poster boy for the next big cause of the Player’s Association: restricted free agency ...
