Tyson Chandler: New CBA could keep me from Mavs

[jonathanlambert33]

The Dallas Mavericks’ title defense could take a real hit from the new NBA collective bargaining agreement.

Dallas is already over the salary cap wit $60 million in salary committed for next season, and they have multiple key free agents they want to re-sign — Tyson Chandler, Caron Butler, DeShawn Stevenson, and J.J. Barea. The new punitive luxury tax will kick in around $70 million and Dallas will not be able to keep all it’s key role players. (Dallas had the third highest payroll in the league at $86 million last season.)

Chandler said the new labor deals may mean he cannot return to the Mavericks, according to the Dallas Morning News:

“With the collective bargaining agreement and some of the things that they’re trying to enforce, it would basically prohibit me from coming back,” Chandler told KESN-FM FM in Dallas. “It would take it out of my hands — and the organization’s — because it would almost be pretty much impossible for me to re-sign. I just think that can be the worst thing that can happen.”

“For years, the Lakers have been able to win championships and re-sign their players and keep them there so they can go out for another title,” Chandler said. “Now, to put that deal in place after we win ours, I don’t like it one bit.”

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/07/tyson-chandler-says-new-labor-deal-could-keep-him-from-mavs/

Haywood's deal could come back to haunt them, though there is the whole amnesty clause thing.

 

[cruzg24]

Maybe if other players contracts were able to be restructured they could be able to keep Chandler and Barea.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Well, all trips have to end someday.