I initially was going to post this in r/NBA_CBA_QandA, but it’s been inactive for long time.

Question is the headline: thinking about Miles Bridges situation. Not that the NBA would do this (though they should), could they do it?

The CBA is so long and I hope one of you in here can help me out. Go Bulls btw.

    • SUPERSAMMICH6996@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I would assume not, if for no other reason than that it would be an incredibly bad look for whatever team decided to try and pull some shit like that. In some ways, death is like a really long, permanent injury, and usually players contracts’ are fully guaranteed against injuries.

  • throwawaythursday99@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    There’s wording in the CBA that suggests they can, but they couldn’t even get Warriors Sprewell contract terminated for choking his coach.

  • No-Equipment-20@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Yes. In every NBA contract it says, “The Team may terminate this Contract upon written notice to the Player if the Player shall at any time, fail, refuse, or neglect to conform his personal conduct to standards of good citizenship, good moral character (defined here to mean not engaging in acts of moral turpitude, whether or not such acts would constitute a crime), and good sportsmanship, to keep himself in first class physical condition, or to obey the Team’s training rules.”

    However this rarely happens and is probably much more difficult than it seems.

    • Aglio_e_Ollie@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      This is a very useful fine. I think OP might have been asking whether the league can actually step in in such cases or if it’s solely at the team’s discretion. I wonder if theres similar language in the CBS or individual contracts regarding the commisioner

  • dont-YOLO-ragequit@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    They could but it is under strict conditions already covered by the cba or team clauses in his latest contract.

    Unless he goes to Jail and can’t play from there, the best course is to suspend him according to the CBA, make him go through PR gymnastics and let the owners blackball him.