Transcript from David Stern

The article was written prior to All-Star weekend. Some issues,
- 20-Year Age Limit (Similar to MLB Agreement)
- Cutting 15 Man Roster and Eliminating the "Injured-List"
- Salaries and Raise Percentages (Important for Small Franchises)
- NBA Development League (Merge NBDL with NBADL, Add teams)
- Avoiding a Potential Lock-Out (Repeat of 1998-99 Season)
- Guarenteed Contracts (Not Mentioned)
- Steriods and Drug Testing Policy (Not Mentioned)
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Hmmmmm...

I like this "New Collective Barganing Agreement" idea, to some extent...

20 year age limit...
I mean, in my opinion, a 18 year old man SHOULD be able to play basketball, and not go to college if he wishes. It's just not fair for a guy to get recognized somewhere, where he doesn't want to be in the first place. Why not just not allow players in the NBA until the age of 20, but allow them in the NBDL? I mean, isn't that the whole idea? To make it so that players are ready to become good players, when the come into the league...

Cutting 15 man roster and eliminating the "injured list..."

Why? I mean, there should be an injured list for players. Some teams get unlucky breaks, and they need to have room to bring in players, WHILE the player or players are injured. I see why they want to do it, but things happen to players and teams...

The rest of the Collective Barganing Agreement, I can live with... I like it overall, just a few small glitches...

I like the 20 year age limit because if they were to revert solely do the NBDL/NBADL system we would see a complete collapse in college ball similar to that of college baseball. There would be no reason to play college basketball when you can go straight to the "minors" and get paid. I like watching college basketball so I think the NBA should go with the age limit instead of a minor leage.

The more younger guys you have, the more immaturity and selfishness there is. The league will be all about money, and dunks and who gets the fame and blah blah blah. I hate that. I would hope the game would be played the right way and ppl would play for the love of the game and with some heart instead of playing to be recognized. It's sad.

It has nothing to do with that. It's the fact that these high school kids are taking away time from established veterans who deserve more minutes than what they get. Look at Portland, they went a youth movement and all the vets are PISSED