NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement
NBA CBA
No change since Jun 28, 2023
Stakes
The opt-out date matters more than the expiration date. Leverage in a CBA cycle is set by who can credibly walk first, and that is a calendar question before it is a bargaining one.
Details
- Parties
- National Basketball Association, National Basketball Players Association
- Effective
- July 1, 2023
- Expires
- June 30, 2030
- Mutual opt-out
- Yes
- Opt-out deadline
- October 15, 2028
- Opt-out holders
- National Basketball Association, National Basketball Players Association
- Articles in play
- Article XXXIX — Term of Agreement
Key dates
- Oct 15, 2028 Deadline to serve written notice exercising the mutual option to terminate
- Jun 30, 2029 Termination date if the mutual option is exercised
- Jun 30, 2030 Expiration if the option is not exercised
Timeline
- Jun 28, 2023
2023 Collective Bargaining Agreement executed; Article XXXIX sets the term from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2030, with a mutual option to terminate on June 30, 2029 on written notice by October 15, 2028.
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