Overview
- The league’s latest offer touts a maximum up to about $1.1 million, but multiple reports say the guaranteed supermax would be roughly $800,000–$850,000 and seven-figure totals rely on hitting revenue targets.
- Union leaders continue to reject conditional pay and push for a true revenue-sharing model tied to basketball-related income, saying the current framework falls short.
- Meetings are ongoing through the holiday under an extension that ends Sunday, with potential paths including another extension, status-quo bargaining, or later strike/lockout actions that would require formal votes.
- Offseason mechanics remain on hold, leaving Portland and Toronto without an expansion draft date or rules and freezing free-agency timelines.
- With an estimated 80–85% of players set for free agency and alternative winter leagues Project B and Unrivaled signing stars, ESPN reporting points to a possible compressed March–April window for the expansion draft, free agency and the college draft.