WNBA proposes $1.2M max player salary amid ongoing CBA negotiations

One day after the WNBA and WNBPA agreed to extend the current CBA again, the league reportedly offered a new proposal that ...
CBSSports.com

Deandre Ayton claims he has nothing to prove as he's 'a max player,' but that's precisely the problem

Few NBA players are more inextricably defined by their contract than Trail Blazers center Deandre Ayton. The former No. 1 overall pick feuded with the Phoenix Suns throughout the 2021 offseason over ...
Uproxx

With Brandon Ingram, The NBA Is Setting A New Bar For A Max Player In The Apron Era

Seemingly every discussion of what a team is doing this offseason eventually shifts to “the apron.” The new CBA’s harsh penalties and restrictions for teams that go above certain thresholds went into ...
Detroit Free Press

Cade Cunningham may not be a max contract guy, but Detroit Pistons had to gamble on him

The Detroit Pistons signed two players Tuesday. One is a bet they’ve got a future all-NBA talent on their roster, and the centerpiece that’ll finally catapult them back into relevancy. We'll get to ...
CBSSports.com

Why Brandon Ingram is NBA's first true test of what defines a max player under new CBA

Brandon Ingram has, for the overwhelming majority of his career, carried significant trade value. Paul George openly said he wanted to join the Lakers in 2017. The Lakers did not offer Ingram coming ...