The 2009-10 NBA season is over, and the NBA draft is in the books. Now it’s time to focus our attention on the annual NBA free agency buffet, with one caveat: This year’s buffet features filet mignon with the superstar trio of Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh headlining the menu. Every NBA franchise should be lining up to partake in this wondrous bounty of talent, right?
Wrong.
Unfortunately, looming in the backdrop of this year’s free agency market are two storm clouds —the financial restrictions placed on owners because of the current recession and the pending Collective Bargaining Agreement that has the potential to stall the NBA season altogether just like in 1998-99.
With so much uncertainly, it pays to have your major pieces locked into existing contracts, and it is even more beneficial if the majority of your roster is intact before the free agent market opens on July 1.
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Article written by Kerry Reese