With the NBA and NBPA making progress towards an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement, the league and its players are poised to avert a contentious and protracted labor dispute that would imperil the 2017–18 NBA season. Sources familiar with the negotiations have confirmed to SI.com that the NBA and NBPA have agreed in principle on many terms.
Those sources, however, caution that no deal has been reached and additional negotiation sessions are required. As in any labor negotiation, an agreement in principle on certain terms is contingent upon eventual agreement on the remaining terms. CBAs are incredibly detailed and complicated.