The new executive director of the NBA Players Association has a lot of work to catch up on. It has been 18 months since Billy Hunter was forced out of the job, and the process of choosing a successor was long, arduous and contentious.
What should be prioritized?
The unresolved situation with Donald Sterling’s ownership of the Clippers?
Preparing to opt out of the collective bargaining agreement in 2017, then hunkering down for a battle to try to get the players a greater share of league revenues after they dropped from 57 percent to 50 percent in the last labor negotiations?
A renewed debate on the age limit?
Preparation for the expansion to 32 teams?
Danny Schayes, who was a candidate for the position that was given to Michele Roberts in a vote of the union’s executive committee and player reps Monday night in Las Vegas, tackles the subjects in this interview with CineSport’s Noah Coslov. He says Priority No. 1 is to mend fences.