The Nationwide Basketball Gamers Affiliation has elected Rockets guard Fred VanVleet as its new president, sources tell ESPN’s Shams Charania. VanVleet will exchange CJ McCollum and can serve a four-year time period.
VanVleet, 31, has earned great respect from his friends throughout his nine-year NBA profession. He was one of many veteran gamers Ime Udoka introduced in to assist change the tradition when he took over as head coach in Houston two years in the past.
VanVleet was a beloved determine in Toronto earlier than switching groups and performed an important position in bringing the town its solely NBA title in 2019. He just lately signed a two-year, $50 million deal to stay in Houston, and Charania notes that he has set a number of information as the highest-paid undrafted participant in league historical past.
With the expiration of his four-year time period, McCollum will tackle an advisory place with the union, Charania provides. His time in workplace included a landmark Collective Bargaining Settlement in 2023, which launched the primary and second apron techniques and ensured labor peace via the 2029-30 season.
