Amnesty Provision Not Expected As Part Of New CBA

The NBA is unlikely to include an amnesty clause as part of their new collective bargaining agreement.

In each of the past two CBAs, teams could use an amnesty to remove any existing contract from their salary cap.

An amnesty provision, for example, would have allowed the Miami Heat to resolve their stalemate with Chris Bosh to ensure the remaining $75 million over the next three years would be removed for cap and luxury tax purposes.

There were 21 teams that used the amnesty provision following the 2011 CBA:

Charlotte: Tyrus Thomas
Chicago: Carlos Boozer
Cleveland: Baron Davis
Dallas: Brendan Haywood
Denver: Chris Andersen
Golden State: Charlie Bell
Houston: Luis Scola
Indiana: James Posey
LA Clippers: Ryan Gomes
LA Lakers: Metta World Peace
Miami: Mike Miller
Milwaukee: Drew Gooden
Minnesota: Darko Milicic 
Brooklyn: Travis Outlaw
New York: Chauncey Billups
Orlando: Gilbert Arenas
Philadelphia: Elton Brand
Phoenix: Josh Childress
Portland: Brandon Roy
Toronto: Linas Kleiza
Washington: Andray Blatche