Well, he is specifically called a “challenge” expert, but the result is the same. The appeals went to the NBPA and NBA and they *did not rule*. The agreed that a neutral arbitrator (“challenge expert”) would rule.

Players had to file any appeals no later than Monday, with the regular season ending on Sunday, and a “challenge expert” that was chosen by the NBA and NBPA would then evaluate the appeals and determine if “the sole remedy shall be that the player is deemed eligible for the Applicable Generally Recognized League Honors.”

For Doncic and Cunningham’s cases, the NBA and the NBA players union did not contest the filings, according to The Athletic.

SloshaPacana

359 | 8 hours ago

The arbitrators name? Harvey Specter

reallinguy | Pistons

92 | 8 hours ago

Saul Goodman

moon_dos | Puerto Rico

27 | 8 hours ago

Harvey Birdman

zebrainatux |

7 | 6 hours ago

Athena Cykes

reallinguy | Pistons

8 | 5 hours ago

Yuno Ball

zebrainatux |

0 | 5 hours ago

I thought between Athena and Simon, and decided the idea of Widget being consulted was funnier

HesiPulloutJimmer

1 | 6 hours ago

Objection!

Rocky-Rocker

2 | 8 hours ago

I’ll take the case.

scorpio21 | Bulls

0 | 7 hours ago

I now want a Harvey Birdman episode where he’s on the Aspiration case

niel89 | Warriors

3 | 6 hours ago

“Did you get that thing I sent you?”

Steve Ballmer

420_69_Fake_Account

0 | 6 hours ago

They don’t have the Birdman in Puerto Rico you get the “Bridman?”

40wheelbarrows

0 | 3 hours ago

Attorney at Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw

PatchAFC | Celtics

2 | 8 hours ago

Go Land Crabs!

DunnySay0 | Pistons

32 | 8 hours ago

glances at a copy of the NBA’s regulations for .02 seconds

“What in the goddamn hell is this?“

VeniceRapture | Spurs

23 | 8 hours ago

This deposition is over

joshdej | NBA

18 | 8 hours ago

What did you just say to me?

jtruth9

12 | 8 hours ago

One Word. Loyalty.

Less-Jellyfish5385

11 | 6 hours ago

The best God damn closer this City’s ever seen.

legless_chair | Lakers

6 | 6 hours ago

This deposition is bullshit and you know it. We’re done here.

Ode1st | MIA

5 | 7 hours ago

Man those weeks when the world discovered Suits and binged it was a good time in the internet

Kiangab

4 | 5 hours ago

Uncle Dennis

jefe_hook

5 | 3 hours ago

God damn Mike Ross

pikeshawn | Rockets

1 | 35 minutes ago

That arbitrators name? YOU guessed it… FRANK STALLONE!

JeanVicquemare | Supersonics

111 | 8 hours ago

It’s hard to know for sure without more detailed reporting, but if neither party contested the appeal, then it may have been approved by default. I don’t know what standard the arbitrator applies when it is unopposed.

unskilledplay | Lakers

18 | 7 hours ago

The arbiter’s decision has to abide by the CBA. Even if the NBPA and owners agree on something if that thing is in conflict with the CBA, they can’t do it. They have to change the CBA itself and that requires a formal process, like during COVID.

If this decision is not in conflict with the CBA, by going through arbitration it is now precedent for future arbitration, analogous to common law in civil suits.

dont-YOLO-ragequit | Raptors

11 | 8 hours ago

The arbitration is only there so the rule doesn’t change but can be amended later.

If the NBA had to rule, they would have to keep amending every reason that would allow 1- 9 games to still make it. ( Imagine a player having 3-4 game day kids in the same year or teams just extending legit injury timetables after ASW or “shutting down players” for the end of season.

Round_Clock_3942

13 | 8 hours ago

Imagine a player having 3-4 game day kids in the same year

Anthony Edwards never missing the threshold confirmed

jakekerr | Lakers

70 | 8 hours ago

Edwards went through the same process, by the way, and the arbitrator ruled against Edwards.

CumAssault | SAS

35 | 8 hours ago

Clearly Ant should have more children so if he’s ever injured he can use that

Organic_Initiative93

56 | 8 hours ago

Do we think Ant would attend the birth of a child?

Infinite-Machine-210

29 | 8 hours ago

“hey your baby is coming out of my body”

“new phone who dis”

MeMeRevieweR_23 | West

10 | 8 hours ago

Send da video

Jon_ofAllTrades

3 | 7 hours ago

He would have to give up on playing since he’d be out every other game.

DownvoteMeIfICommen | Jazz

2 | 4 hours ago

Out: Baby management

Xc0liber | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

Well he’ll need to want them kids first before he can use it.

dont-YOLO-ragequit | Raptors

33 | 8 hours ago

Because he had 61 games with 60 legible ones.

Basically they game Cade and Doncic the 1-2 games missing but set the limit somewhere at 3-4 games so far.

itscamo- | LAL

6 | 7 hours ago

yes and it’s because he didn’t hit the 62 game limit for cases to be considered

Lazy_Fan1023

1 | 4 hours ago

One baby is fine but a whole nba team is where arbitrators draw the line

psychedelic93 | Mavericks

-15 | 8 hours ago

The arbitrator wanted money under the table….unfortunately Edward has too many baby mamas to hide from the world

Infinite-Machine-210

39 | 8 hours ago

i love arbys why does everyone hate arbys

staulter | Cavaliers

7 | 8 hours ago

Their fries are the bomb

noend313 | Pistons

4 | 8 hours ago

Yes hi, I’ll take a crispy chicken sandwich and an extra large curly fry

Asoriel

2 | 4 hours ago

It’s the curly fries that sell the franchise to me. I’ve never liked roast beef, I know I’m weird, my family reminds me of it all the time whenever there’s an event and someone made some roast beef.

I don’t know what about it is, I’ve eaten it and I don’t find it particularly bad tasting, but for whatever reason, I just can’t enjoy eating it. (that’s what she (I) said)

But the curly fries from Arby’s are THE BOMB! Up there with McD’s and Taco Bell’s new nacho fries.

plac3b0guy | Timberwolves

1 | 4 hours ago

I can’t eat that shiite either

FeanorEvades | Timberwolves

1 | 7 minutes ago

That and the fact they’re one of the only fast food places that have horseradish sauce. Oh, and they used to be DIRT cheap.

They had that 5 for $5.95 deal back when I was in school. You could get 3 sandwiches, a curly fry, and a shake for like $6.40 after tax

Mariorules25

5 | 4 hours ago

We got Lion’s Choice here. It’s Arby’s, but imagine if it was good

niel89 | Warriors

2 | 6 hours ago

They brought back the ham and swiss and they have my love.

tdrr12 | Slovenia

26 | 9 hours ago

But the arbitrator clearly didn’t know about his technical fouls!!

Mikic0077

-3 | 8 hours ago

Maybe they keep someone under the rock the whole season, to get total neutrality. The dedication!

KL2ConspireLLC | San Diego Clippers

6 | 8 hours ago

neutral arbitrator

When two parties who want the same outcome jointly choose the arbitrator, what does neutrality even mean?

Did the NBA not want this outcome? That’s the question. And the answer seems to be pretty plain. Players missing the cutoff because of injuries isn’t what the 65 game rule was meant to punish.

livefreeordont | 76ers

9 | 7 hours ago

That is the price of Ant being part of the NBAPA. If he doesn’t think the NBAPA is working toward his interest he can raise that with the union or leave the union and go play somewhere else

wormhole222 | Heat

1 | 8 hours ago

So something like this https://youtube.com/shorts/7DdzN0piHMk?si=zhtcJpKJ8od-6oE3

Jamdock | Spurs

6 | 8 hours ago

the NBA and the NBA players union did not contest the filings

Two legal procedure questions I bet anyone can answer:

What almost always happens in court when one party files an uncontested motion?
Why would the other parties agree not to contest a motion?

Hovi_Bryant | Pistons

4 | 8 hours ago

Gives me hope for the “class action” arbitration case against the league for League Pass subscribers. I wouldn’t mind an extra $2,500 for my data being sold off. 😂

itsme32

3 | 8 hours ago

Haters are hating on rules today!

Efficient-Guest-8702

1 | 8 hours ago

Well. Arbitrator has free season tickets now. Front row.

Ancient-Camp-739 | 76ers

1 | 8 hours ago

Draftkings Arbitration Services

OglioVagilio

1 | 5 hours ago

Tomato, tomato, with extra steps?

Nugur

1 | 4 hours ago

They love to cheap you on the meats

DreadPosterRoberts

1 | 4 hours ago

chief! the arbiter is with us!

brnccnt7

0 | 5 hours ago

So when they let the Clippers slide they’ll blame it on an “arbitrator” lol

Honest-Pay-8265

-1 | 8 hours ago

Right decision. If they start to make exceptions, then it will other problems in the future.

ObiOneKenobae | Knicks

-4 | 8 hours ago

Yeah never trust that stuff. The arbitrator and the league are in communication, and the arbitrator knows the outcomes the league wants and how to get there.

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-2 | 7 hours ago

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Special_Intention_54

2 | 6 hours ago

Again, don’t say anything if you don’t know the facts.

risky-rats-pizza | Lakers

1 | 5 hours ago

Do you have a source for this?

HenrikCrown | Pelicans

-4 | 8 hours ago

Was the arbitrator a women?

Cade and Luka try to be good father’s

Ant…. ya know…

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-4 | 7 hours ago

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Special_Intention_54

8 | 7 hours ago

They were never married, and she called the police because Luka wanted to come home with his first daughter, but she couldn’t let him because she needed her for money, and it was Luka who broke off their engagement. How does that sound?

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-4 | 7 hours ago

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Special_Intention_54

3 | 6 hours ago

Omg. Why did I bother to waste a time with such a loser and hater? Are you like 12??

MVPhurricane

-12 | 8 hours ago

i expect this to be unpopular, but i woulda laughed real hard if luka got denied because of his suspension due to techs. to be clear: the rule is garbage, and if you had asked me at the time i woukd have said as much. it’s not my fault the players’ union and owners voted for it. but if they are gonna enforce the rules… they shoulda drawn a harder line than allowing cade and luka. and then that way the rule would be abolished and we could all just forget about it. we don’t know how many players played injured to get to 65, but it is pretty insulting for cade and luka to get exceptions in pretty clear non-exception circumstances. terrible, terrible rule. glad it’ll be gone.

HectorReinTharja | Pistons

15 | 8 hours ago

But part of the rule was that you could apply for an exception bc they foresaw cases like Cade and Luka where missing the cutoff by one game for very legit reasons was going to not sit quite right and go against the spirit of the rule in the first place.

Sooooo this is the system working as intended?

And ffs it’s “insulting” that two all nba players are going to be put on all nba teams this year? Go touch grass or something hahah

MVPhurricane

-7 | 6 hours ago

there is nothing “extraordinary” about either of their situations whatsoever. which is why the rule is idiotic. but dont blame ME for that shit— THEY are the ones who made them and agreed to them, not me.

HectorReinTharja | Pistons

4 | 6 hours ago

Extraordinary is definitely pretty ill-fitting in terms of word choice. What is “extraordinary” to some may be different to others. I think hyper focusing on that word isn’t going to get you anywhere productive.

The real bottom line is they wanted to set a benchmark to hit while also allowing for wiggle room when guys end up close to that number without receiving it. They’re making use of the wiggle room they gave themselves for the purpose they made it. What’s so dumb about this Lolol

MVPhurricane

0 | 3 hours ago

“…ill-fitting…” tell the lawyers who made the fucking contract, not me, dumbass. the “real bottom line” is what the fucking contract says, not whatever bullshit you made up on your mom’s computer in the basement. we’re getting fucking exegesis about fucking framers’ intent in a dispute in which the contract is literally public knowledge. idiot.

HectorReinTharja | Pistons

2 | 3 hours ago

It’s a feature not a bug, “dumbass”

The NBA did not approve an exception for Luka and Cade. An arbitrator did.