Houston Rockets guard Fred VanVleet has been elected as the brand new president of the Nationwide Basketball Gamers Affiliation, succeeding CJ McCollum of the Washington Wizards.
VanVleet was voted NBPA president in the course of the Board of Participant Representatives assembly and can start a four-year time period instantly.
McCollum’s time period expired and he’ll transition to an advisory function.
McCollum, who served as president for the previous 4 years and beforehand was an government vice chairman (2018-21), led the NBPA in negotiations to finish the seven-year collective bargaining settlement in 2023.
VanVleet, a 2019 NBA champion with the Toronto Raptors and 2022 All-Star who has set information for the highest-paid contracts ever for an undrafted participant, is thought to be somebody who has seen each stage of competitors and displays advocacy for the union.
VanVleet additionally hung out within the G League and was a key a part of the Raptors 905’s championship staff in 2017.
He not too long ago signed a two-year, $50 million contract to stay in Houston.