National Basketball Players Association, Fred VanVleet
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The National Basketball Player's Association elected Fred VanVleet as their newest President, with the NBA player pool voting for the Houston Rockets guard as t
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Players across the WNBA have called out commissioner Cathy Engelbert over flat salaries, and it likely won't stop any time soon.
It's been a good summer for Fred VanVleet. The veteran point guard got a new two-year, $50 million contract with the Houston Rockets, a team that has loaded up and will enter next season as a title contender. Now he has also been elected the new president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA, the players' union).