{
  "id": 5624044,
  "title": "The CBA killed the last NBA superteam, the 2023-24 Boston Celtics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/the-cba-killed-the-last-nba-superteam-the-2023-24-boston-celtics",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-04T19:11:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/cba-killed-last-nba-superteam-191100202.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) played a pivotal role in dismantling the 2023-24 Boston Celtics' superteam, as highlighted by the Swish County YouTube channel. In a recent episode of their show, they discussed how the CBA's punitive penalties led to the team's title core being broken up. Players such as Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Luke Kornet, Al Horford, and even star forward Jaylen Brown were traded or exited via free agency, making it seem as though the CBA was functioning precisely as intended. While Celtics fans and the sport in general are not overly fond of this new era of roster instability, the clip embedded below offers insight into why they believe the CBA killed the 2024 Celtics title core. Watch the discussion on Blue Wire, iTunes, or YouTube to learn more.",
  "summary": "Forcing the exit of Holiday, Porzingis, Kornet, and Horford at first and then Brown, a case can be made this CBA is functioning how it was supposed to.",
  "key_points": [
    "CBA imposed penalties leading to Celtics superteam's disintegration",
    "Key players like Holiday, Porzingis, Kornet traded or left via free agency",
    "CBA functioning as intended, causing roster instability"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}