[cellis]

Hypothetically: Could someone play for both the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors? Something tells me those non competes are unenforceable.

[rvba]

Isnt those just branches of the same company?

[cellis]

Now I'm curious how the NBA is structured. I always thought the "ownership" was who paid the players and signed the contracts (in essence, an NBA team is a company), and the NBA simply enforced the rules of the contracts (the "templating", if you will), but I'm sure it's much more complex than that. I made the analogy because NBA players often move from team to team and there are no non-competes keeping them from playing for another team.

[meowtimemania]

Maybe the NBA is a franchise and each team a franchisee?

[ClarityJones]

You can have contracts within a company.