According to Chris Sheridan of Sheridan Hoops the NBA is permanently increasing the size of an official league roster from 12 to 13 players.
Sheridan is reporting that NBA vice president Stu Jackson announced that representatives from all 30 NBA teams voted unanimously to make the current 13-man active roster, which was put into place due to the lockout, permanent for next season and the foreseeable future.
General managers and coaches like the added flexibility of having another player in uniform, hence the move to make 13-man rosters permanent.
Before this season teams were only allowed 12 men on the active roster. Due to the shortened season and the reduced training camp the league voted to add an additional roster spot to help teams handle the increased workload.
The league is also reportedly changing the current waiver wire rules as well. The way the system currently works involves each team sending out information every weekday announcing whether or not a player had been waived. Teams then have 48 hours (not including Saturday or Sunday) to put in a claim.
Under the proposed new system, there would be one waiver wire each day at 5 p.m. Eastern time, and the 48-hour clock would immediately begin ticking.
Essentially this would eliminate the weekend limitations that the current system deals with. Teams wouldn’t have to wait until the next business day to figure out if the player they’re attempting to claim will be added to the roster or not.
