The New Orleans Pelicans have a unique situation with two of the current players on their roster: Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson.
Since the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement was enacted, we have seen less and less veteran extensions for teams retaining their stars. As it stands in the current CBA, teams are only allowed to keep players on contracts with lengths no longer than five years. This means that the most a team can extend a player on the last year of their contract is four years.
There are a few reasons why signing an extension isn’t a good option for guys with expiring contracts.