Previous NBA-NBPA Collective Bargaining Agreement

provided, however, that: (i) such mental disability does not result from the player’s participationin activities prohibited by paragraph 12 of the Uniform Player Contract (as such paragraph maybe modified by Exhibit 4 to the Player Contract), attempted suicide, or the use of any ProhibitedSubstance or controlled substance; and (ii) at the time of the player’s termination, the player isnot in material breach of such Contract.(i)No agreement by a Team to protect or insure, in whole or in part, the BaseCompensation provided for by a Uniform Player Contract shall require (or be construed asrequiring) such Team to continue to employ the player (whether on the Active List, Inactive List,or otherwise); nor shall any such agreement afford the player any right to be employed, or to bedeemed as having been employed, by such Team for any purpose.(j)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, when a Team agrees toprotect or insure, in whole or in part, the Base Compensation provided for by a Uniform PlayerContract, and such protection or insurance is contingent on the satisfaction of a conditionexpressly set forth in Exhibit 2 to that Contract, such protection or insurance shall be applicableand effective only if the Player Contract has not previously been terminated at the time suchcondition is satisfied.(k)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, when a Team agrees toprotect or insure, in whole or in part, the Base Compensation provided for in any Option Year infavor of the Team included in a Uniform Player Contract, such protection or insurance shall beapplicable and effective only if the option to extend the term provided for in the Contract wasexercised by the Team prior to the termination of the Contract. When a Team agrees to protector insure, in whole or in part, the Base Compensation provided for in any Option Year in favor of27