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And it has nothing to do with Sarver.
Why is that?
As even Adam Silver now publically acknowledged the dramatically rising cap in the next 2 years means that even the NBA top teams that already are paying stars are going to have major caproom to sign another star.
Almost all NBA teams will have a lot of caproom, there is dramatically more caproom available than in past years but the pool of free agents is consistent with past years.
You have a few superstar FAs potentially but you have to compete with teams like Golden State to convince them to sign with you.
Esentially the top teams are in a good position to pick up the top FAs while the rest of the teams with caproom can contemplate signing the left-over talented players for obscene amounts, say Kent Bazemore for 12M$+ per year.
There wil be many teams not being able to spend their money without dramatically overpaying players which would set them back even further in the long run compared to top teams that sign stars for max deals.
So in 2017 you will likely see another Free Agent Period where there are too many teams with capspace.
And then you will have additional income for the NBA due to corporate logos on jerseys which will again raise the salary cap by a good amount.
It will take a few years to normalize again but before that we are certainly seeing another lockout and new CBA.
Maybe with the result that player contracts are dynamically calculated as a percentage of the maximum cap instead of fixed sums.
The conclusion of this is that expiring contracts have very very little value to teams that are not at the top right now. Trading for example Tyson Chandler. Brandon Knight or Markieff Morris for expiring deals is very bad for the Phoenix Suns right now. They would have trouble signing free agents to better deals than Morris or Knight, so they would be losing a lot of value. For the next years it will be a lot more valuable to have players under contract than having capspace.
Why is that?
As even Adam Silver now publically acknowledged the dramatically rising cap in the next 2 years means that even the NBA top teams that already are paying stars are going to have major caproom to sign another star.
Almost all NBA teams will have a lot of caproom, there is dramatically more caproom available than in past years but the pool of free agents is consistent with past years.
You have a few superstar FAs potentially but you have to compete with teams like Golden State to convince them to sign with you.
Esentially the top teams are in a good position to pick up the top FAs while the rest of the teams with caproom can contemplate signing the left-over talented players for obscene amounts, say Kent Bazemore for 12M$+ per year.
There wil be many teams not being able to spend their money without dramatically overpaying players which would set them back even further in the long run compared to top teams that sign stars for max deals.
So in 2017 you will likely see another Free Agent Period where there are too many teams with capspace.
And then you will have additional income for the NBA due to corporate logos on jerseys which will again raise the salary cap by a good amount.
It will take a few years to normalize again but before that we are certainly seeing another lockout and new CBA.
Maybe with the result that player contracts are dynamically calculated as a percentage of the maximum cap instead of fixed sums.
The conclusion of this is that expiring contracts have very very little value to teams that are not at the top right now. Trading for example Tyson Chandler. Brandon Knight or Markieff Morris for expiring deals is very bad for the Phoenix Suns right now. They would have trouble signing free agents to better deals than Morris or Knight, so they would be losing a lot of value. For the next years it will be a lot more valuable to have players under contract than having capspace.
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