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With less than 24 hours left before the start of the draft and just ten days until the start of free agency, NBA teams were provided an updated projection for the 2017-18 salary cap — and it’s not nearly as high as …
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Update (6/23/17): Adam Kaufman is reporting that the Celtics are in position to trade for Paul George with a three-year extension in place, but that it would depend upon signing Gordon Hayward first. If I had to guess the Celtics’ intentions, I …
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“You don’t have to go whale hunting… I think the collective bargaining agreement is going to dictate a lot of things about free agency. If you go back to 2010, when we were fortunate enough to be able to secure the services …
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The Brooklyn Nets paid an all-time NBA record $193 million in payroll and luxury taxes in the 2013-14 season. The Cleveland Cavaliers have inched close to that record recently, having paid $165 million in 2015-16 and a projected $154 million this season. They …
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Today’s announcement of the All-NBA teams for the 2016-17 season had much more far-reaching implications than in years past, thanks to new “Designated Veteran Player” rules in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement that reward certain players with higher maximum salaries than to …
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With less than 24 hours left before the start of the draft and just ten days until the start of free agency, NBA teams were provided an updated projection for the 2017-18 salary cap — and it’s not nearly as high as …
Read More »
Update (6/23/17): Adam Kaufman is reporting that the Celtics are in position to trade for Paul George with a three-year extension in place, but that it would depend upon signing Gordon Hayward first. If I had to guess the Celtics’ intentions, I …
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“You don’t have to go whale hunting… I think the collective bargaining agreement is going to dictate a lot of things about free agency. If you go back to 2010, when we were fortunate enough to be able to secure the services …
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The Brooklyn Nets paid an all-time NBA record $193 million in payroll and luxury taxes in the 2013-14 season. The Cleveland Cavaliers have inched close to that record recently, having paid $165 million in 2015-16 and a projected $154 million this season. They …
Read More »
Today’s announcement of the All-NBA teams for the 2016-17 season had much more far-reaching implications than in years past, thanks to new “Designated Veteran Player” rules in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement that reward certain players with higher maximum salaries than to …
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The Miami Heat pulled off perhaps the greatest turnaround in NBA history this past season, under perhaps the most challenging of circumstances. After losing Dwyane Wade to free agency and Chris Bosh to a possible career-ending medical condition, it was always going …
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The Miami Heat has consciously maneuvered around various – sometimes intricate, sometimes transparent and highly-publicized – salary cap issues over the past couple of seasons with one specific goal in mind: to maximize its flexibility in free agency. The summer of 2017 …
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The NBA salary cap has experienced staggering growth in recent seasons. The cap jumped from $58.7 million in 2013-14, to $63.1 million in 2014-15, to $70.0 million in 2015-16. That’s a near 20% growth in just two years. But it’s nothing compared …
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“We’re dealing with that word that you hate to use — that we have to rebuild. But we will rebuild. Quick. I’m not going to hang around here for three or four years selling this kind of song to people in Miami. …
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Note: I humbly believe there to be a mistake in the drafting of the new CBA that pertains to the topics discussed herein. I believe Article XXII, Section 11(g) should reference Article II, Section 3(n), rather than Article II, Section 3(l). I make …
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