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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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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 percent growth in just two years. But it’s nothing …
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Update (04/16/17): “We have not been able to win with him on the court at this time. I think the direction with our team is that he’s a player who would be better off somewhere else, using his talent somewhere where he …
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Update (3/2/17): The Utah Jazz lost a potentially significant opportunity to ease its future cap sheets when it couldn’t come to agreement with George Hill on a renegotiation and extension by the Mar. 1, 2017 deadline, one that could’ve paid out up …
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The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association announced last week that they have reached agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. If the deal is ratified by both sides, which is a formality, the league will be assured of labor peace …
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When the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement becomes official, benefits should abound for both players and teams. Minimum salaries, rookie-scale contracts, the mid-level exception, the bi-annual exceptions, and maximum salaries are all increasing, which should placate most players. Various rules will be …
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The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association jointly announced Wednesday that they have reached a tentative deal on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), pending ratification by both team owners and the league’s players. In order to give both sides enough …
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Update (12/15/16): The Houston Rockets apparently never actually signed Donatas Motiejunas. But whether they did or did not sign him is irrelevant. In both cases, the Rockets could have conditioned the contract (in a case where they didn’t sign him, as a condition …
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