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It's kinda weird to me to present the supermax as a way to keep teams from losing homegrown stars, but then create a situation with these aprons that essentially penalizes them for using it
Looks like there will be major changes to the Celtics roster after this season
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Jrue and Hauser(Brad Drafted his replacement) are out the door. They’ll attach a pick or two to Jrue to trade him to a team with cap, get a cheaper option at PG/SG.
Did you actually listen to the video, has nothing to do with paying money, it's the basketball penaltiesNew owner ain't trying to pay that tax
UpAndComing
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The positive is that the contracts that they can let go to save ALOT of money are aging (Jrue) or useless (Hauser)
You’re not wrong but I think the difference between the NBA and NFL is the learning curve for NFL players is smaller, way less development years
But even OKC in their current era while they’ve had some big hits aren’t without misses on the 1sts they kept
Bazley & Pokusevski out the league, Tre Mann dumped for 2 months of Gordon Hayward, Giddey over Franz Wagner looks to be a big miss, Ousmane Dieng in Y3 and still can’t crack the rotation
Replacing proven rotation pieces with guys on rookie deals when you’re trying to win is an inherent risk. It’s a hell of a lot easier said than done
ALonelyDad
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Supermax part of the contract should not count towards cap
Dont fall for the propaganda. MJ was making 30 Ms+ a year in his last 2 seasons in Chicago. The salary cap was less than 30Ms. Meaning there was no limit on what you could pay to retain a star while other teams would have to try to fit them under the cap. KG got a record contract after his 3rd season. Supermax was just a bandaid on the mess that max contracts made. The owners know what they are doing. Competing and winning is not top priority.
Costs a lot to try to box with the GOAT franchise in all professional sports
Prolly ain’t gon win another title til 2040 or some wild shyt like that
Prolly ain’t gon win another title til 2040 or some wild shyt like that
mvp_status
Superstar
There were no apron restrictions, or even a luxury tax, when MJ or KG got those deals.
It’ll be Jrue being moved and maybe Hauser
Costs a lot to try to box with the GOAT franchise in all professional sports
Prolly ain’t gon win another title til 2040 or some wild shyt like that
Who has more titles?
How many titles did the LOS ANGELES lakers win? Don’t give me that Minnesota bullshyt
Thats my point. You think they added those things to help teams keep their players? Nope it was all about money and making things easier on cheap, incompetent owners.
nikkaz ain’t tryna hear that shyt breh, yall bout to DOGE yall selves while GOAT franchise remains eternal….
mvp_status
Superstar
True but not all owners are the same though, hence this thread.
As with most things, the incompetent, cheap, or straight up haters are in the majority. Every rule change since FA has been about protecting owners from them selves/protecting their pockets.
Fans dont help by blaming everything on the players.
