NBA as we know it.. Is done

[Leasy]

fans of tank teams made they can't sign free agents like anybody wanted to go to philly anyway

Breh we tanking fukk a Asik or Aminu

 

[Houston911]

Unless you want communism that is how the world works.

breh, you're the one who is pushing for a system that's close to communism

i'm saying that the players who generate the revenue should keep a significant portion of the salary cap - this is capitalism

you're saying that role players should make 60-70 percent of what the superstars make just because - this is not capitalism

That's Why I think each team should have 1 special slot they can use on a player to offer a contract with no Max, that won't count against the cap. If you want it to count, then it can count as a regular max on the cap.

That way stars like Lebron will be paid their actual worth, the rest of the league can get more, and the cap can remain intact.

they could just remove the cap altogether

at the very least remove max salaries.

 

[IGSaint12]

breh, you're the one who is pushing for a system that's close to communism

i'm saying that the players who generate the revenue should keep a significant portion of the salary cap - this is capitalism

you're saying that role players should make 60-70 percent of what the superstars make just because - this is not capitalism



they could just remove the cap altogether

at the very least remove max salaries.

I'm not saying they should make it. But that's what Owners are willing to give them.

 

[sportscribe]

Healthy ticket sales breh..... the front offices and owners are rolling in dough these days. they can afford it.

The money is not in ticket sales, it's in TV rights.

It's like people aren't aware or have simply forgotten that the NBA recently inked a $24bn TV deal. Respectively, this results in an increase in the overall salary cap of the league and thus an increase in the individual salaries of the players. Base salaries remain roughly same and the salary bumps are apportioned somewhat equitably. Players are simply getting paid according to the market. Or do you guys want the glut of the money to go to a select few players till the NBA has a group of "1%ers" in their league? It wouldn't make any sense; even less sense than the CEO/entry level worker analogy that was made. Your fight should be with the NCAA - where players generate billions of dollars and don't get paid at all - and not the NBA.

 

[FaTaL]

This salary increase is horrible for the game. Players are receiving contracts on an outrageous level (not worth it) and getting paid like baseball players. The league that we use to love regarding trades and free agent signing is no-more and this benefit small market teams the most.

wake me up when a nba player gets 300 mil like stanton

 

[Houston911]

I'm not saying they should make it. But that's what Owners are willing to give them.

i feel you bro. i dont mind a role player getting 15 mil if lebron gets 40..... that's all im saying, cause that's how it works at everybody else's job. i just dont think the stars are treated fairly.

 

[blackzeus]

Why are you all in their pockets like a bytch?

Rhetorical question breh, it's obvious OP is a bytch

 

[HHR]

God damn, they're only getting paid this much because the league, and the players, are GENERATING MORE THAN THAT.

It takes a special kind of stupid to not understand this. Would you be happier if the players were paid less but the OWNERS kept the extra millions?

 

[Shogun]

What are you complaining about? I don't mind living in a world where most teams can compete. If everyone was signing with LA or NY y'all be complaining about that.

I wouldnt :nycry:

 

[Playa With Tha Passport]

You got bums getting paid like stars

 

[filial_piety]

This salary increase is horrible for the game. Players are receiving contracts on an outrageous level (not worth it) and getting paid like baseball players. The league that we use to love regarding trades and free agent signing is no-more and this benefit small market teams the most.

It started a long time ago...I'l never forget when the Sixers gave Matt Geiger like 50 mill for 5 years....this was back in 1998

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

All this bread coming in and it'll probably still be a lockout.

 

[filial_piety]

There are only 430 NBA jobs available, roughly 1 billion people around the world play basketball, why is it so hard to accept that the cream of the crop gets paid well. Teams scour the globe to find players, if dudes are getting paid out the ass so be it.

I think the issue is that some how and some way the cost gets passed onto the consumer...

And it's true, people don't have to participate in it...but it's a legitimate gripe IMO.

Knicks tickets are ridiculously over priced...I understand it's not just the players contracts, but it factors into the cost.

 

[Jesus]

let my people get paid

 

[Based Lord Zedd]

That's Why I think each team should have 1 special slot they can use on a player to offer a contract with no Max, that won't count against the cap. If you want it to count, then it can count as a regular max on the cap.

That way stars like Lebron will be paid their actual worth, the rest of the league can get more, and the cap can remain intact.

Works until you have a team with two players who teams will pay more than the max.

Team would use their 1 slot on one of the players. Team would lose other player to FA because they could only offer a max, when other teams (w/o a star) could offer over the max.