I somewhat agree, but then whats the point of having a team in Utah, etc then?
What changes would you make to the NBA CBA?
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Nah.... This gives stars more incentive to play together
If you tell guys like lebron he can only make 25% of the cap, theyll just take slight paycuts so they can stack the squad with stars and guarantee rings. Youd see some sh*t like
Chris paul -20%
Wade - 20%
Lebron - 20%
Melo - 20%
Another random star - 20%
+ a bunch of vet minimum ring chasers
It's funny how people don't connect the dots between max contracts and the current "team up" culture we have. If you are gonna limit what I make to set amount, I might as well take a little less and play where I want with my boys.
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This is exactly how I feel....No max contracts but I do like the soft cap with bird rights and the luxury tax.
I would like to see star players have to make a decision....like if a team wanted to give KD 40-50 million this summer vs winning.
Yup
The Miami Heat situation would have never happened if players could command up to 40% of the cap. Every alpha player would have their own team.
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If those teams take care of their players and have them play roles that they like then they'll come back, because they'll still have more money to offer than other teams. This doesn't leave room for teams to tank, and they can flip those players by trading them and at the end of the day I think it would be better for basketball.
Add a hard cap to eliminate that.
I still think you keep RFAs so that smaller markets can compete.
Hard cap, no max contracts, Amnesty every 5 years would be great.
A hard cap with 25% salary limits doesnt fix that though
Kill the salary limit.
GMs are stupid now, let them REALLY show their ineptitude.
*Hard Cap 120 mill*
Pay James harden 50 mill a year.
No cap restrictions.
No years restrictions.
Make college players stay 3 years ( if they decide to go to college)
Allow high school players to go to the NBA
No years restrictions.
Make college players stay 3 years ( if they decide to go to college)
Allow high school players to go to the NBA
threattonature
Veteran
What was the difference in bird rights between now and then?
I love the rest of these to a degree. Totally agree on amnesty for the length of max contracts. For the true draft system I think it would take away the incentive of teams tank as hard. As far as the idea of not being able to have back to back number 1 picks and make it so that if you move into the top 3 one year then you're disqualified from moving up the next year. Only downside it penalizes teams too heavy for winning during a weak draft but I think it would encourage teams to make more of an effort to be good year after year since they know they can't just hope to get lucky in lottery year after year.
My problem with the base rookie length deal you mentioned is that it would completely fukk players over who stay longer. They are neglected already and if teams know they get those players for a lesser amount of time and have to pay more money for them then the middle of the road players would get screwed. The star players who stayed longer would still get picked regardless but a GM would take more 1 and dones for cheaper.
I would like to see them allow HS players be allowed to be drafted but have a mandatory year in the D-League before being allowed to play in the NBA. I think that would generate interest in the D-League and promote teams focusing more attention in the D-League. Primary goal would be for every team to have their own D-League squad and have those teams mirror the NBA system each team runs so that the players come in having a base knowledge of the system they'll be coming into.
As far as max salaries, I would like to see each team have a slot to pay a max salary. But the catch would be a lower salary cap overall and regardless of what the team is paying that player it only counts against the cap for the same percentage as it does now.
So for instance just to use an easy number, I'd like to see instead of a $100 million dollar cap I'd like to see it be 80. The max slot counts for 25% of the contract regardless the number they sign for. So a player like Lebron could get paid $50 million while only counting as $20 million against the cap. Each team would have one player that they could designate for that. Every other player on the team could max out at $20 million after that. It would make stars of the league be forced to make a decision to pair with another superstar and take the current max salary or go to a team that hasn't used it's designated max slot and make a much larger salary since any team that hasn't used theirs can offer unlimited money.
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I agree with the OP
OP please sticky my thread
OP please sticky my thread
People can enter the draft out of high school, but if they join a college team, they gotta stay for 2 years. If you want to play for the nba, you get evaluated by scouts, and they tell you where you would likely go in the draft, and you can choose to enter or go to college and improve your game for 2 years.
Also Max Contract would go, like was said up thread, a guy like Al Horford, or in the past Joe Johnson, shouldn't be making top 5 money.
Also Max Contract would go, like was said up thread, a guy like Al Horford, or in the past Joe Johnson, shouldn't be making top 5 money.