[Smith] The NBA getting $7B per year for media rights will likely lock in 10% cap growth (that is the max the cap can go up) per season starting in 2025-26. If so, the cap will top $200M in the 2028-29 season. A 35% max salary that year projects to be $72M.
by TatersTot
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Posting this here because many people here don’t understand the cap and panic about giving Paul George the Max.
The cap is going to explode exponentially by the tail end of that contract and will be much more manageable. Rather than take up 35% of the cap in the beginning, it will likely be closer to 25% at the end.
If you sign PG to a four year max, you are assuming two All Star level years, maybe All NBA. You’re hoping for a third. You’re not expecting a fourth. Morey can trade him after that if he wants. It won’t be like getting out of the Harris deal where he would have had to give him up for basically nothing.
Gross
The cap will increase for every team, not just the Sixers. So it’s sort of an irrelevant point. Yes, the total cap will go up and players that sign this summer to 4-5 years deals (Maxey for example) will take up a smaller % of the cap by the end of the contract. It doesn’t really matter because Joel embiid won’t be a sixer by 28-29 season or he’ll be a shell of the embiid we once knew. The time is still now regardless of what happens with the league cap number.
Edit: I’ll gladly accept downvotes on this stance. To add more context, my point was this news shouldn’t change a thing about morey’s plans this offseason. If anything, it will further emphasize and have him double down on his “star hunting”.
I should be an nba player
NBA salaries have gotten ridiculous
Put simply: this means that signing players to long-term contracts now is highly favorable to the team. Really excellent timing for the Sixers and other teams with a lot of cap space available now.