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[Smith] … The new buyout rules are that first AND second apron teams can’t sign a player whose previous contracts was larger than the Non-Taxpayer MLE for that season. …



[Smith] … The new buyout rules are that first AND second apron teams can’t sign a player whose previous contracts was larger than the Non-Taxpayer MLE for that season. …

by Kimber80

27 Comments

  1. Man, I really wish I knew what that means. It’s like he’s speaking Physics to me.

  2. Coolguynumber01

    I need to take a whole semester course on the new CBA bc there’s so much shit here i cant memorize lol

  3. nibbinoo8

    who came up with all these rules man shits impossible to understand

  4. crimsonconnect

    Can’t wait til the Supreme Basketball Court declares Lebron a king and gives him the power to make and veto all trades with immunity

  5. So say Zach LaVine gets bought out only non-apron teams can sign him?

    Feel like Rich Paul is angling for this from the bulls

  6. CookieMonsterNova

    remember CJ signed a new 30 mill deal right after the new CBA

  7. Yinanization

    Um, somehow I thought it was more severe. I thought 2nd apron team can’t get buy out players at all.

  8. 0zymand1as-

    Why did the owners agree to this shit 😂😂

  9. trustprior6899

    If you want to make a trade, you can. Except when you can’t. Which is basically half the time. Now here’s where it gets tricky…

  10. RVAIsTheGreatest

    The main story here is—for example, Kyle Lowry traded to Charlotte, bought out, signed to Philadelphia. Those are the kind of deals, for expiring veterans, that a fair few playoff teams won’t be able to make this season. Which is going to further put pressure on the trade market. If you wanna make deals, it’s gonna be via trades. Which helps bad teams like Detroit who will gain assets to take on contracts from other teams so better teams can take in salaries they want.

    This rule hurts those older veterans like Paul, Lowry, etc. They’re the ones usually being bought out in deals like these.

  11. Frickincarl

    It feels like this new apron rules were implemented and teams & players were like “nah we’ll keep doing what we’re doing” and now there’s a bunch of teams cruising over both aprons.

    Few teams took this CBA serious enough.

  12. Land_of_10000______

    So basically the buyout market is over because most competitive teams will be above the first apron

  13. Hovi_Bryant

    This is to stop an obvious contender from signing someone who’s clearly worth more than they can only afford to spend.

    Like if Chris Paul were waived mid-season, the Nuggets wouldn’t be able to pick him up for cents on the dollar. These signings have always rubbed fans and probably other teams the wrong way.

  14. Just go to a hard cap man makes shit so much easier and if you lose a player you can instantly replace them with a player of the same salary rather than this eerid soft cap where it’s so easy to lose a starter and you literally can’t sign anyone except a min to replace them.

  15. Shingorillaz

    The owners really got as close to a hard cap as possible man

  16. Players really just cared about not getting penalized for weed didn’t they

  17. PurplePaws619

    The current CBA rulebook is 676 pages long.

  18. petarisawesomeo

    This CBA is literally the most confusing thing ever created by humans

  19. Shepher27

    The 2nd apron seems even more excessive the more we learn about it… but this seems like the rare example of something that actually makes sense and has the intended effect.

  20. neo9027581673

    The NEW CBA: CJ McCollum wanted to bone all of the top tier teams.

  21. nokarmawhore

    Who the fuck cares??? I don’t work for an NBA team

  22. CBA rules are like bunch of make up rules kids made to make a game tag more enjoyable for those who can’t run fast.

  23. i mean, what is the point of this cba? do rhey want teams to not compete at all?

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