Doesn't the cap actually work to our benefit?
If the cap didn't exist then wouldn't we be put at an even greater disadvantage as big market teams such as NY and LA could buy up everyone else? This is how it's always been explained to me. It makes sense too, if the cap didn't exist, why wouldn't bigger market teams just offer more money than the Utah Jazz? If the cap didn't exist, then couldn't the richest owners/franchises just buy up the best players? ala the New York Yankees?
The cap works to benefit small market teams. If we are struggling with large contracts and the inability to offer large money for free agency, it's not the "cap's" fault but our own mismanagement.