NBA Statement: NBAPA will not agree to smoothing the salary cap

[Former Member]

The previously capped-out, big-market teams are going to have fun with free agency in the summer of 2016. It's hard enough to compete with big market teams even when a small market team has more money to spend. But if everyone has lots of cap space, the FAs will flock to the big-market teams first.

This is true. The large market teams will definitely benefit in the short term. The Jazz were not going to get any of the big names anyway. We never do.

 

[Ron Mexico]

This is bad news for the Jazz because there is a very good chance of a lockout.

That means Jazz will make the playoffs and look really good and ready to start hitting their stride and then the lockout hits.

This is good news because the Jazz set themselves up for this nicely. They will have lots of good contracts. Especially if we get 1 max contract this off season or a couple good players signed for as long as possible.

 

[Former Member]

This is bad news for the Jazz because there is a very good chance of a lockout.

That means Jazz will make the playoffs and look really good and ready to start hitting their stride and then the lockout hits.

This is good news because the Jazz set themselves up for this nicely. They will have lots of good contracts. Especially if we get 1 max contract this off season or a couple good players signed for as long as possible.

When is the current CBA up? I think it will be a strike, not a lockout. I also think it is odd that the union would disregard the players under contract, and then demand unity under a strike. Not the wisest of strategies...

 

[green]

One good thing about the spike is that it will screw over big market teams. They aren't run well, they will all rush out and give B level players these HUGE contracts, immediately eat up all their new found cap space and screw themselves over ala New York and Brooklyn.

 

[Former Member]

One good thing about the spike is that it will screw over big market teams. They aren't run well, they will all rush out and give B level players these HUGE contracts, immediately eat up all their new found cap space and screw themselves over ala New York and Brooklyn.

I can definitely see this...

 

[Justys]

So who are the Jazz maxing out this off season? Jazz need to use all there cap space because it's going to be hard to sign a fa for the next few years after 2016. Jazz need to max out an unresisted fa

 

[NAOS]

One good thing about the spike is that it will screw over big market teams. They aren't run well, they will all rush out and give B level players these HUGE contracts, immediately eat up all their new found cap space and screw themselves over ala New York and Brooklyn.

This is pure speculation. It's possible, but very far from a foregone conclusion. I think a lot of people learned from the Brooklyn experiment, and Phil isn't going to run things in a traditional Knickerbocker way.

EDIT TO ADD: I'd be very surprised if small-market teams didn't turn out the net losers in this whole affair. Very.

 

[nightmare3983]

One good thing about the spike is that it will screw over big market teams. They aren't run well, they will all rush out and give B level players these HUGE contracts, immediately eat up all their new found cap space and screw themselves over ala New York and Brooklyn.

Will this happen? Maybe. But some already-stacked team (maybe more than one) is going to be able to add a star player first.

 

[NAOS]

This is pure speculation. It's possible, but very far from a foregone conclusion. I think a lot of people learned from the Brooklyn experiment, and Phil isn't going to run things in a traditional Knickerbocker way.

EDIT TO ADD: I'd be very surprised if small-market teams didn't turn out the net losers in this whole affair. Very.

For example,

The Lakers will be able to buy themselves back into relevance. Kobe's contract will expire, and they'll have ****loads of space. In other words, they could go from total abomination to flushed with talent.

 

[candrew]

This is all about the never ending lack of trust between the players and management. While not smoothing out the cap may hurt competition and the overall the product, the bottom line is after the lock out when 22 of the 30 owners were crying poverty through creative accounting, the players are not willing to defer one dime to the owners - and in the end, I can't blame them

 

[candrew]

So who are the Jazz maxing out this off season? Jazz need to use all there cap space because it's going to be hard to sign a fa for the next few years after 2016. Jazz need to max out an unresisted fa

That's if they're willing to sign a long term deal - my guess is we see a lot of one year contracts this summer.

 

[Beer]

For example,

The Lakers will be able to buy themselves back into relevance. Kobe's contract will expire, and they'll have ****loads of space. In other words, they could go from total abomination to flushed with talent.

When this happens, and it will happen .... I will kill myself. Kidding I won't but I will be much more vocal whenever I see some dick wad in a laker Jersey.