We have to pay for the small markets who continue to loose money yet everything is in thier favor.
With the new CBA rules it seems to help the small basketball markets and hurt the large markets.
One of the many rules that bothers me is the rule that a team can't restructure a players contract. For example if the Knicks wanted to restructure Amare's contract to pay him 14 million for the next 3years and a payout of the rest over 5 years and off the books. Or maybe the CBA should scrap the whole damn thing and let the players get what a team is willing to pay them with out a cap. With no cap the knicks would be able to spend 100 million per year. Being a little more serious the new rulings are lopsided against the Knicks because they will never play down to a top lottery pick and the small markets are counting on that. Some teams are lottery picks every year. Cleveland should not be able to be a lottery pick this year and should it be for the Wizards, Charlote, and a few others who are always in the tank and it's more of them than the big City teams. With these new rules in place I can't see the knicks doing anything but blowing up thier whole team and starting from scratch. Then watch the NBA ratings. Or just refuse to pay the tax. Look if you pull the Knicks, Lakers, Boston, Miami, Chicago,and a few more teams from this league this NBA will fold.

how it works out is that:

big market teams basically finance their opposition so that they may rake in the big cash, and the entire league, or the entire nba industry, gets payed,

big teams like new york and la and boston pay the rest of the nba to play against them

AnubisADL wrote:New CBA just means bad deals get spread more evenly. Also makes Draft picks more valuable.

The best part is it makes extensions less appealing. So guys should hit FA more often. I think it will work out better for large market teams.

Probably, by creating stricter and stricter luxury taxes the NBA will potentially separate the haves and have-nots even more. Teams like the Knicks, Lakers, Nets, and maybe the Celtics, Bulls, and Heat should be able to pay the stricter taxes without much problem while other teams, like the Thunder and Spurs, that might have been able to afford the old luxury tax will find it much more difficult to afford the new ones. If the NBA wants more parity like in the NFL then they need to institute a hard cap instead of a luxury tax but that would almost definitely require non-guaranteed contracts for the players which the Union will almost definitely, and understandable, never agree to.

sidsanders wrote:

VCoug wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:New CBA just means bad deals get spread more evenly. Also makes Draft picks more valuable.

The best part is it makes extensions less appealing. So guys should hit FA more often. I think it will work out better for large market teams.

Probably, by creating stricter and stricter luxury taxes the NBA will potentially separate the haves and have-nots even more. Teams like the Knicks, Lakers, Nets, and maybe the Celtics, Bulls, and Heat should be able to pay the stricter taxes without much problem while other teams, like the Thunder and Spurs, that might have been able to afford the old luxury tax will find it much more difficult to afford the new ones. If the NBA wants more parity like in the NFL then they need to institute a hard cap instead of a luxury tax but that would almost definitely require non-guaranteed contracts for the players which the Union will almost definitely, and understandable, never agree to.

i think the hope is the fear of tax payments will force parity. teams will unload guys they may not otherwise have turned out. we shall see how teams like the spurs handle things and other teams go as cba impacts start to arrive. knicks, thunder, grizzzzzles already traded or passed up on guys cuz of tax implications and the kings perhaps did so in a more silly manner due to pending sale.

i agree that this will put tons more pressure to have a solid FO. you cant afford to make too many mistakes without getting stuck with possibly a huge bill and poor results. draft cuz o the rookie scale will make doing well there a premium.

yellowboy90 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

sidsanders wrote:

VCoug wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:New CBA just means bad deals get spread more evenly. Also makes Draft picks more valuable.

The best part is it makes extensions less appealing. So guys should hit FA more often. I think it will work out better for large market teams.

Probably, by creating stricter and stricter luxury taxes the NBA will potentially separate the haves and have-nots even more. Teams like the Knicks, Lakers, Nets, and maybe the Celtics, Bulls, and Heat should be able to pay the stricter taxes without much problem while other teams, like the Thunder and Spurs, that might have been able to afford the old luxury tax will find it much more difficult to afford the new ones. If the NBA wants more parity like in the NFL then they need to institute a hard cap instead of a luxury tax but that would almost definitely require non-guaranteed contracts for the players which the Union will almost definitely, and understandable, never agree to.

i think the hope is the fear of tax payments will force parity. teams will unload guys they may not otherwise have turned out. we shall see how teams like the spurs handle things and other teams go as cba impacts start to arrive. knicks, thunder, grizzzzzles already traded or passed up on guys cuz of tax implications and the kings perhaps did so in a more silly manner due to pending sale.

i agree that this will put tons more pressure to have a solid FO. you cant afford to make too many mistakes without getting stuck with possibly a huge bill and poor results. draft cuz o the rookie scale will make doing well there a premium.

It makes you appreciate how smart Glen Grunwald is. Both Cope and Prigs were under the radar signings. Both guys have a ton of experience and they play for the rookie free agent minimum. Brewer was a starter and played for the vet minimum. Gadz, Jorts, and Jordans were all partially guaranteed minimums that allowed him to include them in a sign and trade. He has been very resourceful in a tough situation. Can't believe he got a second rounder, and a trade exception to allow the Knicks to sign KMart.

This is why White is still on the team, because his second year is not or only partially guaranteed. I think he will try to sign KMart to a 2 year 2nd year non-guaranteed contact too. I doubt Kenyon accepts this though. If Wallace doesn't heal I bet they pick up another FA to help in a trade. If I was them I would cut Kurt and pick up Donte Greene. Tell Kurt thanks and hope he gets picked up by another team but if he doesn't there is FO job waiting for him next year.

sidsanders wrote:

VCoug wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:New CBA just means bad deals get spread more evenly. Also makes Draft picks more valuable.

The best part is it makes extensions less appealing. So guys should hit FA more often. I think it will work out better for large market teams.

Probably, by creating stricter and stricter luxury taxes the NBA will potentially separate the haves and have-nots even more. Teams like the Knicks, Lakers, Nets, and maybe the Celtics, Bulls, and Heat should be able to pay the stricter taxes without much problem while other teams, like the Thunder and Spurs, that might have been able to afford the old luxury tax will find it much more difficult to afford the new ones. If the NBA wants more parity like in the NFL then they need to institute a hard cap instead of a luxury tax but that would almost definitely require non-guaranteed contracts for the players which the Union will almost definitely, and understandable, never agree to.

i think the hope is the fear of tax payments will force parity. teams will unload guys they may not otherwise have turned out. we shall see how teams like the spurs handle things and other teams go as cba impacts start to arrive. knicks, thunder, grizzzzzles already traded or passed up on guys cuz of tax implications and the kings perhaps did so in a more silly manner due to pending sale.

i agree that this will put tons more pressure to have a solid FO. you cant afford to make too many mistakes without getting stuck with possibly a huge bill and poor results. draft cuz o the rookie scale will make doing well there a premium.

I understand that's what the NBA is hoping but, I believe, the Lakers, Knicks, and Nets at least make enough money themselves and their owners have enough money that they won't care about the increasing for teams over the luxury tax.

VCoug wrote:

sidsanders wrote:

VCoug wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:New CBA just means bad deals get spread more evenly. Also makes Draft picks more valuable.

The best part is it makes extensions less appealing. So guys should hit FA more often. I think it will work out better for large market teams.

Probably, by creating stricter and stricter luxury taxes the NBA will potentially separate the haves and have-nots even more. Teams like the Knicks, Lakers, Nets, and maybe the Celtics, Bulls, and Heat should be able to pay the stricter taxes without much problem while other teams, like the Thunder and Spurs, that might have been able to afford the old luxury tax will find it much more difficult to afford the new ones. If the NBA wants more parity like in the NFL then they need to institute a hard cap instead of a luxury tax but that would almost definitely require non-guaranteed contracts for the players which the Union will almost definitely, and understandable, never agree to.

i think the hope is the fear of tax payments will force parity. teams will unload guys they may not otherwise have turned out. we shall see how teams like the spurs handle things and other teams go as cba impacts start to arrive. knicks, thunder, grizzzzzles already traded or passed up on guys cuz of tax implications and the kings perhaps did so in a more silly manner due to pending sale.

i agree that this will put tons more pressure to have a solid FO. you cant afford to make too many mistakes without getting stuck with possibly a huge bill and poor results. draft cuz o the rookie scale will make doing well there a premium.

I understand that's what the NBA is hoping but, I believe, the Lakers, Knicks, and Nets at least make enough money themselves and their owners have enough money that they won't care about the increasing for teams over the luxury tax.

the knicks already claimed to not sign lin cuz of the tax hit. it may be a case by case basis for who they may take the hit on. however if a FO thinks a team isnt in position to make a run, they probably will make efforts to avoid the tax. also note tax paying teams get more restrictions on fa signings, s&t's.

sidsanders wrote:

VCoug wrote:

sidsanders wrote:

VCoug wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:New CBA just means bad deals get spread more evenly. Also makes Draft picks more valuable.

The best part is it makes extensions less appealing. So guys should hit FA more often. I think it will work out better for large market teams.

Probably, by creating stricter and stricter luxury taxes the NBA will potentially separate the haves and have-nots even more. Teams like the Knicks, Lakers, Nets, and maybe the Celtics, Bulls, and Heat should be able to pay the stricter taxes without much problem while other teams, like the Thunder and Spurs, that might have been able to afford the old luxury tax will find it much more difficult to afford the new ones. If the NBA wants more parity like in the NFL then they need to institute a hard cap instead of a luxury tax but that would almost definitely require non-guaranteed contracts for the players which the Union will almost definitely, and understandable, never agree to.

i think the hope is the fear of tax payments will force parity. teams will unload guys they may not otherwise have turned out. we shall see how teams like the spurs handle things and other teams go as cba impacts start to arrive. knicks, thunder, grizzzzzles already traded or passed up on guys cuz of tax implications and the kings perhaps did so in a more silly manner due to pending sale.

i agree that this will put tons more pressure to have a solid FO. you cant afford to make too many mistakes without getting stuck with possibly a huge bill and poor results. draft cuz o the rookie scale will make doing well there a premium.

I understand that's what the NBA is hoping but, I believe, the Lakers, Knicks, and Nets at least make enough money themselves and their owners have enough money that they won't care about the increasing for teams over the luxury tax.

the knicks already claimed to not sign lin cuz of the tax hit. it may be a case by case basis for who they may take the hit on. however if a FO thinks a team isnt in position to make a run, they probably will make efforts to avoid the tax. also note tax paying teams get more restrictions on fa signings, s&t's.

I know they claimed that but I don't believe it. We'll know better after this coming offseason; if we trade/sell our 1st round pick and don't use our MLE then we'll know for sure that Dolan is afraid of paying the tax.