When the NBA's salary cap explodes over the 2016 offseason, and again in 2017, the financial landscape it leaves behind won't make much sense.
It's the unavoidable reality attached to a $20 million bump in spending power. The league's salary cap is expected to reach $89 million in 2016, and $107 million in 2017, up from $70 million this season.
Player salaries will rise in result, but initially, only those due to explore free agency in either of the next two summers will reap the benefits. That, in turn, will give way to a temporary yet extensive window of salary imbalance.
Freshly minted deals will seem like gross overpays. Older pacts won't carry the same lucrative flair.
Over time, as preceding contracts expire, the dichotomy between new and old agreements will diminish.
For now, and for the foreseeable future, the NBA is left adjusting not only to an immediate increase in cash flow but also the radical state of the paying field that comes with it.
Immediate Effects
The mere knowledge that this shift was coming shaped the way play ...
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NBA’s Cap Boom Creating Salary Imbalance That Won’t Even Out Anytime Soon
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