NBA free agency is right around the corner. This event used to dominate the summer months in the sports world, as huge signings of some of the top players in the league would dominate the newsfeed. Those days seem to be over, as the NBA has backed itself into a self-induced salary cap nightmare. Poor cap rules and slow revenue growth have ruined NBA free agency.
The only team with the money to offer a max contract is the Brooklyn Nets, and depending on specific options and cap restructuring, no other team may be able to offer more than the mid-level exception (14 million dollars!). The NBA’s cap rules, which obviously were negotiated with the players’ union as part of the CBA (collective bargaining agreement), were designed to be extremely player-friendly without much thought given to the repercussions it would have on free agency or team building.
