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Faried's deal will be fine on the future cap, so will Bledsoe's, Haywards, and all the other "overpays" this summer.
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Richard Sandomir @RichSandomir · 23m 23 minutes ago
NBA to announce $24 billion/9 year deal w/ ESPN and TNT on Monday. Annual average value nearly 3x current deal.HORY SHET.Richard Sandomir @RichSandomir · 18m 18 minutes ago
Annual avg value of new NBA deal soars from about $930M to $2.66B. New deal starts after 2015-16 season.
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Shhhhhh. You're going to upset people.Are you also thrilled about the inevitable players strike?
Cap for 2015_16 will be about $79 millionDan Feldman of Pro Basketball Talk has done the math based on the basketball related income and estimates that the increased income from the TV deals would push the NBA salary cap up by nearly $16 million from the $63 million figure for the 2014-15 season. ESPN previously reported similar potential growth.
The bump in salary cap hasn't been unexpected. Free agents this offseason have been quick to sign shorter deals with the anticipation of this news. LeBron James signed a two-year deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers that has a player option after the first season, but he is expected to discuss a new contract before the 2016-17 season once the television deal is in place. His shorter contract was decided upon with the media deal (and a potential lockout) in mind. James' new teammate, Kevin Love, agreed to be traded to the Cavs but without a handshake agreement for a contract extension.
Restricted free agent Greg Monroe of the Detroit Pistons didn't sign his expected contract and instead took a qualifying offer with the team that will make him an unrestricted free agent next summer. That could pay off if a near-max or max deal he was seeking this summer pays out more than it would if he had signed it this offseason. Likewise, Suns restricted free agent Eric Bledsoe, who is represented by James' agent, Rich Paul, has not yet signed with the team and is also a candidate to take the risk of a qualifying offer that will pay him $3.7 million next season. He would forego a reported offer of four years and $48 million by doing so.
Grantland's Zach Lowe, in discussing Bledsoe's free agency, noted that the NBA could perhaps guard against a large jump in the salary cap by smoothing the increase out, though how -- and if -- it would do so is still unclear.
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and yes that is a Damon Jones sighting at 30 second mark
It exists.A LeBron hairline thread
Possibly 30 pages of this thread has been contributed to Lebron's hairline smh
Once the season starts, hairline talk should be banned
There is one but nobody cares about itAnyone else think it's time for a new NBA thread? I mean, we're seeing preseason games being played now. I think it would be appropriate to start a new 2014-2015 NBA season thread.
Obviously this thread has run it's course and it'ls time to move on.
There is one but nobody cares about it
http://niketalk.com/t/608377/2014-2015-nba-season-nick-young-out-lebron-home-yall