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I agree with most of what you said about what the owners are doing here, but in reality they should just be choosing between going after the 50/50 BRI split or systemic changes.Originally Posted by CP1708
So then how do you go about setting a system where you can afford your own stars, but not be able to buy other teams players? That's my point/question.
So no hard cap, and lessen the luxury so you can keep your own players, so then my scenario, how many can you keep? 3 stars, 2 stars etc?
Anyway, the biggest changes that need to be made would be to eliminate sign/trade deals, the max salary on individual contacts, MLE, AND to limit the usage of the Bird exception. I think we'd have that system that you're looking for. I don't even think you'd need to lessen the luxury tax as is because it seems as if teams are indeed making a conscious effort to avoid paying it unless they're a contender. With no limits on player salaries and no more sign/trades, teams with a superstar player would have a better chance of keeping them. So if Cle would have offered Lebron 30 mil annually, unless another team was 30 mil under the cap all other offers wouldn't have even been close. As far as the Bird exception, well limit teams to only having 2 or 3 Bird exceptions on the roster and not be able to use it on every single FA situation they face year in and year out, inflating the market. In theory if I applied this to OKC, then I would have KD making 25-30 mil, RW somewhere around 8-10, Harden maybe 6-8 and the rest of the roster would basically be making less on shorter contracts and they're are all essentially replaceable IMO.
I don't know man, just a thought...