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Supermax was in large part designed to keep players in the teams that drafted them, not that everyone just runs to attractive destination. Even before these new aprons I thought that supermax deals are actually putting those teams in difficult situation, because while they can pay their star more and keep him, it also limits their team building options. I think the value of supermax would be, if it would only count towards the cap at the regular max value, while the supermax bonus would only be received by the player. I think this could solve a lot of issues.

While your observations are good ones, I don't think your solutions have any actual chance of being considered. 

IN THE INTEREST OF BETTER COMPETITIVE BALANCE (aka jealousy), no teams will support a system where one team can get all the best players AND somehow get favorable treatment from.the league in that pursuit. At all times, the other 29 teams are all very much in favor of making the team with all the talent let some of it go, for others to use and feature and maybe win with. 

Keep in mind that the tax/hard cap is intended to be a gentle governor on how a team controls its spending, so teams don't go broke chasing titles, and the overall setup is now promoting more balanced spending (and over time, more balanced talent from team to team) as well.

So I think the goal is that everyone must make choices. And if you can't fit all your talent into what payroll you have, some will go elsewhere to get paid better. How you navigate that is up to you.