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I also have thoughts on lowering the cap/aprons to reduce hoarding of talent or limit their ability to sign new talent, like FRPs. 

From a team fan standpoint, I would push back with great vehemence and violence on this. You drafted 'em, you should have every chance to keep 'em. The rules as is are even putting a major crunch on a team like OKC. I know we don't want to see them dominate for years to come, but it's not their fault that the Clipps and other pigeons allowed themselves to be victimized, and they're a small market team. The rules force teams to be smart, to be very careful with whom they give supermaxes and not-so-super-maxes to. Nico had the right idea in terms of "you don't commit supermax money to someone who isn't worthy of it;" he was just droolingly moronic in classifying the guy who was the league-wide poster child for deserving the supermax in that category. Teams have to be smart and creative in how they manage their assets, and that's a good thing.