05-19-2023, 01:29 PM
(05-19-2023, 01:26 PM)F Gump Wrote: From a personal source, found some previously unreported CBA changes that I think will make a noticeable difference:
1 No teams will carry massive cap room through a season. The charge for being under minimum salary will be assessed on Day 1 of regular season, and be paid to the NBA. Then the team's cap will be changed to the minimum team salary. During the season, they can't do any transaction that would lower their team salary below minimum team salary. And teams who have to pay the charge for being under the minimum do NOT qualify for a share of distribution of tax money.
2 There are significant hits to team flexibility by being over over the FIRST apron. In a trade, they get 110% matching for 2023-24 season, but then it's 100% (no multiplier) in future years. Everyone else gets 200% rather than the prior 175% (not sure if that's limited by the $5M spread as before, but maybe the $5M limit is now gone?). Also the TxMLE cannot be used as a TE for trades and waiver claims (other annual exceptions can).
3 All TE's will expire at the end of each regular season. So in summer free agency starting in 2024, the only TEs will be those generated from deals in that June or July.
Does number one apply this season or next one. By "this" I mean season starting in July