Salary Cap and How it Works?

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I don't know much about it either, and I couldn't find anything but Wiki that had a solid description.

These numbers will fluctuate some every year but for this season:

Salary floor = $49 million. Every team has to spend at least that much.

Salary cap = $58 million. If you go over that you are only allowed to add players using exceptions. If you are under to start the season and then go over you have fewer exceptions to use.

Tax Threshold = $70.3 million. If you exceed this amount you have to start paying a tax that ends up going to the non tax teams. In the new CBA the tax escalates so the further over the tax you are the higher your tax rate. You also have more limited exceptions available to you than teams that are over the cap but under the tax.

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I just think these super duper teams in big markets have all the advantage.

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Incorrect. For example, the Mavs look like they're about to lose Chandler, Barea and Butler. Under the older system Cuban probably would have spent the money to keep them. The Miami Heat literally stripped their roster down to zero players before signing their Big 3 at a discount. Another Miami Big 3 isn't impossible but it's a difficult move to pull off and is risky. For a time it looked like Wade might go to Chicago which would have left Miami empty handed and rebuilding around Michael Beasley. The Knicks will not be getting Chris Paul, they just don't have the cap space to offer him a fair contract because their Big 2 aren't on discount deals like happened in Miami.

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Actually, this link is much better

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That link is better...Even with this I feel its working against everyone except the big teams and no one else has a real chance...And with all the good players who are friends just wanna play with each other on these "Super Teams"

It's better, but it still favors big teams. Lakers can get $150-200 million per year from new tv deal alone. A harsher tax probably won't bother them too much at all.

We still have no clue on revenue sharing. I've been told it will not be very helpful for small markets. We'll see.