My god.

The CBA had nothing to do with Curry having bad ankles, signing below market value, then exploding into maybe the best offensive player ever

The CBA had nothing to do with Draymond Green becoming the prototype modern big in 2016. Or with David Lee getting hurt to allow him to actually play

The CBA had nothing to do with an unforeseen, massive influx of TV money coming into the league and allowing GS to keep their top 4 players and add a future HOF player under 30

The CBA had nothing to do with moronic hot takes about choking and ringZzz

Now, if you want to argue max contracts are bad/dumb, go right ahead. Durant didnt take a discount, from what I have seen, to sign in GS. They have the money for many reasons beyond the CBA, but an artificial max certainly made it more possible.

A hard cap would be the dumbest and most short-sighted thing owners could do. The (fear of) the luxury tax screwed small market OKC from keeping their core. A hard cap would be more of the same for all teams. Cutting your nose to spite your face

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Posted by 504ByrdGang

Member since Nov 2013

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Posted on 7/5/16 at 12:14 pm to corndeaux

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Now, if you want to argue max contracts are bad/dumb, go right ahead. Durant didnt take a discount, from what I have seen, to sign in GS. They have the money for many reasons beyond the CBA, but an artificial max certainly made it more possible.

Thats the point, Max contract made it easier to create these team. With superstars having a cap on how much they can make it doesn't allow them on missed out money, along with the tax penalty. Teams in LA, NY, and SF will pay tax due to more income while we would probably never pay tax.

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Posted by NOLA Bronco

Member since Dec 2014

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Posted on 7/5/16 at 1:21 pm to corndeaux

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The CBA had nothing to do with an unforeseen, massive influx of TV money coming into the league and allowing GS to keep their top 4 players and add a future HOF player under 30

Actually it absolutely did on this point. The players union fought the owners to not allow cap smoothing with regards to the estimated influx in cash from the upcoming renegotiated TV contracts so that the rise in the cap could not be distributed more evenly over time. Something the owners wanted but didn't fight as hard as they probably should in retrospect.

Which is why we are seeing what we are seeing this offseason with a massive spike that has allowed the whole Kevin Durant thing to be possible the way it is in the first place.

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