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Imagine a system without max contracts where John Wall was making $60-$70 million instead of $40-$45. That single large contract could derail a franchise for the better part of a decade if catastrophic injury were to occur like it did with Wall, who also is a good illustration of "not quite a franchise player but he's the best you have so he gets the big money slot".

I mean, there are some solutions to this, and it would be a give or take. You could remove the max contract limitations and include language that reduces guarantees in the case of a long-term injury to protect the teams.

If teams want to take that risk with the big contracts, it's on them. You would see a lot of middle to lower tier players push back on the high salaries of the top stars, but let the players fight it out amongst themselves.

Fact is, though, that the owners are all weak and have become whipping boys for the players anyhow. That's why the league has gone to crap.

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Posted by higgsBoson

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Posted on 10/6/21 at 2:12 pm to Geauxgurt

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You could remove the max contract limitations and include language that reduces guarantees in the case of a long-term injury to protect the teams.

I think the obvious way is to move to a max guaranteed style of contract. Take the current max contract and make that max guaranteed. This would essentially be the same level of liability for owners and protection for players.

The reason why players won’t do this is stated above. The low max salary spreads the salary cap around over other players.

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