Guest Sports News Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 [attach=full]18795[/attach]The NBA is preparing for a record jump in team salary cap limits ahead of the 2016-17 season after the players union rejected a league plan for gradual increases. The league announced that the National Basketball Players Association will not agree to artificially lowering the NBA salary cap for several seasons when a nine-year broadcast rights deal worth $24 billion (22.6 billion euros) begins next year. The NBA's "smoothing" plan would not have changed the 51 percent of revenues going to players under their union deal, but it would have prevented a potential explosion in free agent salaries before the 2016-17 campaign. A salary cap at about $63 million per team this season will likely rise by approximately $3 million to $5 million a club for next season. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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