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DanH wrote: View Post
Meh, I doubt it differs much from usual operating procedure for teams considering the way the CBA works and the ability to claw back salaries based on revenues.Last edited by slaw; Wed Aug 12, 2020, 12:51 PM.
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slaw wrote: View Post
A lot of the owners are in serious financial trouble or, at a minimum, have major liquidity issues. You are going to see first round picks for sale, so that teams don't have guaranteed contracts. You are going to see players traded for the sole purpose of saving money. You are going to see teams being sold (2 are already for sale and there will be more). There will not be a lot of teams looking at 4-year $80 million contracts.
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golden wrote: View Post
I know that the salary cap is tied to revenue, but once a player negotiates a salary, is that also tied to future revenues? There is some adjustment due to games played, but if the NBA plays 82 games next year without fan revenue, does that mean that guy like Kyle Lowry won't get his full $30M? I'm not clear on how that works.
Going into next season the NBA will make sure that their escrow agreement with players is sufficient to cover projected lost revenue and both sides will lose that revenue equally, or they will use the force majeure clause (as they would be quite capable of, since they can't fill stadiums yet) to cancel the season.
To give an extreme example, if revenues come in at 80% what they were projected at, and players across the league make in their contracts the right amount for the projected revenue, then every player in the league would lose 20% of their pay via the escrow system.
I suspect escrow amounts or potential salary clawbacks will be used to ensure owners and players are protected from a significant reduction in revenue, up to and including not being able to sell a single ticket this year.
There are other cap mechanisms that help adjust for all this stuff (like if players earn too much one year, the cap is artificially dropped the next to prevent that from happening again), but the details aren't super important because the big picture is the two sides are going to have to come to an agreement on how to proceed or the owners will shut the whole thing down. I'm sure no one wants to throw away the multiple billions of dollars of TV revenue that would still be there this coming season, so the two sides will figure out a way to align salaries with revenues. Nevermind the threat of ripping up the whole CBA the owners could use against the players in a force majeure situation.
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DanH wrote: View Post
If any owners do any of that (besides selling picks for cash or selling teams, because that's real cashflow), they are incredibly stupid.
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G__Deane wrote: View Post
What about overall scoring for the 5 with marc vs Serge?
Does Marc get the other 4 starters 2 more points each while Serge outscores Marc by 10?
To me, a big part of it will be to not over pay either one on long term deals
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slaw wrote: View Post
It's going to be fascinating and there is going to be a major divide between haves and have nots. There will be real opportunity for teams willing and able to spend money. But I would not want to be a free agent.
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DanH wrote: View Post
No team will be favourites without a superstar to run offence through. And no, I completely disagree, there is no usage for Gasol that would have driven this team to an elite halfcourt offence.
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LJ2 wrote: View Post
I didn't specify halfcourt offense however I imagined sort of a Brook Lopez affect where Gasol being a more consistent threat from the perimeter opening more lanes for Siakam, and to some degree Lowry, Norm, OG...
I've been saying this for months and glad to see (again) that Nurse agrees.
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LJ2 wrote: View Post
I didn't specify halfcourt offense however I imagined sort of a Brook Lopez affect where Gasol being a more consistent threat from the perimeter opening more lanes for Siakam, and to some degree Lowry, Norm, OG...
So we agree and disagree. I agree with you that Gasol taking more shots would help the offence. I disagree that there is any scenario where the half court offence wouldn't be looked at as a weakness because of the lack of an established 1-on-1 scoring star. It would look about the same, just with a little better efficiency.
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I've really noticed just the space Gasol occupies is much more of a deterrent than Ibaka. Gasol moves his feet really well and when he falls back into the lane he cuts off a lot of options for guys who want to go to the rim. Ibaka gets his blocks but leaves more space on the court and doesn't rotate quite as well."We're playing in a building." -- Kawhi Leonard
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