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Stalemate over division of the NBA's basketball-related income, salary cap structure, and luxury tax proposals between NBA team owners and players; Goals: Owners proposed a reduction of players' salaries from 57% to 47% of the league's income; Players counter-proposed a reduction of players' salaries to 53%; Resulted in
The 1996–97 NBA season was the ... the league agreed to allocate an additional $14 million per season in television revenue toward the salary cap during the last ...
In the National Basketball Association (NBA), a sign-and-trade deal is a type of transaction allowed by the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) where one franchise/team signs an unrestricted free agent or restricted free agent player to a new contract, only to then immediately trade him to another team of the player's choosing.
The NBA announced that the salary cap for the season would be $58.680 million, immediately going into effect on July 9 as the league's "moratorium period" had ended and teams could begin signing free agents and making trades.
Under NBA rules, if a team is granted salary-cap relief for a career-ending injury to a player who thereafter participates in at least ten games the next season, the salary cap relief is terminated, and the amount is added back to the team's salary cap ceiling.
Following the 1999–2000 season, it was discovered that Smith was involved in a salary cap-evading scandal involving Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor and general manager Kevin McHale. Smith was allegedly promised a future multimillion-dollar deal if he signed with the team for below market value , allowing the team to make some additional player ...
Coon maintains, edits and answers questions about the NBA salary cap and updates his website, CBAfaq.com, when any corrections or new information are brought to his attention. [ citation needed ] He has written for The New York Times , [ 2 ] ESPN.com [ 3 ] and Hoopsworld.com, [ 4 ] makes occasional television (ESPN's Outside the Lines ...
Penn is an expert on the NBA salary cap and collective bargaining agreement. [7] Penn worked with general manager Kevin Pritchard as they restored the Blazers from the "Jail Blazers" era. The Blazers won 54 games in 2008–09 and again reached 50 wins in 2009–10 in spite of injuries to key players.