The NBA is slowly changing. We may not see it clearly now. But the future is looking very different from how the league is now. A big change will be salary cap. What will the revised figure Be? Will we even have a salary cap?
NBA commissioner Adam Silver And NBAPA Executive Director Michele Roberts are currently on different sides when it comes to the cap. Roberts isn’t high on it, but Adam Silver backs the cap 100%. Something has to give.
ProBasketballTalk has the details on Silver’s view.
“We couldn’t disagree more with these statements. The NBA’s success is based on the collective efforts and investments of all of the team owners, the thousands of employees at our teams and arenas, and our extraordinarily talented players. No single group could accomplish this on its own. Nor is there anything unusual or “un-American” in a unionized industry to have a collective system for paying employees – in fact, that’s the norm.
“The Salary Cap system, which splits revenues between team owners and players and has been agreed upon by the NBA and the Players Association since 1982, has served as a foundation for the growth of the league and has enabled NBA players to become the highest paid professional athletes in the world. We will address all of these topics and others with the Players Association at the appropriate time.”
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s another lockout. Unfortunately.
If the players sense even once that the owners are holding back. They’re going to put thier foot down hard. Notice how players are going for deals that expire right when the salary cap revision occurs. The players are gearing up for a battle. A battle to get their money.
