The NBA and the NBPA made the new collective bargaining agreement official, which will be effective as of July 1 and will last until 2029/30. Thus, the agreement is extended for seven seasons and there will be peace between the parties until the next decade.
In a breakdown of changes explained by ESPN, from the players, the case of Jaylen Brown worries in Boston. His contract is until 2023/24 and he will have a payment of 30.7 million dollars. With the new CBA he increases the maximum in the first year of his next contract and is now eligible to sign a maximum extension of four years and 189 million. Plus, if he’s All-NBA this year, he’ll be able to earn $100 million more over five total seasons.
But that complicates the Celtics because Jayson Tatum will be able to sign a spermax extension of 300 million next season if he wins All-NBA this season. That is why between two players they would be close to paying 600 million in the near future.
The main point is to control the spending of your best teams. Changes were made that are to limit the capacity of teams like the Warriors, the Clippers or the Celtics. The CBA will introduce two levels above the luxury tax line, which will have not only fines but also transfer restrictions.
The 2023/24 projects a salary cap of 134 million dollars and the luxury tax at 162 million. The first tier is set at 7 million above the luxury tax, while the second is set at 17.5 million above.
For this campaign, the Celtics, the Nuggets and the Suns will be above the first level, while the Sixers will if they sign James Harden with a maximum contract of 47 million. But for the second level it will be surpassed by the Warriors, the Clippers and the Heat.
For these last three, the problem will lie in the fact that they will not have access to the mid-level exceptions to sign players. Thus, Donte DiVincenzo would not have reached Golden State for example.
In the buyout market these teams will also be affected. Those above the second tier will not be able to sign a player if their pre-waiver salary was higher than the mid-tier exception. In this sense, the Clippers would not have been able to sign Russell Westbrook this year or the Nuggets Reggie Jackson.
As for the transfers of players, they will be more difficult for these teams since the equalization of salaries is reduced from 125% to 110%. For teams above the second level, they will not be able to add salaries to trade for a single player who earns more money. By this rule the Clippers would not have gotten Eric Gordon since they would not have been able to add the salaries of John Wall and Luke Kennard. Also, the Angelenos could not have sent 3.8 million to the Bucks to get rid of Serge Ibaka’s contract, which saved a total of 6.8 million in luxury taxes.
Those above 1st level will still be able to add wages, but will not be able to get more wages back than what they send in the trade.
Beginning in 2024-25, those who finish the regular season above the second level will not be able to trade their draft pick ages seven and older (until 2032). If you clear the second tier twice in the next four campaigns, your pick will go to the end of the first round, and if you drop below the second tier three of the next four years, you’ll be eligible for redemption again.
Starting in 2025/26, there will be a higher penalty for teams that spend 10 million over the tax cap. To set an example, the Warriors would have had a fine this season of 233 million instead of the 170 they paid.
Golden State will have a harder time renewing Draymond Green even more. The player has an option for 2023-24 of 27.6 million, but if they want to retain him later, among those who have signed it will be very difficult not to exceed the second level of taxes.
2023-04-27 00:08:06
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