$92 million salary cap next season... Contracts will be crazy!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 2:06 pm
With the $92 million salary cap (about $3 million more than previously estimated, which means about $90 million more in capspace to be spent league wide) contracts are going to be even more insane this summer. Almost everyone is going to have the ability to have max cap space. This is a reason I'm glad Stan decided to keep that draft pick because we'll get a borderline rotation player(or at least an 11th or 12th man) for a very low price on a 4 year deal.
Andre Drummond's max contract also goes up to about $126.5 million over 5 years.
16-17: $22.00 million
17-18: $23.65 million
18-19: $25.30 million
19-20: $26.95 million
20-21: $28.60 million
A max contract for a vet like Al Horford with their own team goes up to $150 million over 5 years! There are going to be a lot of fringe all-star type players (or above average starters) making $20+ million per year which is going to be nuts, but the salary cap is expected to be even higher the following year so perhaps teams will look at it as not that bad before the cap goes up to $107 or $110 million the following year.
Andre Drummond's max contract also goes up to about $126.5 million over 5 years.
16-17: $22.00 million
17-18: $23.65 million
18-19: $25.30 million
19-20: $26.95 million
20-21: $28.60 million
A max contract for a vet like Al Horford with their own team goes up to $150 million over 5 years! There are going to be a lot of fringe all-star type players (or above average starters) making $20+ million per year which is going to be nuts, but the salary cap is expected to be even higher the following year so perhaps teams will look at it as not that bad before the cap goes up to $107 or $110 million the following year.