Rule changes

[gambitx777]

With this stupid FT BS. What rules would you add or take away to make the game better.

Well I would change :

Make the squad size bigger.

18 regular slots, 4 2Ways and an expanded priority claims program for owned G leaugue teams.

I would add some tax rules to try and incentiveise drafting.

I would keep it as is but if you have 50% of your squad as drafted by you players or first signed undrafted guys maybe, your team operates under the old tax rules.maybe add a third round too the draft.

I would also ease up on fouls in the paint and make defending more physical again.

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[nate33]

The rule I'd like to see is a cap discount for long term players who stay with the same team. It would work like this:

For each consecutive year a player is on the same team beyond the 8th season, his cap hit is 2% less than his actual salary. So, Jamal Murray, who is about to enter his 10th season, is being paid $50.1M. His cap hit should be 50.1M minus 4% since it's his 2nd season beyond the 8th season with Denver. So his cap hit would be $48.1M even though he is being paid $50.1M. It's no big deal at first, but it's a start.

Jokic, who is entering his 12th season with Denver, would have an 8% discount. His $59M salary would have a cap hit of $54.2M.
Curry, who is entering his 18th season with Golden State, would have a discount of 20%. His $62.5M salary would only count $50M against the cap.

The goal here is to incentivize superstars to stay with their team for their entire careers. And for teams to have a fighting chance to build around aging stars. It's a damn shame when guys like Klay Thompson have to be traded for cap reasons. And it's a shame that Denver can't realistically reload around Jokic now that he and Murray are being paid so much.

[miller31time]

The rule I'd like to see is a cap discount for long term players who stay with the same team. It would work like this:

For each consecutive year a player is on the same team beyond the 8th season, his cap hit is 2% less than his actual salary. So, Jamal Murray, who is about to enter his 10th season, is being paid $50.1M. His cap hit should be 50.1M minus 4% since it's his 2nd season beyond the 8th season with Denver. So his cap hit would be $48.1M even though he is being paid $50.1M. It's no big deal at first, but it's a start.

Jokic, who is entering his 12th season with Denver, would have an 8% discount. His $59M salary would have a cap hit of $54.2M.
Curry, who is entering his 18th season with Golden State, would have a discount of 20%. His $62.5M salary would only count $50M against the cap.

The goal here is to incentivize superstars to stay with their team for their entire careers. And for teams to have a fighting chance to build around aging stars. It's a damn shame when guys like Klay Thompson have to be traded for cap reasons. And it's a shame that Denver can't realistically reload around Jokic now that he and Murray are being paid so much.

I love this idea (and ideally would like it taken further than the 2%). Silver seems to be loving the parody in the league, though - much of that due to the cap restraints, and player movement.

[AFM]

The rule I'd like to see is a cap discount for long term players who stay with the same team. It would work like this:

For each consecutive year a player is on the same team beyond the 8th season, his cap hit is 2% less than his actual salary. So, Jamal Murray, who is about to enter his 10th season, is being paid $50.1M. His cap hit should be 50.1M minus 4% since it's his 2nd season beyond the 8th season with Denver. So his cap hit would be $48.1M even though he is being paid $50.1M. It's no big deal at first, but it's a start.

Jokic, who is entering his 12th season with Denver, would have an 8% discount. His $59M salary would have a cap hit of $54.2M.
Curry, who is entering his 18th season with Golden State, would have a discount of 20%. His $62.5M salary would only count $50M against the cap.

The goal here is to incentivize superstars to stay with their team for their entire careers. And for teams to have a fighting chance to build around aging stars. It's a damn shame when guys like Klay Thompson have to be traded for cap reasons. And it's a shame that Denver can't realistically reload around Jokic now that he and Murray are being paid so much.

It's a great idea. Bill Simmons said something similar on his podcast last week.

[payitforward]

The rule I'd like to see is a cap discount for long term players who stay with the same team. It would work like this:

For each consecutive year a player is on the same team beyond the 8th season, his cap hit is 2% less than his actual salary. So, Jamal Murray, who is about to enter his 10th season, is being paid $50.1M. His cap hit should be 50.1M minus 4% since it's his 2nd season beyond the 8th season with Denver. So his cap hit would be $48.1M even though he is being paid $50.1M. It's no big deal at first, but it's a start.

Jokic, who is entering his 12th season with Denver, would have an 8% discount. His $59M salary would have a cap hit of $54.2M.
Curry, who is entering his 18th season with Golden State, would have a discount of 20%. His $62.5M salary would only count $50M against the cap.

The goal here is to incentivize superstars to stay with their team for their entire careers. And for teams to have a fighting chance to build around aging stars. It's a damn shame when guys like Klay Thompson have to be traded for cap reasons. And it's a shame that Denver can't realistically reload around Jokic now that he and Murray are being paid so much.

I love this idea (and ideally would like it taken further than the 2%). Silver seems to be loving the parody in the league, though - much of that due to the cap restraints, and player movement.

I love it too. Good thinking, nate!!

[penbeast0]

Since we already have a cap for the big money guys, I'd like to see individual contracts removed all together.

Every NBA player signs a league contract. 50% (or whatever the union negotiates) of all revenue get put in a pot, then every player is paid based on (a) minutes paid, (b) doubled if an All-Star (fan voting for top 5, then 1 for each team without a fan voted allstar so teams can have more than 1 but not likely -- should draw flashy players to teams without a star), (c) doubled again if player is voted MVP. One exception, still from the same revenue pot; a player must make at least 1/2 of what he made the previous year if a team wants him on the roster to keep an income stream for injured stars. Then the teams look for winning rather than the constant focus on finance, the team stars make more, the coaches control PT which means they get more control over money. There's more, it was about a 6 page paper when I created it, but those are the most important details.

I am fine with deserving guys getting their bag but I get so tired of all the money focus in the media and I think we actually underestimate the degree to which money controls everything. Note that this probably violates antitrust law so it will never happen but . . .

[gambitx777]

The rule I'd like to see is a cap discount for long term players who stay with the same team. It would work like this:

For each consecutive year a player is on the same team beyond the 8th season, his cap hit is 2% less than his actual salary. So, Jamal Murray, who is about to enter his 10th season, is being paid $50.1M. His cap hit should be 50.1M minus 4% since it's his 2nd season beyond the 8th season with Denver. So his cap hit would be $48.1M even though he is being paid $50.1M. It's no big deal at first, but it's a start.

Jokic, who is entering his 12th season with Denver, would have an 8% discount. His $59M salary would have a cap hit of $54.2M.
Curry, who is entering his 18th season with Golden State, would have a discount of 20%. His $62.5M salary would only count $50M against the cap.

The goal here is to incentivize superstars to stay with their team for their entire careers. And for teams to have a fighting chance to build around aging stars. It's a damn shame when guys like Klay Thompson have to be traded for cap reasons. And it's a shame that Denver can't realistically reload around Jokic now that he and Murray are being paid so much.

That's where I was going with my idea too. You wanna incentiveise teams to draft players , keep picks and develop players.

How would we all feel about an annual amnesty? Like it was a one time think but what if we make it a every 5 years or every 10? 2? Every leap year on the 29th you can waiver and pay out and entire contract with no cap penalties ? Something like thay?

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[nate33]

The rule I'd like to see is a cap discount for long term players who stay with the same team. It would work like this:

For each consecutive year a player is on the same team beyond the 8th season, his cap hit is 2% less than his actual salary. So, Jamal Murray, who is about to enter his 10th season, is being paid $50.1M. His cap hit should be 50.1M minus 4% since it's his 2nd season beyond the 8th season with Denver. So his cap hit would be $48.1M even though he is being paid $50.1M. It's no big deal at first, but it's a start.

Jokic, who is entering his 12th season with Denver, would have an 8% discount. His $59M salary would have a cap hit of $54.2M.
Curry, who is entering his 18th season with Golden State, would have a discount of 20%. His $62.5M salary would only count $50M against the cap.

The goal here is to incentivize superstars to stay with their team for their entire careers. And for teams to have a fighting chance to build around aging stars. It's a damn shame when guys like Klay Thompson have to be traded for cap reasons. And it's a shame that Denver can't realistically reload around Jokic now that he and Murray are being paid so much.

That's where I was going with my idea too. You wanna incentiveise teams to draft players , keep picks and develop players.

How would we all feel about an annual amnesty? Like it was a one time think but what if we make it a every 5 years or every 10? 2? Every leap year on the 29th you can waiver and pay out and entire contract with no cap penalties ? Something like thay?

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The problem with amnesties is that they ultimately favor the deep pocketed teams who can afford to make mistakes and then just write them off easily. The whole purpose of the hard cap is to limit the advantage that big markets have over small.

[nate33]

The rule I'd like to see is a cap discount for long term players who stay with the same team. It would work like this:

For each consecutive year a player is on the same team beyond the 8th season, his cap hit is 2% less than his actual salary. So, Jamal Murray, who is about to enter his 10th season, is being paid $50.1M. His cap hit should be 50.1M minus 4% since it's his 2nd season beyond the 8th season with Denver. So his cap hit would be $48.1M even though he is being paid $50.1M. It's no big deal at first, but it's a start.

Jokic, who is entering his 12th season with Denver, would have an 8% discount. His $59M salary would have a cap hit of $54.2M.
Curry, who is entering his 18th season with Golden State, would have a discount of 20%. His $62.5M salary would only count $50M against the cap.

The goal here is to incentivize superstars to stay with their team for their entire careers. And for teams to have a fighting chance to build around aging stars. It's a damn shame when guys like Klay Thompson have to be traded for cap reasons. And it's a shame that Denver can't realistically reload around Jokic now that he and Murray are being paid so much.

I love this idea (and ideally would like it taken further than the 2%). Silver seems to be loving the parody in the league, though - much of that due to the cap restraints, and player movement.

Yeah, you can play with the size of the increments and the year you want it to kick in. Maybe make it 3% a year instead of 2%. Jokic would drop to a $51.9M cap hit this season and Curry would be down at $43.75M.

It's mostly about the general principle. Reward guys for staying with their organizations.

[payitforward]

...& thus also reward teams for making smart choices both in the draft & in early-career trade acquisitions. A terrific idea.