Wildlinger wrote:Tim_Hardawayy wrote:Its hard to fathom right now, but in 2-3 years people will adjust and realize 20 million is the new norm for role player and average starter type money. 30 million + is going to be the new max contract, look at what Conley got.
According to the latest calculations after next season the new cap will plateau at $102 million. That's almost 10 million less than many executives predicted just a couple of months ago.
The market clearly went crazy this offseason and many teams overspent with the rising cap in mind. But with a significantly lower cap, some of these (if not many) contracts signed will look absolutely horrible. I like Conley, but I don't want to pay him almost a third of my cap in 3 years when he'll be 32. Or Mozgov who'll be getting nearly 20% of the entire cap in his 4th year.
I really like TJ, but I definitely have my doubts about paying him almost $20 million in the last 2 years of his contract.
There will undoubtedly be a lot of buyer's remorse next summer. Let's hope TJ will be able to avoid it.
Teams didn't make those moves solely because they expected the cap to rise...there will be amnesty provisions once again after the next cba meeting. Guaranteed. The teams that have spent a lot of money on multiple overpriced contracts will suffer. All tj did was become a stretch or amnesty candidate if he doesn't live up to his contract or the cap continues to decline. Low risk, high reward.
