The Official 2025/2026 NBA Season - The New York Knicks Are The 2026 NBA CHAMPIONS!!!

This is exactly how the salary cap is supposed to work to not create superteams and have parity. You can sign two max guys but if you have 3 then you run into the problem the Thunder have next season & the Spurs will have in a couple years. You can sign Shai, Chet & Jay, then Wemby, Castle & Dylan soon to be at max, 3 guys then you either pay 200m a year in luxury tax or have the rest of the team at near minimum salaries. Spurs got lucky drafting so high in the draft for their big 3 but the new tanking rules won't let you sit your star player that could come back at the end of the season for a better draft pick.

I think that resigning a max player your team drafted, you should get 15% in salary cap relief to promote good drafting by GM's. Chet & Jay count 82M on the salary cap next season, but because the Thunder drafted them, Shai was a trade so he won't count, under the Chemist Max Salary Cap Relief Proposal, the Thunder will save 12M by signing those two to a max contract. Huge savings when your team is in the 2nd apron.
There should not be a salary cap period! Thats the issue!
 
In 1976, the New York Nets offered their superstar forward Julius Erving to the Knicks in return for waiving a $4.8 million indemnity, but New York declined the offer. Instead, Erving was sold to the Philadelphia 76ers for $3 million. In effect, the Nets traded their franchise player for a berth in the NBA.

This is why it took yall 53 years.
 
Also absolutely nobody remembers or cares that the 2026 NBA Finals were a rematch of the NBA Cup

Get rid of the cup
 
Back
Top