KingsFanSince85
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With the news today that OKC has exceeded 300M in salary and considering that the ability to build super teams has spiraled totally out of control, I think it's time for the NBA to move to a hard salary cap just like the NFL.
It's far too easy to circumvent the cap to compensate players and keep them on the roster. With a hard cap, the only way a team could do what the Warriors, Lakers, Thunder and others are doing is for a multitude of players to take far, far less than market value --- which is quite unlikely to happen. If it does, more power to them. But the NBA has got to make it harder for franchises to essentially build all-star teams. Because they're all gonna flock to 3-4 cities in the league and you won't have a league anymore. Many would argue they don't have a league now.
It's an unlevel playing field that needs to be leveled. All franchises should be playing by the same rules. However, the current salary cap doesn't allow that to happen.
It's far too easy to circumvent the cap to compensate players and keep them on the roster. With a hard cap, the only way a team could do what the Warriors, Lakers, Thunder and others are doing is for a multitude of players to take far, far less than market value --- which is quite unlikely to happen. If it does, more power to them. But the NBA has got to make it harder for franchises to essentially build all-star teams. Because they're all gonna flock to 3-4 cities in the league and you won't have a league anymore. Many would argue they don't have a league now.
It's an unlevel playing field that needs to be leveled. All franchises should be playing by the same rules. However, the current salary cap doesn't allow that to happen.