03-24-2021, 09:12 AM
(03-24-2021, 09:07 AM)HanspardShowerVoice Wrote: IMHO, the NBA needs to address the bind that small market teams get into when they focus on drafting and developing in house because they can't draw free agents, and they develop guys who are just good enough to get market premium money but not good enough to go toe to toe with legit NBA superstars in the playoffs. If this is truly going to become a league where all the premiere super star free agents just go play in Los Angeles and New York markets, they're going to have to find a way to make it less punitive with a when a Toronto has to overpay Fred VanVleet to resign after they drafted and developed him.
At least for super max guys I think there is a very simple solution. The super max part should not count in the cap. This would really give the "home" team an advantage. I guess something similar could be done for home grown guys. Like only 90 % of their wage counts against cap or something