you know what would help the NBA more than adjusting the salary cap? Some sort of "are you SURE you want to do that?" independent panel. EVERYBODY with some sense knew that Brand, Arenas, Davis, and Maggette shouldn't have been getting close to the deals they were receiving. If you could eliminate the dumb owners from making these deals and setting bad precedence (because you know next offseason some player is going to say "well Maggette got XXX amount, so I should get YYY amount," and another dumb owner freaking out and giving in) the NBA would be in much better shape.