This move illustrates the Salary Cap issue

[Ogaju]

as long as you have mega stars earning less than the max salary individuals can skirt the pro-competition policy reason for the salary cap.

GSW now has arguably four legitimate max salary players on their team.

Curry

Thompson

Green

Durant

There should be a way to fix this. I have made this argument for years. Most notably when Karl Malone and Gary Peyton moved to the Lakers for less money than their market value.

[PaulAllen]

Yea I mentioned this on the other thread... So basically they can only fill out their roster with vet mins and rookie contracts? Steph is due for big money next year

[LooseCannon]

Seems kind of whiny.

[Who]

Raise the max contracts to 50% of cap.

[celtics2030]

Draymond is not a Max Player

[CelticsBR]

Draymond is not a Max Player

Isn't him more valuable than Thompson, Love or Horford?

[Ogaju]

Draymond is not a Max Player

First, my post is not about this move since I have made this point time and time again.

Second, in this league Green is a Max Player.

[LooseCannon]

Raise the max contracts to 50% of cap.

I think that's pretty horrible.  It decimates the NBA middle class so that anyone not on a big contract or the rookie scale will often have to play for the minimum if he can't land a MLE contract.

[celtics2030]

What's valuable is around him. If he played on detroit he would be a very average player.

IMO those players are all fringe max players, but then again im comparing it to yesterday's nba.

[Ogaju]

Raise the max contracts to 50% of cap.

I think that's pretty horrible.  It decimates the NBA middle class so that anyone not on a big contract or the rookie scale will often have to play for the minimum if he can't land a MLE contract.

Remove the cap totally, the players are making a mockery of it.

[celtics2030]

Draymond is not a Max Player

First, my post is not about this move since I have made this point time and time again.

Second, in this league Green is a Max Player.

you just said they have 4 max players on the team

i said basically they dont , i dont even think they have 3, I dont care how good of a shooter Klay is , he aint a max player

but i will agree , in today's terrible nba many of these guys are.

[Who]

Raise the max contracts to 50% of cap.

I think that's pretty horrible.  It decimates the NBA middle class so that anyone not on a big contract or the rookie scale will often have to play for the minimum if he can't land a MLE contract.

Good. Screw the middle class of the NBA.

Those guys don't deserve to be earning $15mil a year. Or bench guys earning $10 mil a year.

Fans don't pay money to watch those guys.

[mctyson]

as long as you have mega stars earning less than the max salary individuals can skirt the pro-competition policy reason for the salary cap.

GSW now has arguably four legitimate max salary players on their team.

Curry

Thompson

Green

Durant

There should be a way to fix this. I have made this argument for years. Most notably when Karl Malone and Gary Peyton moved to the Lakers for less money than their market value.

I have no issue with the ability of GSW to both recruit Durant and sign him in the current structure.  GSW should not be penalized because they drafted well and have MVPs and All-Stars on favorable contracts.

It just emphasizes the need to draft well and develop your own talent. 

[Who]

Raise the max contracts to 50% of cap.

I think that's pretty horrible.  It decimates the NBA middle class so that anyone not on a big contract or the rookie scale will often have to play for the minimum if he can't land a MLE contract.

Remove the cap totally, the players are making a mockery of it.

I think that would kill competitiveness.

LA and NY would own the league. They can raise so much more money than anyone else.

[greenpride32]

as long as you have mega stars earning less than the max salary individuals can skirt the pro-competition policy reason for the salary cap.

This was a perfect storm - Curry had health issues - no team was going to give him big money but GS stuck with him.  GS drafted Curry, Klay, Draymond.  They built a championship team BEFORE Durant.  So Curry is grossly underpaid, and the cap skyrockets.  I don't think it's an indication the system is broken, things just fell into place nicely for GS.