CBA Roundtable: The Mid-Level Exception

by Danny Leroux
Welcome to another CBA Roundtable! We talked previously about the connection (and lack thereof) between the rookie scale and the salary cap but the...

Battle Lines Being Drawn Between Adam Silver, Michele

by Bryan Toporek
Hoping for NBA labor peace in 2017? This wasn't your finest week, if so. In an interview with ESPN The Magazine's Pablo S. Torre published...

Old Faces, Old Places: Kemba Walker Extends With Charlotte

by Jared Dubin
The Player: Kemba Walker The Team: Charlotte Hornets The Contract: 4 years, $48 million, according to ESPN's Marc Stein How does it...

What Happens When a Team Declines an Option on a Rookie

Hard Cap 201: Graduate Hard Caponomics

by Danny Leroux
  The NBA’s soft cap provides the system with a volatility and nuance that other North American sports leagues just cannot match. The...

CBA Roundtable: The Rookie Scale

by Danny Leroux
  The current NBA system heavily limits the pay of young players primarily through the rookie scale which specifies the salaries of first...

Could New TV Deal Lead to Abolition of Max Contracts?

by Bryan Toporek
The NBA's new nine-year, $24 million media deal announced Monday will have wide-reaching implications for years to come. The salary cap is set to...