Bison137
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07-07-17 01:11 PM - Post#230584
In response to Bison137
I am starting to think that Mike may not get as much as I had previously thought. Last year, the salary cap exploded from $70 million to $94 million. Thus the teams started spending money like the proverbial drunken sailor. However this year the cap hardly moved at all - and thus many teams have no room for free agents other than what they have under arcane things like the mid-level exception. Bird exceptions, bi-annual exception, etc.
In any event, this may lead to less money being available for players who aren't superstars.
Looks like Mike may have been a victim of the tightening salary cap. Reportedly just signed with the Hawks for two years for a total of $10 Million. That is far less than similar players got last year.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/ 883370829...
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