Sources: NBA salary cap projected to increase more than previous estimates

The NBA has informed all 30 teams that the salary cap for the 2016-17 season is projected to be $94 million, higher than its previous estimates, league sources told The Vertical.

The NBA sent a memo on Friday afternoon that the Basketball Related Income (BRI) for this past season is ongoing and that the increased projection for the next salary cap is due to "business outperformance since the previous estimates."
The NBA's projected salary cap and tax level of $94 million and $113 million, respectively, have increased since the previous estimates done by the league and its players' union.

The maximum player salaries are now expected to be $22 million for tier 1, $26.4 million for tier 2 and $30.8 million for tier 3.

The final amount for the salary cap remains ongoing, pending the completion of the 2015-16 BRI audit report on July 6, the NBA wrote in the memo.

Yeah...Butler's contract is an asset, not a liability.

No. He would have been a tier 1 max player. If he would have signed in 2014 his contract would have been an asset. He's a top 20 player.

When you're wrong, you're not supposed to double down. You're supposed to remain suspiciously silent.

where are you seeing that ?

I think it is a fake. No way he is getting a max deal.

Oklahoma City fleeced Orlando with that Ibaka deal.

yea, i know money is flying around and all, but that's just ridiculous

Despite appearing in just 29 games and registering the worst statistical season of his eight-year NBA career in 2015-16, Bulls center Joakim Noah will be in high free agent demand this summer.

According to Mitch Lawrence of the Sporting News, the Washington Wizards are prepared to offer Noah a maximum contract, which would start at $28 million and reach an estimated $120 million across four seasons.

Noah, who is expected to move on from the Bulls, is also being pursued by the New York Knicks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Milwaukee Bucks.

The Knicks interest in the two-time All-Star and 2014 Defensive Player of the Year is a no-brainer with Derrick Rose now in New York and Noah having spent his teenage years in the Big Apple, starring for Brooklyn's Poly Prep.

Noah, the ninth overall pick of the Bulls in 2007, is coming off shoulder surgery that cut his season short last January.

The 31-year-old Noah has averaged 9.3 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 572 games across eight seasons with the Bulls.

They say there will be a lot of dumb contracts due to the new insane cap. Teams have to spend.

This was on csnchicago

I really want to see Howard with the Knicks.

Golden State and San Antonio get first dibs on Durant.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16493790/kevin-durant-meet-golden-state-warriors-san-antonio-spurs-oklahoma-city-thunder

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Sources: Joakim Noah is expected to reunite with Derrick Rose & return to NYC on a deal starting around $18 million. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spo ... on-a-year/ …

:lol:

@BenGolliver By Offensive Real-Plus Minus, Lakers upgrade from Roy Hibbert (76th out of 76 centers) to Timofey Mozgov (75th)...

@HPbasketball Mozgov was ranked 15th on my free agency listings by the way.

Among centers.