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NBA Salary Cap to Increase 10% (lemmy.ml)

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The NBA provided updated salary cap projections for the 2025-26 season to its 30 teams, with the cap climbing to $154.6 million, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks.

That would be a $14 million increase from this year.

Marks also provided the luxury tax projections, which start at $187.9 million:

Salary cap: $154.6M
Luxury tax: $187.9M
First apron: $195.9M
Second apron: $207.8M
The salary cap this current season is $140.6M.

Ahead of the 2016-17, the NBA's salary cap famously spiked, climbing from $63 million to $84.7 million, thanks to additional revenue from media rights deals. A lot of contracts signed that offseason became big overpays with spending levels quickly normalizing. Players who hit free agency starting in 2017 suffered the consequences.

The NBA and players' union made sure to avoid a similar problem in anticipation of new media rights deals that would mean another influx of cash coming into the league.

The current collective bargaining agreement stipulates the salary cap can only increase by up 10 percent from year to year. The newest projection from Marks represents the maximum figure allowable through the CBA.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

So no big jump like what allowed the warriors to sign KD but a decent sized increase.

Believe the players still get 51% of basketball income so the gap between that and the new cap is paid out in some way just can’t remember the details from the new CBA.