OK, I'm semi-competent when it comes to the CBA, but if anyone knows the answer to this, I'm very curious..
I know we expect to have the salary cap slashed and teams have less room to offer max FAs after the new CBA is established, but I've also heard that owners are pushing for salary rollbacks.
My question is, do these salary rollbacks affect max players salary? By this, I mean, if a max FA is making, for example, 20 mil, if they do salary rollbacks, does some percentage of that come off of those salary rollbacks, and if so, does this give teams whose forecasts look bleak to sign a marquee FA under the new CBA look a little bit better? I know teams like NY, etc. who hoped for 3 max FAs seem screwed if the new CBA has a lower cap #, but if the salary rollbacks occur, doesn't that mean the current salaries they have might rollback to the point where they can get another FA? Just curious.
I know we expect to have the salary cap slashed and teams have less room to offer max FAs after the new CBA is established, but I've also heard that owners are pushing for salary rollbacks.
My question is, do these salary rollbacks affect max players salary? By this, I mean, if a max FA is making, for example, 20 mil, if they do salary rollbacks, does some percentage of that come off of those salary rollbacks, and if so, does this give teams whose forecasts look bleak to sign a marquee FA under the new CBA look a little bit better? I know teams like NY, etc. who hoped for 3 max FAs seem screwed if the new CBA has a lower cap #, but if the salary rollbacks occur, doesn't that mean the current salaries they have might rollback to the point where they can get another FA? Just curious.