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Step 2: The NBA Broadcasting Deal
More than three years ago, NBA signed a nine-year, $24 billion broadcasting deal with ESPN & Turner Sports. As with such a big deal, the salary cap (maximum money a team can assign to its roster) had to increase.
The league proposed a “smoothing” of the salary cap to the NBPA, which would’ve made the cap rise by smaller figures each summer rather than one giant leap from 2015 to 2016.
The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) disagreed, rejecting the “smoothing” proposal and increasing the cap from $70 million for 15-16 to $94 million for 16-17.
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