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> NBA player association I disagree. The NBA players association looks out for the mid level role players (who make up a vast majority of the league) over the

> NBA player association I disagree. The NBA players association looks out for the mid level role players (who make up a vast majority of the league) over the highest performing players. The top tier of NBA players are essentially "underpaid" compared to their worth due to maximum salaries. This makes room for mid level guys to make 10-15 million per year. If there was no maximum salary there would be a massive bidding war for the top tier players, and the remaining small slice of pie would have to be split among everyone else.

claudeganon 7y ago
Judging from this post, I’m not sure you fully grasp how basketball works nor the underlying concept of “team sports.” Even MJ needed 4 other guys on his side to win.
- jkingsbery 7y ago
  While it may be true that team sports need multiple players, several players have currently signed "supermax contracts." Since they signed a maximum contract, their team would be willing to pay them more, so they are underpaid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_salary_cap#Supermax_contracts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_salary_cap#Supermax_contra...
  - piva00 7y ago
    If you call US$ 201 million underpaid, sure. Or maybe US$ 229 million. This is a ridiculous amount to play ball, if that cap means that mid level players get a decent life I think it's more than fair enough. I don't think a salary cap of a couple hundred millions of dollars would stop any human being innovating to get to such a job, I'm sorry.
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