Salary cap
- 2014/15 – cap was $63 million
Estimates for
- 2015/16 – cap expected to be $70 million
- 2016/17 – cap expected to be $89 million
- 2017/18 – cap expected to be $108 million
So for evaluating contract this off-season,
- 2016/17 cap = a 43% rise on last year’s numbers
- 2017/18 cap = a 72% rise on last year’s numbers
So for a quick guide on relative value
Equivalent of today’s pay relative to new cap in 2016 and 2017
- $2.5 million in 2015 = $3.6 million in 2016 = $4.3 million in 2017
- $5 million in 2015 = $7.15 million in 2016 = $8.6 million in 2017
- $7.5 million in 2015 = $10.73 million in 2016 = $12.9 million in 2017
- $10 million in 2015 = $14.3 million in 2016 = $17.2 million in 2017
- $12.5 million in 2015 = $17.9 million in 2016 = $21.5 million in 2017
- $15 million in 2015 = $21.5 million in 2016 = $25.8 million in 2017
- $17.5 million in 2015 = $25 million in 2016 = $30 million in 2017
Or going in reverse, the equivalent of pay in 2017 to today is
- $18 million in 2017 = $14.9 million in 2016 = $10.47 million in 2015
- $15 million in 2017 = $12.4 million in 2016 = $8.7 million in 2015
- $13 million in 2017 = $10.74 million in 2016 = $7.6 million in 2015
- $10 million in 2017 = $8.26 million in 2016 = $5.8 million in 2015
- $8 million in 2017 = $6.6 million in 2016 = $4.65 million in 2015
- $6 million in 2017 = $4.95 million in 2016 = $3.49 million in 2015
- $4 million in 2017 = $3.3 million in 2016$2.33 million in 2015
Quick takeaways
- role players the most likely to get overpaid
- quasi-stars will most likely become great value, in some cases bargains
- Established star players will probably be underpaid
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