Projecting the 2022-23 free-agent market can be challenging with an uncertain player pool. Several have player or team options that need to be decided before July. Will Kyrie Irving stay with the Brooklyn Nets for an additional season or hit unrestricted free agency with the opportunity to either re-up with the Nets or look [Read More]
A vital tool within the NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement is the trade exception. While it come in many flavors, allowing teams to take back salary in return for outgoing players, the Standard Traded Player Exception (STPE) is the type that lasts a full calendar year. For teams that are under the first apron ($178,132,000 [Read More]
Moving through the playoffs, most teams are on vacation with a focus shifted heavily to the June 23 NBA Draft. In Part II of their mock draft, Sports Business Classroom alumni Ari Eizen, Ron Gutterman, and Aaron Pearlstein simulate the remainder of the first round. The first 14 selections can be found in Part [Read More]
As the first round of the playoffs near a conclusion, most of the NBA has shifted focus to the draft. The lottery to decide the order of the first 14 picks will be held on May 17. Using the pre-lottery order, Sports Business Classroom alumni Ari Eizen, Ron Gutterman, and Aaron Pearlstein simulated a [Read More]
Some of the largest contracts issued in July won't be to free agents but rookie-scale players entering the fourth year of their contracts. Only first-round picks sign rookie-scale contracts, like Ja Morant and Darius Garland, who seem destined to receive a sizable pay raises. As Jordan Poole breaks out with the Golden State Warriors, [Read More]
