Each team theoretically has the same amount of money as the Indiana Pacers to build out a talented and competitive roster.
While the luxury tax often affords teams in larger markets to go beyond the salary cap and take big swings to meld superstars together in order to conjure superteams, each team has a duty to build out its roster in the most cost-effective way possible while maintaining future money as well.
The Pacers have done quite a nice job over the years of making smart financial decisions, and this year were able to become one of the most frugal teams in terms of total cap used due to an insurance claim on Victor Oladipo after he missed a large portion of the season due to injury.