Details on the new CBA and the designated player veteran extensions are continuing to roll out. Basketball Insiders has obtained a copy of the term sheet and salary cap expert Eric Pincus has been explaining the changes and specifically what is going on with the designated player veteran extension. Here’s what all those details mean for the New Orleans Pelicans and Anthony Davis.
Three important points of clarification are apparent. First, the maximum salaries are 25%, 30%, or 35% of the actual salary cap. Before the calculations were far more obtuse concerning different benefits and the amounts were based off a slightly lower number than the actual reported salary cap.