NewsOK.com · Mar 29, 2020
Thunder: With salary cap uncertainty, assessing contract situations for 2020-21
Thunder guard Chris Paul will make north of $40 million as a 35-year-old point guard next season and he has a player option for $44.2 million in 2021-22. [Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman]Beyond the uncertainty of whether this NBA season can be salvaged is another looming question: How will the 2020-21 season be affected? And more specifically, how will the NBA’s revenue loss due to the coronavirus outbreak alter the salary cap?
Days after the season was suspended, The Athletic estimated that the 2020-21 salary cap could drop by $8 million. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported in January that the projected 2020-21 cap was $115 million — up from this season’s cap of $109 million.