The NBA is looking to address something it appears to feel may be unfair. On Friday afternoon, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski wrote that the league is pursuing an “upper spending limit” in their new agreement with the NBPA:
Sources: NBA pursuing upper spending limit in new agreement with NBPA - via @ESPN App https://t.co/GGxe65UQ4t
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 28, 2022
“In the wake of large-market contenders Golden State, Brooklyn and the LA Clippers running up massive payrolls and luxury tax penalties, the NBA is proposing a system that would replace the luxury tax with a hard limit that teams could not exceed to pay salaries, sources said.