As of last week, the NBA season came to a drastic halt with Adam Silver making a statement to suspend the league until further notice after All-Star center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. Although this call is annoying for fans, it had to be taken in order to make sure the deadly disease wouldn’t spread and affect more people in the US. This call also comes with various short term and long term (Salary Cap) implications for teams, ranging from unexpected playoff games to a reduced salary cap space for next season.
A reduced salary cap would just add to the woes being faced by the Philadelphia 76ers, already being over the salary cap by over $21 million according to Early Bird Rights.