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- Published on Jul 18, 2025
- Richard Jefferson breaks down why NBA owners are selling their teams despite record valuations. From the harsh new tax penalties to the league’s push for parity, he explains why even well-run franchises are rethinking the cost of winning.
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So Richard is basically saying, reward teams that draft well and allow them to spend max money on the players they drafted without blowing up the salary cap.
100%
Which is fair imo
-- Furthermore (for me), punish players when they request a trade. So if SGA was sent to OKC, no problem. $70M/year rewarded. (Or when Mavs let Brunson go, Brunson gets his payday).
If a supermax/superstar players i.e. Beal/KD/Butler requested a trade, the TEAM AND PLAYER that receives him pay that luxury tax. So Beal gives up i.e. $5-15M of their salary (10-15%) and the Suns would pay the remaining amount.
So in OKC's case, they keep SGA plus Chet, Jaylen Williams etc w/o having to pay a high end luxury tax (or i.e. Indy is willing to keep Myles Turner, Neismith, Haliburton, etc b/c their salary doesn't truly go against the luxury tax since they BUILT their team w/ Hali coming from a trade).
What I don’t get tho is wouldn’t you have to blow up the salary cap if you drafted super well and paid all the great players what they’re worth? I don’t think you can have it both ways
Yes and I agree.
Richard's face when Perk talks LMAO.
Talking out of a horses ass
Richard is like "dear god are you wrong"
I make the same face when perk opens his mouth too 3
It's like Perk is not understanding the topic.
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Richard Jefferson is right your get penalized because you draft well. Its gross
Disgusting
I agree. I think there should be a cap, but unlimited when it comes to the players you drafted. So lets say the cap is 100m, then if you have 3 star players that you drafted, then 20m per player should count towards the cap.
@KNByam So you want a new version of the Larry Bird rule
@@KNByameither that or inly 50% of their contracts should be held against the cap OR no salary caps at all. If an owner wants to win they’ll have to pay the price to win.
@@KNByam You don't even need to do that. As long as the salary of the drafted player does not count for 2x, 3x penalty, it would be fine. Teams can manage the cap, but the cannot afford the 2x, 3x penalties.
If the players keep taking a pay cut or the pressure is on them to take a pay cut, how come no one is asking the question of how much money are the owners making??
The problem is that they’re not making much…NBA teams are like your house…it goes up in value, but that doesn’t mean much on the day to day bc you need a place to live. I believe most NBA teams don’t generate much cash flow
Making $35million instead of $55million is a privilege. Im not going to play sports because they cut our pay. Said Noone ever.
Owners and players split the revenue 50/50. If a player takes a pay cut, it means their teammate gets more, not the owner
Because owners hold all the risk. NBA players make too much and are crybabies as it is. Most guys can barely play over 65 games. We did the player empowerment experiment for the last 20 years and it ruined the nba. It’s time to give the power back to the owners. Inmates running the asylum is never a good idea.
@@schreinerkyle Most of the owners are billionaires even without the franchise. You act like they are struggling to live lmao
Btw...we love hearing ex basketball players have these sort of discussions. This was brilliant. Keep it up
They are punishing teams for good player development programs. 5 teams develop talent to stock the other teams for a cheaper price.
They are REWARDING teams with good player development programs. If you can get players on rookie contracts and develop the players, over the years, teams can keep good, developed players on a roster, longer, on low contracts, ie: OKC.
@@washingtonrl But how do they keep them over the years if they can't pay them accordingly? I am all for not having players jumping around to the highest bidder, but why can't there be a clause for those who actually develop their players to be less penalized when they choose to stay?
You are essentially counting on your players to take a pay cut when you know the owners will gather greater team value and higher sales price when they leave.
A player's career long term is not guaranteed. And that is asking a lot when they know as soon as they get injured they are out the door.
@@_CoachW A team's ROI for having a good development program is: A Ring, a la OKC. With a good development program, the loss of a player will not matter because you can draft, develop and mold your rookie into that player that is going to be leaving. The organization controls the timeline of the player's rookie contract and the player's development. Not speaking on your star, you pay him, his $300 million and secure him for future years with a side kick you can afford.
@@washingtonrl Fair points, but far easier said than done.
To my knowledge only one GM has been able to do anything similar to that and that was Jerry Krause.
Yes, to be fair it was MJ, but even then with the exception of Scottie every player around him was not there for the first 3-Peat.
And that's not even considering how to draft well. Props to OKC, they have been able to find talent. But drafting to surround a star and be successful is far more challenging outside of just dumb luck in my opinion.
But I do recognize your points as well 👍
@@_CoachWgreat convo
They should have a provision if you draft your own guys their following contracts only count 90% towards the cap regardless of how much they get paid. I think this would be a way to keep your own guys.
We do already have bird rights but essentially expanding upon that could be a great idea.
It makes a ton of sense IMO If you draft (or do a draft day trade) for a player & resign them you get some type of cap relief vs signing an opposing teams player.
Could have that cap relief on some sort of curve so the more they’re paid the more/less relief the team receives. I think years played with the drafted team should have some type of impact on potential cap relief as well. The longer you play for a team, the more cap relief it allows.
It does create issues though because then opposing teams HAVE TO overbid for free agents & small market teams who have a few bad drafts or lack picks will hurt SEVERELY.
@@SCREAMstackz247The NBA does not want small market teams in the Finals. Game 1 and game 2 were the least watched in the last 20-30 years.
Players you draft should not count against your cap...
Or count as a lesser percentage. 5 to 10% for 3 players you drafted getting paid the highest on your roster would make a GIGANTIC difference
@@OLAOnlyLegendzAllowed Just don't penalized those salaries 2x, 3x, things would work. Not counting against the cap is too much.
@@sjsupa yea I don’t think he meant that 😂😂😂😂😂 that would be crazy. I hope he didn’t mean that
rookies dont
@@sjsupa yeah its the tax that hurts. so if you draft the guy and develope them they should still count on your cap but not the lux tax, like richard said the GM and the team did a good job drafter the right guy and develope the player just for another team to swoop in and my hand are tied not becouse i can't pay him but paying him 12 million would actaully cost my team an extra 21m or even more if your on repeater and the tax is not even going to the players they don't get a piece of it.
It happens in every field, people make choices between money and corporate culture and working with friends/good colleagues.
One of the big problems for the past several years is players getting max deals when they are not max players.
That's the fault of about 8 owners/ teams. You know once they get out of the hole from giving Beal the max, the Wizards are going to 100% make the same mistake again.
@@That90sDJWizards have a new front office since 2023 and have been doing a great job. They have drafted well and brought in vets that expire in 2 years. They can tank next year and then start to make a playoff push when they have 50+mil to spend in the off-season. Only negative they have done is trading away Deni
Right. I didn't get RJ's statement that players are the only profession that have to choose between money and success. That's every place. You can get more money working at a failing company that's trying to become a Fortune 500 than you would get at a Fortune 500. An example is the current Red Lobster CEO who got paid to try and make Red Lobster relevant again. The company is paying you to try and make them successful. And just like the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, etc., if you aren't successful you'll be on a team/company that sucks.
@@Jrfusion08 he talking about it because its artificial, this is not a failing business that need to choose between the 2. This is a bylaw that can be edited. And there's also the option for the team that receives way more money to absorb the hit in taxes, instead of passing the buck to the players.
Perk looking like Black Zordon with that background. He about to deliver a message to the earthlings lol
The Supermax contract was the big killer. It sounded good on paper being able to offer guys more money with the teams that drafted them but then you end up with 2 supermax guys on your pay role and you have far less to spend padding out the roster. My suggestion and I cant believe this wasn't thought of in the beginning was say the max was 50 mill and the supermax 63 mill. If you pay a guy the supermax, only the max contract money should be taxed. So if you give a guy 63 mill a year only 50 goes on your salary book. That way you would be encouraged to draft and develop over hoovering up free agents and trades, the players are still incentivised to stay and the teams don't get 20% extra in taxed salary for drafting and developing superstars.
Yes
This
Maybe they should set up a franchise tag system. Only one player gets the super max. Yes it's possible that your second guy could leave but that would mean that another team would have to be willing to make them their number 1.
So you can only have 30 in the league.
They dont deserve all that money for a fucking game i dont care they not worth it none of them
Yeah makes sense. It’s rewarding good players without punishing the team
No player should take a discount to save the owner from paying the luxury tax. The owners won't take a discount when they want to sell the franchise.
so level up and work your way up to own a franchise. Until then - Be happy with your $100 million.
@@user-ku4cv1wo6t Level up faster by getting the money the rules say you're worth
@@user-ku4cv1wo6t So if no one is selling a franchise, which they rarely do, what do you do then?
@@user-ku4cv1wo6t Lmao. Just "level up" to billionaire status. Do you have any idea how ridiculous that sounds?
Unfortunately the tax apron is going to give teams a short 3-4 year window to 🏆 players will have to take less 💰 to keep role players & the team together & to make that 💰 back they will have to get endorsements off court
Part of the problem is that NBA contractshave gotten so absurd. When you have mediocre players making 35-40 mil a year it eats up a huge chunk of your salary cap. You’re going to have players making 60-70 mil a year which is going to hurt a team from signing players. It’s the same thing in the NFL with QBs taking up a huge portion of the salary cap with their contracts. You can’t compare professional sports with regular jobs and the amount of money being offered.
Professional athletes are expoited just like regular poeple working regular jobs, in the fact that their are workers and owners in both. Professional team owners don't add ANYTHING to the product and take 50% of the profit.
Yupe!! Paying bum or mid players 30-40 mil a year is pathetic and obscene!!
But that gets into the collective bargaining agreement. Players fought for decades to get a certain amount of the league revenue. So that's their money. The main problem is the contracts being fully guaranteed. That only benefits the players. The teams, league and fans suffer. NBA should do more like the NFL big signing bonus the rest can be earned through incentives
GMs fail the eye test and fall for the market value nonsense of agents...I said from day one if Ben Simmons cant make a jump shot or a free throw...is basically a 2 dimensional player (transition and defense)...he is not worth a max deal...draymond green, klay thompson...obviously not worth max deals...to me if a player cant put a team on his back and get a win singlehandedly when no one else has it that night at least once a week...then he's not a max player...GMs are handing out max deals like candy
Kendrick Perkins isn’t making any sense. Had to stop watching at about 4:30 in
That’s exactly the moment I decided I can’t listen to any more too
Can we check perk for CTE plz?
The hard cap is stupid as hell Memphis just had to trade Bane because they had to pay Jaren Jackson. Smh they only did this s*** to keep everybody from trying to play with kd and Lebron in the big markets
The players agreed to this in the last cba they need to blame themselves
Memphis looked at the team they had and said we could keep bane but this team with ja,bane and JJJ ain’t winning a championship so why would we pay all this luxury tax and apron penalties for a team whose ceiling is the 2nd round
@@Atribecalledsuccess yeah but mostly the TEAM OWNERS are the ones getting fcked more than the players.. team owners are the ones who pays the TAX while also overpaying players just for them to stay..
TEAM owners now needs to pump money into the team just for them to be competitive
Can Richard Jefferson shut up so Perk can finish his point. He’s such an ass acting like only his point hold validity. They both have points but Perk can’t finish a complete sentence. SMH
@@legenddaryl537that’s not true they just need to draft well & no owners are paying that extra tax that’s why players getting traded DUH
the new owners are all building gigantic entertainment venues that encompass the stadium. they see the nba as side entertainment to everything else like casinos, shopping, restaurants, theaters and other enriched entertainment media or services. the biggest example would be selling the mavs to casino moguls who CLEARLY do not care at all about the nba
Mavs got Cooper Flag, Kyrie and Anthony Davis! What more do you want, Jordan to come out of retirement and sign with the Mavs? SMH
You hit it right on the head with the Casino, with casinos comes online gambling. The NBA would sure love an expansion team in Vegas.
@@williamwalsh1533 Yeah, but it's not really about winning for many of these owners. Sure, they would be happy if they won, but it's more about entertainment and selling a product that's beyond basketball. In this way, the NBA and most professional sports have become similar to the WWE. These owners don't have any real connection to the cities or people anymore. And that's why many Americans now feel disconnected from the league and game. It's only growing because of the international market, and there are really only a few teams with a truly global brand (i.e., the Lakers being the most prominent).
No, RJ is not thinking it through. No matter what, teams will be capped as to what they can pay and still break even. So effectively OKC is capped regardless of the CBA. And we dont want a system in which the Clippers can buy the best team year after year because Ballmer is 10x wealthier than most owners. NBA has bigger problems than this issue
Ballmer wouldn't just burn money on his basketball team. Why is it working in baseball? They've destroyed the market system with caps and penalties. If the richest teams keep overpaying players, their profits will collapse, and they'll come back down to Earth. Look at the Yankees in baseball. They have learned that they have been paying the most for decades, and the last twenty years have netted them a single championship.
What difference would it be to Ballmer in his mid 60s to lose a hundred million a year? Or two hundred? Or three? In basketball that creates a varsity vs JV dynamic. And we've seen that before--in the 60s and 80s. I support the caps; let every management have to deal with the same budget constraints and let the best management win. Do some chess players get two queens and four rooks? Or do all players start with thr same forces? Its the latter. You make the assumption that owners will all want to break even. That is not true, and what is more, obviously some markets are much bigger than others. After caps, i'd like to see the NBA take hard action on trying to engage the broadest audience. NBA games have become so bourgy in comparison with international soccer. In my opinion that is to its merium and long term loss. And not only the live audience is bourgie but increasingly we're seeing dynastic NBA families--eg, Dylan Harper. Weve come a long way from Allan Iverson, Ron Artest and Latrell Spreewell and I dont think this is a great development. So I would like to see teams sell nosebleed seats at extremely low prices and Id like the league to stream 3 games FREE every week during the season--supported by ads. NBA on NBC is how the game got huge in the first place. They should saceifice some newr term gains for long term popularity.
Nah I agree with RJ. He’s saying big markets don’t have to worry about drafting as well, because every few years they’ll have the opportunity to pay one of those players from a smaller market whose team can’t afford them (Or is unwilling to go as deep into the luxury tax to build around them) He’s saying this isn’t exactly fair to the smaller markets who’ve done a good job of drafting well.
Agreed
@@pierredebeavoir Because owning sports teams isn't always about money for these owners. Many of the professional sports teams aren't even that profitable relative to the investment. Owning a sports team is about status. It's an ego thing...like a toy for some of them, like Ballmer. Do you see how rich he is? He could invest in many other ventures and make more money, if it were only about money. But it's not. These guys want the status, connection to sports, and winning, so they can brag to their other wealthy friends about their accomplishments.
The NBA gives trash players hundreds of millions of dollars guaranteed. That’s the problem. Lower ticket prices dammit
Trash players? There is something called a "fair market value"... these players wouldn't be paid what they do if they weren't bringing in revenue for owners... This kind of trash opinion is how we get into the business of defending billionaires so they can make more money each year. These owners realized they can still turn a profit without even having a fan in the stadium... on the backs of a bunch of "trash players making hundreds of millions"... yet these owners are still making money and lobbying so people like you fight for them... its gross...its sad
@@BadWolve bro tobias harris has made over 400 million in the last 7 years while averaging 15 and 5 and not shooting 3s
@@Meow.tech.47 15 and 5 is more than a lot of other players are contributing on the end of the bench.
@@Meow.tech.47y’all just make stuff up. Harris made $230 mil in the last 7 years.
@@BadWolvefair market value can still be trash. Those two aren’t mutually exclusive
Good question what is the solution?
The league isn't designed for dynasties anymore because of the apron penalties. OKC is finished winning championships after they sign Chet and Jalen.
Correct. Owners negotiate into the CBA a method to implement self control and the players went along with it.
It’s funny that’s created so much parody and now people hate it 😂. People are drawn to dominate teams that are able to stay together at the end of the day.
I think another solution is maybe your supermax players don't count against your cap? That's part of the reason why Luka got traded
I don't think they will keep Chet so they can keep cap flexibility but I do agree that next year is probably their last chance to win a title
the average age of their team is like 25 lmao, Caruso is the oldest guy on their team at 31. SGA Is only 27. OKC has a load of picks
you're overreacting, and I hate the 2nd apron
How does perk continue to be put into these conversations. He's wild man
You need counter arguments and that is what he provides.
@RenardGarland no he doesn't. He is a fool
Lol he never even finishes a thought though. You can't even understand his argument
It's entertainment, you need an opposition. If everyone agreed on live TV, there's not much to watch.
@@reynaldochavarria4226 Neither can he.
Richard don't want to blame the players.
It’s not the players you aren’t listening it’s going to be almost impossible to repeat or 3 peat which it already has been for a while
How are the players to blame for something the owners did?
@@mattcolgan5056 It's the whole league that's a problem, but you're right. The owners and league office did this to themselves.
The hard cap isn't a player problem. It's about trying to "spread the wealth" around the league which is bufoonery. The NY Knicks whether there's a hard cap or not are still going to be a poorly run team. So is Sacramento. The point we should not be penalizing teams who are able to build good teams. The Nuggets built a great team and after winning a chip had to watch a bunch of great role players leave. The same thing is gonna to OKC and already happened to Indiana with them losing Myles Turner. Like this is not some rule that just effects players buddying up. You're actually hurting the same small market teams you're trying to help
@steventucker3297 and dynasties are the fabric of the NBA. Nobody's watching the NBA now just like how the 70s NBA wasn't memorable with 8 different champions. Love them or hate them superteams are what the NBA is about. The key is to get a "Sam Presti" in a smaller market. So he can make good trades and draft well to make an organic super team. But whether they're organic or not you need superteams
14:15 did Perk really say the downfall of the Big 3 Celtics era was him leaving? 😅 yeah sure those were his best days, but…
12:50 what happened to Perk
Current NBA cba is adversely affecting the league… unsustainable
Richard is a homer for the NBA players.. Perk just made a ton of sense!!
9 minutes and no one talks about the fans, but we should care if they get "the bag" and get to play where they want and who they want to play with. Are we or are we not the reason "the bag" is possible or why Road Trippin exists. Ya'll are as bad as politicians sometimes.
Yeah, you should care because players are being exploited as workers, the same as 90% of the population.
@@Goliath-rn4viThat's bcuz they are workers.
@@Goliath-rn4vi I’m not suggesting the owners are good people, but let’s be real, the players are extremely cared for athletes with big egos. The people who work in the arena are the exploited workers. The fans are exploited too.
The media contracts is what fuels the bag
@@Tr1pperz and views fuel the media.
Adam Silver needs to go or the NBA is going to be left behind.
8:50 ... it's entertainment. For some reason athletes seem to forget that. You can either take the bag and do movies you dont want to do or you can take less and do what you want. It's simple.
Only people getting boned are the fans. How about the owner and the players take less money and lower the tickets.
Boned?
Bad to the Boned 😂😂😂
Why the f**k would you want the workers to take less money? Do you think you should get less money at your job so the product can be cheaper? Owners don't do produce or add anything the product so they should take less money.
@Goliath-rn4vi Stop it. The fans are who ultimately pay the players, the owners and the distributors. If all of them are fking over the fans, then fans have a right to speak out. You a lawyer for the players? Good for you.
I can agree there.
Players need to take less money because they DON’T PLAY.!!!
This needs to be crawled back. Players are simply getting too much money. Eventually you will see a player or two reach 100 million per season??!! Not every owner has endless resources
@@callgreg01The owners are getting their money, why not the players?
yea sure beacuse i never heard people say that in soccer , baseball or Nascar. Only basketball and football wonder why smh
@@rb3160- What players are not getting their money??
Owners need to get less money because they aren't managing the team well. See Jerry Reinsdorph. The Bulls should have been stripped from him when let the Bulls Dynasty walk for nothing.
The Bulls are still the highest draw in the NBA at home because of the 90s dynasty. Reinsdorph doesn't give a damn about winning.
Notice how quick RJ cut off perk when he started calling out LeBron. 🤣
When in doubt blame LeBron
Because Perk tries to blame LeBron for EVERYTHING and be wrong every time. Everyone in media blames LeBron for everything and now yal dumb fans actually believe that false narrative
I was shocked to see Perk actually start criticising LeBron. 😂
Perk says so much nonsense
2 things can fix this:
1. Rookie wage scale 3yrs 15 million TOTAL FOR EVERY 1st rd pick no matter the draft position
2. No luxury tax for teams that KEEP their player's they drafted and/or resigned
The luxury tax isn't the issue though, its the aprons that are the issue and quite literally puts teams into real danger.
Fatigue is real. The players are insufferable.
Oh shut up
It's a sign the NBA sports entertainment product is in decline. When players salaries, product prices are hyper-inflated and people are not purchasing it this is unsustainable as a business model and will eventually end up in bankruptcy.
Exactly. It is basic economics. Mid players making 40 million is ridiculous. Even SGA getting 70 mill per year is ridiculous. He is not 70 million dollars good, and the fans know it. They are overpaid and overrated.
Hopefully they will address these issues before things get that bad. The NBA is no stranger to tough financial times. Many people still give credit to the Magic and Bird rivalry for helping to save the league back then. Therefore, I can see the NBA eventually making the tough decisions needed to move the league in the right direction even if it means moving on from Adam Silver as well.🤔
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It is not necessarily the best "product" the NBA _could_ be putting out, right now, but ... the Association is still highly profitable. They have a set of issues, including the need to add expansion teams (because the "talent pool" is still just barely deep enough, and the league gets huge benefits from new teams,).. though any "issues" also can be handled, *if* the owners recognize they need to work together better.
true....and they still have their international market 💰💰 but it will interesting to see how their US market will look in 5-10 yrs🤔@@williestyle35
I'm laughing! SGA will get 70 mill a year on his new extension, RJ is talking about not getting his full value, AT 70 MILLION A YEAR?Come on man!
And they act like value of the franchises is because of current players. The billion valuation is because of the teams being apart of the league and the fanbases that have been built over drcades.
His comment went over your head
@@goodymob9638he’s not wrong though
After taxes about 28 mil
The point is, he could’ve gotten more if he had gone elsewhere.
I agree with Kendrick Perkins 😳 Idk if I ever said that before 😂😂😂
Cap. That’s irrelevant to the point. The point it’s hard to build a team long term because teams can pay their players fairly. That’s completely irrelevant to what perk is tryna say which in only partially true in the first place
Facts
Its actually counterintuitive. It’s basically like extending college. You get a rookie you and develop him into a young star while other GM’s didn’t see his potential. When it’s time for him to get paid they come in and swoop him up because you can’t afford him. Your not rewarding good GM’s your punishing them. Bad GM’s can just go grab what they want from free agency.
If there’s an in between ground, RJ, then what is it?
8:10 lol wtf... Tristan was not part of a Big 3 😂
6:47 .. R.J, like... really?
It’s amazing that basketball players and basketball fans fail to see what made the NFL as the king. Hard salary caps and parody is what keeps the product unpredictable, and as a byproduct, keeps the product fresh and exciting. Boohoo that you can’t keep all your players. Has that model hurt the NFL??
Shorter careers, less games, much higher turnover. The only position with longevity is the quarterback. That model will not work in the NBA.
NFL is declining too, bro. It's more scripted than the NBA
@@bryantwilson5761Remember when the NFL had to put their big dick on the table when LeBron ran his mouth about Christmas games? Yeah…those numbers aren’t declining anytime soon. If it does, it won’t be because of what the NBA is doing
@@pierredebeavoirFor one, offensive and defensive linemen play just as long as the QB does so that’s incorrect. Also, the career length span is pretty irrelevant. You lose players in a litany of ways. You still have to draft well to replace them
@@dimitrisbright9807Career length is not irrelevant. That's a huge point of leverage. You have to look at the roster size as well, along with the total number of games. The NFL system would never work in the NBA.
I disagree with Richard. This is the best for fans. Spread the stars out so everyone has some players for fans to root for. I've always had to watch these dynasties. It felt like everyone had a dynasty except for my team. If players want to get paid, they should go to the smaller markets. More variety.
So you’re upset your team didn’t have one, your jealous, had your team been the “Lakers” you wouldn’t be saying this.
@@corneliusblackwood9014 you're right that my team isn't the Lakers. What's your point? I want chaos. I want people spread out. I want every team to have a superstar worth cheering for.
@@snowbear441pick a better team. Lol
Man a sorry franchise with cheap owners should NOT BE REWARDED
The point is players should be getting better anyway not staying complacent and hoping for a superstar to come. Everyone should be trying to make their self a "superstar".
7:29 FINALLY! Dang let the man speak 😂
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Look at the NFL: Hard salary cap, no max salary, no guaranteed contracts and any star an NFL team drafts they are always able and nearly always keep. Young, home-drafted star players NEVER reach unrestricted free agency in the NFL until they age out of being stars.
Right. So The most racist league is the model.
Richard, governments and companies have budgets as well. Every role within a company has a pay range, which is essentially a salary cap.
Facts!! Exactly!!
And plenty of people take jobs making less money to be a part of a company with a better culture.
Lol Government don’t know what a budget is.
Because of the greed..
50 million a year contracts without playing all 82 games or at least 75 is crazy...
I hope you never take a day off from work.
Greed? The owner takes 50% of the profit and doesn't do anything and your talking about the workers? I'm sure you turn down raises, right?
@@traviswilliams3189
Lol. Ikr
Players don't go around thinking:"I am worth $ x millions on the market." but their agents and GMs tell them so...
@@traviswilliams3189 Playing a kids game for millions and missing 1/4 of the season lol. That's not just taking off work 🤣🤣
As a fan I never want to see rich markets, and wealthy owners, continue to get the top talent all the time. Parity may be flawed, but I prefer it to the old days.
So when Boston and LA was winning most of the time? What old days?
@@lexis4490. Days before this year. Three small market teams and the Knicks in the conference finals.
@@Thunderfan70So Bos vs LAL or the “Big 3s” era
I like not knowing which 2-4 teams are gonna make it to the finals tbh. The playoffs was fun to watch
Nothing has really changed. The small market teams will still be a farm system for bigger market teams regardless of the current CBA. Hell even teams who might not be as glamorous but are in a bigger market are experiencing this as well proof of that being Dallas trading Luka to a more marquee franchise in the Lakers because the owner didn't want to pay Luka the supermax or the second apron luxury tax that would have come along with it and because the league wanted a big name in LA.
@@revans100591the big markets might have more leeway because they can afford the luxury tax but with the repeater tax and 2nd apron they can’t keep it. Boston would’ve had to pay 500mil if they kept portingis and Jrue. The revenue for them is 500Mil. The overhead,stadium upkeep, employees, advertising and everything else would be running at a loss. The new CBA doesn’t allow big markets to do whatever they want
small market hate is wild
it’s obvious the NBA product was stale with super teams and big markets teams because in all markets want to see their teams have a fair chance
Btw the football model works phenomenally…
0:47 boohoo, while it sucks especially for a team trying to build. It forces teams to choose and players get spread around. Big markets shouldnt be able to add anyone they want.
That's why INDY Lost Myles......as deep as Indy is, when their young guys develop and deserve paid, you got to let them go to get paid
You have to understand if the players get a pay bump. They become more expensive, any business or home have to make cuts as things becomes more expensive. People get laid off all the time in the world.
I think what Perk was getting at about players like Ben Simmons causing this is real. Owners are tired of paying guys crazy money and then being held hostage by them. The other part to it, is wanting to prevent teams like the warriors who have an owner willing to spend, from spending.
But what this has caused, is that there were a ton of FA agents this summer who would have been paid who wont. And what is coming down the pipeline is that there will be less money on nba contracts at every level except at the top 1%
The last part is actually what the owners were hoping for when they made this current CBA. In their eyes they are correcting the market for what the mid and lower tier guys will make moving forward. Players like Tre Mann making 15 million a year to be 7th or 8th option is exactly why that part is happening.
@@revans100591 Exactly. They found a way to cap player salaries.
@@mtaylor150Yep and waving guys or trading guys now in the mid or lower tiers making big money to get the process started. The days of the 7th or 8th man on the team making big money are over. This is also going lead to more pressure being applied on those players to accept whatever amount is given by a team even if they outplay the contract amount.
why did players agree to this!?
@@XTRABIGa bigger split of the revenue they share with the owners. Plus it doesn't help the top 1% always sells everyone out during holdout or lockout because they know they won't be effected by this.
Perkins' argument makes no sense. What he's arguing doesn't have shit to do with the luxury tax and 2nd apron. Stop getting on a soap box about "accountability" and players when the conversation is about teams being able to retain their players and compete with their core for more than 3 years
I thought with bird rights you could go over thr cap? Is that changing?
NOBODY said a WORD when Richard Jefferson spoke. NOBODY. AND by the way the players have to take accountability for what is happening period!
You know how stupid it is to name 2-5 players to make an argument when 1/2 teams in the league have been poorly ran for decades but it's always the players fault
OKC can never compete in a free market to a big market club. OKC and Indiana was in the Finals because the free market was restricted by the Players Union and Owners.
10:41 dat part 🤣 🤣 🤣
They’re terrified. They’re seeing all of their stars about to retire, the young stars were just all in the playoffs and finals and the post season ratings were awful
Richard pissed that not the same 4 teams will remain relevant. Now every team if ran well can have a legit window to win after drafting a prime player.
IF ran well is the key here tho.
Man Perk is one lucky dude. Cause he ain’t $hit at making a point or talking generally for that matter! 😂😂😂
RJ happily took $40 million of Timmy's in 2010 to join San Antonio. Richard benefited from a star player taking less.
I agree with Richard. Maybe the solution is the salaries for drafted and/or players acquired via trade dont count towards the cap, but you can only spend X amount (hard cap) in free agency.
It started with two key items. 1. Load management, 2. Players holding out to force trades. From Dwight howard, Harden Ben Simmons, jimmy butler and even. Players also have little too much power
Lebron should've been first on this list
@@davidnunez9252 nigga what? LeBron never forces trades and load management started with the spurs lol
Never thought Perk would be the one making sense
The players of today do not train, practice, or play with the same intensity of the players before them. That's why the viewership and fanbase went down. The owners already know that the dollars they got from the recent TV deal don't make sense. That's why they sold their teams.
No, The blazers are selling because its part of the will of the owner who passed the team is currently in a trust. Lakers also had to eventually sell in order for all the children to benefit from the value of the team. Otherwise only the youngest children of buss would benefit and the families of all the older children would get screwed out of billions.
False narrative
Ya'll just be talking out of ya'll asses I swear
lol yall don’t be knowing shit
I usually don’t but I fully agree with Perk on this.
Myles Turner is the perfect example of what RJ is talking about. 4:08
Perk sound like SAS
The players and the owners agreed to it so what’s the problem?
It’s not working that’s the problem
Bruh. . . Companies fail all the time because their payroll is too high. Who told you that NBA players are the only people who have to choose less money or more productivity?
Less money for nba player has nothing to do with the nba failing or team productivity. Just ownership seeing opportunity to take money from unaware players. Who are young. Who don't see the situation properly as this money was earned by you for generating revenue. Putting a winning team together is the G.M job . When the players aren't worth it they will see suddenly the G.M do the job Magically 🎉. By getting rid of said player. Ask D wade, Michael Jordan and Kevin Garrnet . How was it helping out the franchise...then after a few years your words mean nothing. Good bye...
Never Give back a dime!
Mlb , english soccer, Formula 1 driver's. Never have to give back money or take less.
@@bryanttisdale2446you’re about as smart as the young guys you’re caping up for if you think player salaries don’t/can’t affect operations. That’s literally the BUSINESSES largest expense, and they still have hundreds of other employees and contractors. . . Follow this to its logical conclusion, if every player gets the contract they “deserve” from the team that drafted them, how do they pay 15 guys(6 that don’t play) 25-50 million?
You don’t want the teams to be profitable and that’s fine. It’s just communist lol
@lewcy The salary has already been taken in as overhead. When Eddie Curry was offered $400 for life for a heart condition. The team was thinking 80% insurance for them plus 1 yrs salary of the 2 already on the books. Take part of salary put in High yeild account. Pay Curry of THE INTEREST! keep the rest for US.
Teams like the Bulls today loser team on paper. Winner in accounting. Play in team . Full local & national t.v. revenue. To legacy players with memorabilia sales Jordan & Rose. Big Market Ticket sales 80% to a few sale outs. There very profitable as a bad team. But you want players to give Billionaires Money Back??
@@lewcy Look at the LeBron now.. generated Billions but never paid it by the league like Jordan.
Now Lakers won't even extend him and stop listening to his influence!😮
Why? Its time to go!
He is no longer seen as a future investment and Long term Money Generator.
@@bryanttisdale2446I don’t want anyone to give anything back. I want people to stop pretending that Luka, Tatum, LeBron wanting 60million a year doesn’t impact the rotation players contracts. They would have a better chance of winning if they left more on the table for other players.
I don’t think it’s their responsibility but it is the reality🤷🏽♂️
Yeah, we should worry about the billionaires. They are barely getting by, and we should always be concerned and thinking of their interests. They so rarely get what they want.
I love the parity that the 2nd apron is creating but it does punish teams that draft well I think a player's contract extension that was drafted by a team should count 80 or 85 % against the cap
Perk need his own podcast though. We all love him & he should have his own now.
There's a point to what Perkins is saying, because some players that get the max contract doesn't lived up to the expectation based on his salary. For the past few years, once a players gets a max contract, then he gets hurt or a lingering injury is harmpering his play.
Because he got paid, the basketball is secondary
1. Outside of Zion and Ben Simmons that don’t happen and 2. That has nothing to do with the original point.
Max contracts were going out to people who could potentially become stars but not stars already. Like Michael porter Jr. Jalen Green. Desmond Bane. Some of them would be the 3rd option on the team getting a max contract. No wonder they have all been traded to a new team.
@@longlivetheblackmamba2-8-24 quickly, scottie barnes, bruce brown stopped playing after he got paid and left denver, jimmy butler cried all year, murray and mpj, paul george got the max max and sat all year making podcasts, technically okc and the pacers shouldnt have made the finals.
@@Meow.tech.47you just saying shit at this point. None of those guys purposely sat out when they got paid. A few got hurt but they didn’t just say “I got paid I’m purposely not going to play and expect to still get paid”. Literally that’s only Ben Simmons and he wasn’t even paid when he sat out. Not even Zion does that, but he hasn’t lived up to expectations. Jimmy as well played when allowed, his antics was in the locker rooms, practices and flights. And it wasn’t after he got paid it was because he didn’t get paid.
That last part however is the most delusional part of your comment however. The pacers at full strength proved they were the best team in the east even over the cavs since January and the thunder been the best all year. To say neither should have made the finals is just pure ignorance or you just a casual and only wanna see superteams in the finals.
the idea is GREED Richard Jefferson. its basketball. you're not curing disease or anything meaningful. you're entertainment and most nights its not good entertainment. the games are terrible
So why should the players take less and not the owners
@Cole_Evanss12 because the players don't have generational wealth without the owners. There are kids all over the world that would play all 82 games for a fraction of the salary and be thankful they're there.
@SkiLILs so go get the random kid to play and see if that kid makes you as much money as Lebron and Steph.
@@Cole_Evanss12you’re naive if you think the current power structure would revert back to a meritocracy. The sport has become a rich kids sport given the billions on the line. Kids from the hood stand no chance
@@SkiLILsso why didn't it work with the NFL when they had scab players? Fans now care more about the players than they do the teams thats one of the leagues biggest issues
now we need to trade lebron and luka and build around bronny and stop saving him for the finals
Luka WILL be the face of Lakers NOT Bronny
@@kc9929-xyz fat mamba?
😂😂😂😂😂
my glorious king bronny.
That top dollar part is the problem. Player contract size increase in astronomical way year after year making decade old salary is nothing compared nowadays. Though I agree that hom grown talents should have luxury tax exception for a certain years.
Also, I still agree that cap should still be in place just to make sure even small market team can keep with big market teams in terms of roster building.
8:08 in... did this guy say cavs big 3 was Bron, Ky, and Tristan Thompson??? Wth
NBA owner said it not about sports and entertainment any longer it has become a real estate company.
How so? The two largest deals with the Celtics and lakers when neither team owns the real estate they play on. One of the minority owners of the lakers owns crypto arena. The team still have to pay his market rate for rent.
@@Gfys2025 Ask Mark Cuban, Jenni Buss, these are statement they made about ownership now.
Players aren’t worth 60m. They play 50 games a year. And the league isn’t worth watching. Bring back the 80-90s.
2000's was better
We got players now earning 70 FUCKING MILLIONS.
The NBA market is so screw up
The NBA like any league needs to scale back. The money isn't their anymore. When it is less money they need to cut spending.
The leauge rewarded OKC for how they're run with a title. That's the message they're sending.
2:08 Perkins is thinking what I thought, guys like kahwi leonard
What Richard doesn't realize is that eventually all teams will have less money so hornets wouldn't be able to steal chet without comprimising their team. I like the rules and the parity it brings to the league.
Every time these guys in the nba talk money, I do not even try to relate cause I can't. Man complaining that SGA is getting 71 mill a year. Dude left 100 mill on the table and RJ act like its a sin.
RJ is in the right. in no other field besides sports would an employee leave more money on the table when getting a raise or renegotiating a contract. it is not the player’s job to take less money. it is the owner’s job to pay these players for what they are worth.
Blame Lebron and Durant. When your best players in your league start teaming up, it kills competition. The nba had to do this to keep talent spread around and also add parity.
This comment makes no sense...NBA is as competitive top to bottom as ever
@@mrhoopfan1 It got to that point because the nba had to artificially put rules in place to make men be men and compete instead of teaming up and hurting the business. If all the best players are on two or three teams, and they are in the finals every year, why if im in Sacramento...why would I buy season tix every year. The nba stopped these feminine men from killing the business
No just LeBron
@@michaelfrazier606......Lebron wasn't the first Franchise player to make that move. Garry Patton left the Sonics for The Lakers. Carl Malone left the jazz for Lakers. Then fast forward to Ray Allen and kevin Garrnet joined the Celtics 😂. Lebron was not the 1st to do it.
@@VondellLawtonMalone and Payton were at the tail end of their careers, not in their primes like KD and Bron were when they were bouncing around. Ray Allen and KG were both traded to the Celtics, they weren’t free agents like KD and LeBron. You thought
Players greed caused this...
And players forcing teams to trade them
Players greed 😂😂😂😂😂 players are the ones making less than they create. Americans always blaming the "employees" while billionaires run it up is hilarious 😂😂😂
I absolutely love uncensored basketball analysis
Channing Frye looks like me on ALL zoom calls lmao
NBA owners are literally billionaires sitting on assets that are not only appreciating in value but actively generating almost $400 million a year in revenue ON AVERAGE. Every organization can AFFORD to field a competitive team. Good sports team owners have two things in common. The will to win, and the ability and willingness to delegate. The latter is obviously important, some people just suck at team-building, but the former is key. You can have the most dedicated fanbase in the largest metropolitan area with the most state-of-the-art arena, but if your owner cares more about annual net profit than championships and legacy you're fucked.
He's talking about the penalties the celtics just went over the second apron and had to pay an additional 200 mil in taxes. Jaylen browns super max doubles because of the tax penalties.
@@conyeezy8027owners have partners also. They want to see a bigger return on investment over the years. They can't do what they want 100%of the time.
Till the owner to take a pay cut not the player's..
How about players pay the tax of they don't play up to their contract. Owners actually make less with more risk.
How bout u take a pay cut wen annually raise come around at work. Think about that.. @Hammiecak3s
What about non guaranteed contracts so if you dont play you dont get paid. How many people get paid and not have to show up to work?
How is parody not good for the league🤦🏿♂️
Parity 😂
Is it leaving $ on the table? Value of the player within the constraints.
Homegrown talent should be 80% towards cap and maybe some type of designation player where it only counts 80% towards the cap as well. You can have only one of the designation players on a team with the discount towards cap working
Can Perk just not talk about stuff....ever
There hasn't been a back-to-back champion in 10 years
Lies. 2017 Warriors 2018 Warriors.
@@All4LordYuno thats who he talking about 😂😂 I guess he rounded off the years
@@brandonbates9259cant just do what he wants lol
@@All4LordYuno Nah made a mistake. Last 7-8 years then. The point is the ownership made changes in the last “go-around” with the players. 1st/2nd apron means going to hard to build another dynasty like before.
@@brandonbates9259 it’s not that big of a deal tbh
RJ in this video is me every single time Kendrick Perkins opens his mouth 😂
Another aspect to consider is reworking the draft. The draft lottery is probably the worst way to uplift bad teams.
Wrong, it didn't come from coaches. Load management came from LeBron, teams said it works for him so we are going to treat our players the same. Then other lazy players followed there king and said hey I want to get paid not to play as well and try less so I can play longer and make more money. Hopefully LeBron will be gone soon and the league can become about the game again and not money.
😂😂😂😂yall give lebron way too much power over the NBA organization
The Spurs started load management
I wish you did research before such a biased hater comment.
Lebron average games played per season is 71.
Kobe was 71.9, nobody says he started load management.