NBA insider Brian Windhorst and salary cap expert Bobby Marks discussed the situation and how the organization’s actions over the summer have put them over the first “hard cap” tax provision in the collective bargaining agreement during a recent episode of ESPN’s “Hoop Collective” podcast. The amount they owe the league at the conclusion of the season is increased because they are a team that has exceeded that threshold in four of the previous five years.
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According to Windhorst, the organization wants to get under the first apron and he suggested that improving the roster and doing so wouldn’t require a lot of salary cap magic. Dejounte Murray of the Atlanta Hawks has been
But because they witnessed it happen the year before, LA supporters are optimistic that they can swiftly turn things around very soon. Last season, general manager Rob Pelinka made a number of smaller decisions that had a big impact before the NBA trade deadline. In the last few days of the season, his revamped team picked up steam and advanced all the way to the Western Conference Finals.
Lakers supporters are hoping that additional trades can be made in the upcoming weeks to produce comparable outcomes because of this recent history. Making moves this season is a little more challenging, though, as a number of the team’s players from the previous campaign signed new long-term contracts this past summer. Los Angeles therefore lacks the same level of pay flexibility as they did in this
