What impact does the salary cap increase have on the MLE?

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  1. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I'm curious, with the cap increase and the boom in salaries as a result, what is the MLE this year and what will it be going forward?

    http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/info/salary_cap

    RealGM says it's only $5,628,000 (not sure if that's accurate.) If that's the case, why the hell wouldn't the MLE raise to meet what's going on with the salary cap? $5.6 million will be nothing in the new market.
     
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    It will but it takes times. The mle is supposed to be the average salary across the entire league.
     
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    I thought the MLE was based on average salaries or something? (I didn't bother to read your link, so I'm pulling a SlyPokerDog here)
     
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    Previously the MLE was tied to the average salary, but as of the 2011 CBA, that is no longer the case (See footnote #3). The MLE schedule has been defined and won't change until a new CBA is signed.

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    In the past it has been a reasonable contract though. Offer a guy the MLE for four years and it's not a bad price for a veteran in his prime, but $5.6 million will be extremely low in the new salary cap.
     
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    Nicely done. I get lost keeping up with all the adjustments made each cba. So thanks for that.
     
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    Not going to be able to get anybody good for that kind of money.
     
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    Yep--pretty much equivalent to what the BAE or the room exception could do before the cap jump.
     
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    At least not for more than a 2 year 2nd year player option deal if all the teams with space arent interested in said player
     
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    Unless everyone's cap space is gone, and a few good vets waited too long to accept an offer. That seems to happen every year.
     
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    Shit rolls down hill. By the time the dust clears, there will be some vets/somewhat good players that will be forced to take it, but yeah that is gonna make hard for teams to have a decent 15 on the roster....worst case scenario it's like the clearance rack at Good Will....
     
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