What is the max amount a veteran URFA can get under the new CBA?

[daddywags]

Title sort of gets to my question. I apologize for asking folks to "do my research" for me but with all the knowledge on this board I figured someone (probably more than one) already knows the answer.

Reason I ask it is because I'm wondering whether a guy like, say, Al Jefferson might be able to be had for a 12/48 type contract even though he made $15 million this past season. Does the new CBA affect how much players like Jefferson (a really good player, but not exactly a "max" player under the present rules) can expect to make nowadays?

 

[Man Called X]

Title sort of gets to my question. I apologize for asking folks to "do my research" for me but with all the knowledge on this board I figured someone (probably more than one) already knows the answer.

Reason I ask it is because I'm wondering whether a guy like, say, Al Jefferson might be able to be had for a 12/48 type contract even though he made $15 million this past season. Does the new CBA affect how much players like Jefferson (a really good player, but not exactly a "max" player under the present rules) can expect to make nowadays?

Players can still make similar amounts to the past, the question is whether teams are willing to offer these types of contracts. I think this is going to be the first real free agency where you see a big change in the contracts being given out. It's really tough to judge what he's ultimately going to get.

 

[STAT]

Max salaries under the current CBA are dependent upon the number of years a player has played in the NBA, in the following manner:

0-6 years: 25% of salary cap
7-9 years: 30% of salary cap
10+ years: 35% of salary cap

For instance, a player that has played in the NBA for 8 seasons can sign a max contract where the first year of that contract totals to 30% of that year's salary cap. This brings up another important point, those percentages apply to the first year of a contract. Multi-year deals may have raises up to 7.5%. Also of note, the 25%, 30%, and 35% figures are not exactly that percentage of the cap, but rather the cap adjusted for BRI projections which typically result in salaries that are a little less than those percentages.

 

[Ohio]

It's usually in the $16 - $20 million (in the first year) range.

 

[daddywags]

Thanks guys. I knew I could count on you! I guess I can forget any pipe dream of 12/48 being enough for an Al Jeff.