Well, lets start out this new forum with a link to the most indispensible reference tool available for discussing the nuts and bolts of the NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement:
Larry Coon's CBA Frequently Asked Questions:
http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm
Want to know about base year contracts? Bird rights? Luxury taxes? Salary caps? Mid-level exception? This is the place to get the Ka-nahlege! The wizdom! Jus' the fax!
Read it. Know it. Live it. (Judge Reinhold in Fast Times at Ridgement High).