NBA salary cap
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The NBA salary cap is the limit to the total amount of money that National Basketball Association teams are allowed to pay their players. Like the other major professional sports leagues in North Amer
In a rule named after Derrick Rose, accomplished players coming off their rookie contract could earn more money in the 2011 CBA.
Gilbert Arenas, pictured here in 2008, was able to receive a bigger contract as a restricted free agent by leaving the Golden State Warriors for the Washington Wizards in 2003, prompting the "Gilbert Arenas Rule".
LeBron James
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LeBron Raymone James Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association. Nicknamed "King James", he is the NBA's all-time leading score
NBA salary cap
…free agent after the 2016–17 season, a potential gain of nearly $50 million over the life of his next contract. Similarly, executive committee members LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, who could opt out of their current contracts after the same season, had the potential for similar gains with this change. Many NBA…
James with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2022
James engages in a pre-game ritual of tossing crushed chalk into the air in March 2008.
James with the Cavaliers in 2009.
James as a member of the Heat in March 2011.