about analyzing teams for winning with max players. kobe has a max contract. russy has a max contract for almost half of it. the league is operating with overlapping salary eras, and the good gms have to be on top of those salary shifts.

now gms are figuring out how to operate with this rising cap, and you know there are going to be people who gamble and end up looking real good, and some gm who gambles a year too late, then the owners lock down expenses and destroy his cap flexibility.