I'll never get tired watching you guys react & discuss JxmyHighroller videos. Just interests me seeing a group of sports fans (casual to basketball) learn & dissect hoops analysis as intricate & well-made as this. Top tier content.

When LeBron signed for 14.5, he took a massive pay cut so the team could afford wade bosh etc...

NBA has what is called a “soft cap” so you can go over the amount but the penalty gets severe the more the owner spends over that number.

Truly need more JxmyHighroller video blokes

I was Born in 1986 and grew up watching just about every Bulls game, M.J. was worth every single penny.

That 14.5 mil is deceiving, he took a pay cut to get Wade n Bosh. There we’re several players paid more than Lebron that season

There seem to be two different schools of thought on what "buying a championship" means. This video suggests that it just means you have the highest payroll, but the definition I grew up with is buying a championship means instead of drafting and developing players you just go out and "buy" the best free agents available, which is what the Lakers and Yankees have been notorious for doing.

This man has the numbers to back anything up....he really does his homework....and yes the do have a salary cap but if they spend over that then they are in the luxury tax

The way it works in the NBA is that teams have to stay under the salary cap. However, they are allowed to go over the salary cap only to re-sign their own players who are free agents. So for example, if during the summer your roster is $100m, and the cap is $120m, and your biggest star is a free agent, you can sign another player for $20 million, and then re-sign your star player for, say, $40m, and have a payroll now of $160m.. $40m over the salary cap. And each year you are over the cap, you incur luxury taxes, which can really add up big-time. So you can't just sign players over the cap and pay tax. It has to be a re-signing of your own player.

The draft system definitely has a big big flaw in that it incentivizes tanking. But one big advantage it has over the European football structure is that it also incentivizes more long-term thinking - no way Chelsea lets go of De Bruyne and Salah if it were the US It allows smaller teams with smart front offices & scouting to have a chance, unlike PL where even w/ a miracle season like Leicester City in 2016, ultimately that didn't lead them to really join the "Big 6" - instead they got raided & lost Kante, then later Mahrez etc One thing I really dislike about European Football is that it's especially cruel to the teams that are "new risers" - the likes of Southampton a few yrs ago, Leicester, and the likes of Spurs, Dortmund, Atleti etc - stuff like Lewandowski forcing his way to Bayern when BOTH TEAMS WERE IN THE CL FINAL AND WERE FIGHTING FOR THE BUNDESLIGA TITLE - that's some weakass move by Lewa that should turn him into a villain in America. Guys like Harry Kane constantly being told to move to a "bigger club" is so dumb - I swear a lot of European fans would support losers like KD

Ok I have had to start fact checking Daz, he doing that bro logic (pub logic) - For example, clubs traditionally receive just 7.5 per cent commission from the sale of a replica jersey and other merchandise. Liverpool, under the terms of their deal with Nike, receive 20 per cent commission per shirt or piece of merchandise sold.

always cool to look at what's "needed" (in a historical sense) to win a championship. a good rule of thumb is "one top 5 current player, or two top 15 current players" is virtually necessary to win a ring

Jordan was not payed big amounts until the last few seasons when he was paid 30 million. But his endorsements were way higher than any athlete in the country. He was the first athlete to earn over a billion dollars.

Chris Bosh retired in 2016 from the Miami Heat. He recently received his last payment of $434,000 that he received twice a month… that’s insane.

There's obviously a correlation between salary and wins, but it's just not guaranteed.

That channel makes amazing videos. Really well thought out and researched.

No hard cap, luxury tax penalties if you go over, i think thats accurate. I love his videos, the stat graphics are the best

There is a salary cap in the NBA. It’s not a strict as NFL but there is a ceiling. It’s called a soft cap, meaning once your team hitting the salary cap (let’s say it’s 135 million for the year). Any salaries given past that will be taxed to the owner of the team. Typically teams only go over the luxury if they are competing for a championship or believe they can win this year. But it’s not sustainable forever.

The NBA has two different types of salary cap. Hard cap and a soft cap. Soft cap is about $134 million. Luxury tax cap is somewhere around 160 million. So basically every dollar they go over $134 million they have to pay a luxury tax to the NBA which at the end of the year is split up amongst all the teams in the league. Last year that was $660 million dollars. Golden state's owners have very deep pockets and are known to consistently go over the soft cap and pay more tax than any other team in the league. Also there is a 15 man roster in the NBA but a team must have at least 13 to be allowed to play a game. Usually 12 sit on the bench and three are in reserve for injury purposes but in general the last three people on the bench only see the court when the game is all but over.

Kobe retired in 2016, and died in 2020, yet his is still the #5 most sold jersey in the NBA. In fact, Kobe's estate has earned over $750 million since his death, and $400 million thus far in 2022 alone.

Joe Lacub bought the Warriors for $450 Million in 2010 and now they are worth $7 Billion. They created a small ball system that changed the game. They developed players within their system that other teams didn't give a shot or used them incorrectly like Curry, Wiggins, Green, Gary Payton Jr. They develop players and make them playoff stars or mentors in their system like Looney, Poole, and Iguodala. And they have an unselfish philosophy with some players taking less $$ than they were worth to help the team achieve greatness. So they didn't just buy success, they created it and now are in the position to pay to retain it.

The 94 and 95 Houston Rockets show it’s possible to overcome the salary disparity. And highlight the benefit of bench strength from bench players. Role players are undervalued heavily in the league…

14:30 Daz is correct, but this is not a secret anymore for NBA fans. You pretty much need a top 5-ish player surrounded by 1-2 top 20 players and good a cast of supporting players after that. This is why the formula for winning titles is to focus on building a “big three” of star players and then just fill the rest of the roster with cheap role players. I can’t remember the last team to win a title that didn’t have a top 5 player, because elite players in basketball have such a large impact on the game. Maybe the spurs in their most recent title? For example: Warriors dynasty: Curry is the star, Klay and Draymond are the next 2 pieces, and they had numerous key role players behind them. At their height, you add Kevin Durant to that and it’s no wonder they were unstoppable. 2021 Bucks: Giannis is the star, Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton are the 2 key pieces behind him, and they had some good support players on top of that. 2020 Lakers: LeBron and Anthony Davis are 2 superstars. Didn’t really have a 3rd star, but LeBron is so good that for a long time he basically gave his team guaranteed spot in the Finals. This team also had a lot of good role players and it was the COVID-shortened season so it kinda threw things off. 2019 Raptors: Kawhi Leonard was a certified stud this season. Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam were 2 all-star caliber players and they had an incredibly deep roster all the way through.

Jersey sales count toward revenue split across the nba. League sales a million Lebron Laker jerseys, every team benefits.

15 man rosters + 2 two-way players (Development League/Pro)....only 12 typically dress for gameday and only 8-9 typically fill the rotation

There is a salary cap in the NBA, but it's a soft cap. Meaning it's possible to go over it (usually in the case of retaining your own players) but there is a tax for going over.

I don't think I've ever heard Adidas said with an english accent lmao. Took me a while to figure out what they were talking about. Great reaction as always!

To be fair, the prime Lebron salary was pre-CBA negotiations that raised the salary cap to allow .them to get paid far more. With the skyrocketing valuation of the teams and the cost of broadcasting rights, the players felt like they deserved far more (which I agree with 100%). They actually used LeBron's contract around then to prove that. They asked him why he took less to form the Heat's Big 3, and he said if he was paid what he actually deserved, he'd make 9 figures a year but he decided to play with his friend since he wouldn't get paid what he deserved regardless.

There is a salary cap of $150 million dollars and it goes up every season, however teams can go over the salary cap to resign players if they have a players bird rights. If a player has played on a team more than 3 seasons, they now have his bird rights. It helps smaller market teams retain players and prevents bigger market teams like a LA or NY from snatching them up. However, to balance it out, for how much you go over the salary cap, there’s a luxury tax to prevent teams from resigning everyone and it’s an expensive tax. The funny thing about the warriors is, is that they drafted a majority of their players and have their bird rights. There spending nearly $500 million to keep this roster together and 3/5 of that is spent in Luxury tax alone ($300 million) and their pissing off the league 👀🤣

Frankly, the 2020 Champs, the Lakers, being 11th was quite surprising. I mean, if you look at their menacing roster, you would think they're at least one of the top 5 highest paying team in that season.

Steve Kerr was on Chicago!

You can keep 15 players on your roster most teams only cheap 12 but you can keep up to 15

The NBA as a Organization, the Team Owners and the Players UNION has what’s called a collective bargaining agreement between the three sides and they split the licensing revenue between them

There is a difference between buying the players for a championship and buying a championship

Of the 4 main team sports only baseball doesn't have a salary cap. The NBA has a soft cap. There's a set limit but for every dollar over the over the team is penalized (I believe it's still 1-1 so if the cap is 150,000,000 but a team spends 175 million the team is penalized 25 million (it's called the luxury tax). As for what sets the cap the main factors are what the tv deal is and the amount of tickets sold.

This was a really good video

There is a salary cap but in the NBA you can just pay a luxury tax and go over

For jersey sales in America (based solely upon what I know for the NFL, it all depends on where it is bought. If it is bought at the stadium or on the team's website, the team collects the sale and then discloses the sale quantity of each jersey to the players association. Every player gets a percentage, I want to say 10%-20%, of the revenue from their jerseys. I don't know if the league itself gets any of the revenue if it is bought at a team store, but it wouldn't shock me if they did.

If you guys are each choosing an NBA team to root for, let me offer for consideration my Sacramento Kings. The most successful team in NBA history with 24 Championships. More MVP's and Hall of Famers than any other team, too! Kobe Bryant said that the Kings were the only team that he just couldn't beat. I hope you take this opportunity to join the winning culture and championship pedigree of the Sacramento Kings! (Please do not fact check any of the above statements.)

Hell, Nick Saban, U. of Alabama's football coach makes 10 mil annually, which shouldn't be shocking what with their training facility costing nearly 300 mil or whatever it was

Amazing what the San Antonio Spurs accomplished.....Underrated among Kobe, MJ & Lebron....the phenom that did not pick up a Basketball until he was 16 Tim Duncan.

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Liverpools new deal with Nike is they get a base amount per year but also get 20% of any Liverpool related Nike products that are sold which is why they have collaborated with Lebron James who actually owns a small % of the club

I believe it is up to 16 allowed on to a roster and around 13 players allowed on the bench, but usually in game teams only play around 10-13 of the packers available

There’s always a bidding war between Nike & Adidas (Champion back in the days) to be the Jersey provider for the NBA & NFL once one contract ends with another.

Yo it's Karl, I just sent you an email. Thanks for the votes on the Blackpool mugging on the Mike Hunt one pound fifty search.

The luxury tax gets distributed to teams who spend under the limit and to other owners. You need a fucking MBA in finance to understand sports contracts lol

The nba does have sponsors on the shirt just its much smaller. Who gets money for the jersey depends on where its sold

You guys should react the last dance Micheal jordan documentary

The Value of the Golden State Warriors went from 400 MILLION to 4 Billion from when Joe purchased the franchise and they drafted Curry, Green etc….till NOW that is why the owners of teams are willing to pay what ever💰 winning means your investment skyrockets

Because of the max salary cap, the way to truly get the worth of a superstar in the NBA is a branding deal. There are plenty of max contract players now, but only a few get their own shoe brand that generate far far more than the salary. Jordan with all the money he made in the NBA, it's chump change to the Jordan brand shoes. Curry signed a lifetime 1 billion dollar shoe deal with Under Armor, and his shoes sell pretty well.

The way American Sports are set up, it's virtually impossible to win in 2022 with only players you drafted. The Warriors had KD and Wiggins, the Bucks have Holiday, to name a few. Everyone likes to bring up the Spurs. Did you know, their 2014 championship team had only 5 players that were actually drafted by the Spurs?

Most sports salaries in the US are dictated by revenue sharing agreements between the players association and the league. Thus, the more money the product makes the more money the players make. From whatever avenues (ticket sales, merch, advertising deals $$$) NBA profits have been skyrocketing in recent years, thus the players make more. Also, the NBA has a "soft cap" in which teams can pay a luxury tax to go over said cap.

There's a difference between built and bought! Most teams buy other All-stars from other Teams and then you have teams like the Spurs and OKC who BUILT their team through the draft, while most teams buy Big free agents which is way easier

Since you guys like sports stuff, i just watched a video today you all might like. "Trying Out For The NFL!!! - Eddie Hall" - Strongman does the NFL combine. :)

NBA pay structure to reward seniority to the majority of the player. Superstars, are of course, the exceptions.

Those are old numbers 2 time MVP Nikola Jokic is making 52.8 million this year

The players have their own endorsements shoe deal and things like that and the every team have their own sponsors and endorsements on their jersey with the Nike logo like T-Mobile and other companies just look at their jersey for the sponsors

They NBA players get 51-52 percent of revenue sharing.

The nba is getting all that filthy Chinese money

The NBA has a soft cap, you can go over it but you than have to pay what is called the luxury tax. The further you go over the cap the more tax you have to pay. Next season the warriors are looking at paying half a million dollars in salary and tax

please react to "Making the Case-Lebron James" by Clayton Crowley

Can you imagine if a NFL team only had like 15 players on the roster and then only a couple star players to pay massive deals to? QBs would be making over 100 million per season

Please react to Secret base : Untitled John Stockton & Karl malone

Nothing compared to what top baseball players get paid

I'm sure jxmy explained it in the video I pause it. But the nba has a soft salary meaning. That teams can go over the salary but then the have to pay a luxury so the richest team can afford to go over the salary cap. Then ultimate the richest teams end up with the best players and end winning more and making more money because of that.

Next seaoson warrior Luxury tax bill will half a billion dollars $500,000,000

The problem with this video is the Warriors have NEVER bought a chamnpionship. The idea of "buying" a championship means that you are bringing in a ton of high priced free agents. The Warriors haven't done that other than ONE PLAYER on any of their teams at any time. Durant was a big name free agent. But he was the ONLY ONE. Now, it is Wiggins, but he is again the ONLY ONE...AND...we got Wiggins when NOBODY ELSE WANTED HIM AND EVERYONE LAUGHED AT US FOR IT!!! EVERYONE else other than the bit role players, was DRAFTED AND DEVELOPED by the Warriors. The Warriors aren't....every team LeBron joins. THOSE teams are the ones trying to BUY championships.

The Warriors drafted the majority of their own players, the NBA literally penalizes them for being great at their jobs. It's asinine. Nobody wanted Wiggins when we traded for him. Everyone mocked us and he became a superstar with our development, but we get penalized for that. It's asinine.

its weird how brits always think the salary cap system is better than having continual dominance of the large clubs like manchester. as an american i vastly prefer the latter system. Sports are so boring and meaningless when a different team wins every year.. like am i supposed to get excited because this particular hedge fund manager invested more wisely this year? I get way more pumped seeing a team beat man utd for the first time in 20 yrs.. its like, having a villain to beat, whereas in american sports i dont really care about who wins at all. the players all move around so often anyway. at least in english football theres still a shred of the idea of loyalty and passion for the city and club.. in american sports not so much. As a liverpool fan i feel this a lot.. the entire narrative of plucky liverpool taking down super rich man city doesnt exist in a salary cap world.. liverpool would just be another premier league club.

I think the owners h Have to spend 51% percent of their profit on payroll, that sets the cap( I think, I could be wrong nba economics are very complicated).

Nfl has a hard cap you can not go over you have to by rule stay below the hard cap… Nba soft cap they get 100 million dollars but they can go up to 200 million dollars but for every dollar you go over 100 million dollar the owners must pay another dollar to the league as a penalty. So 200 million dollar roster would cost the team 300 million dollars total. Baseball has no cap you can do whatever you want

Tell 15 players on NBA basketball team

Lebron took a pay cut to win championships.

The big thing for the NBA is China. China is a *HUGE* cash cow for the league. That’s where most of this money is coming from

Also the warriors were a championship team, then their star players got hurt and they tanked and got high draft picks so when their stars got back they had young talented players on top of it. Pretty smart but bullsh*t way to win

1 Billion, relax Daz lol he is good but chill.

Could you guys react to a youtuber called Swishout he's a lot like the guy you just reacted to and came out with a vid Swishout :"the next lebron might literally be infront of us"?

If you talking about seat prices you just kept in the video advertisement SeatGeek

The owner doesn’t have a problem with spending that money. Other owners are just mad the warriors are running it up in chips🤣they only got that rich from winning.

sports without a hard cap need an asterisk when calling a team the champions. you can stave off rebuilds and be in the top of the league for decades. luxury tax, lol, the rich get richer instead of league parity.

Keep in mind, heavy USD inflation is at hand. This money isn't worth much anymore.

OKC Thunder was the cheap team lol

Hey guys, would you do another Lost in the Pond video. Just a suggestion. Keep up with the good work 😎👍

well city buy premier league after premier league

Please do SWISHOUTs latest video. "The next lebron James might be right on front of us"

All that chinese money

Stephen curry highest paid player in the nba over lebron WHAT

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Manchester United bought HARRY MAGUIRE for £80 million, and still pay him £9,875,000 per year. Hahahahahahahahahaha.

Reminder that Lebron James is the 🐐💯

Lakers are the world champs at buying championships lol

Honestly coaches nowadays are glorified babysitters they do nothing