Kevin OConnor

SUPERSTARS CAN EARN MORE THAN EVER THANKS TO THE LATEST COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. BUT NBA PLAYERS AND OWNERS ARE QUICKLY FINDING OUT THAT THE NEW ARRANGEMENT ISNT ALL THAT IT WAS BILLED TO BE.

因为最新版劳资协议，超级巨星能拿到前所未有的高薪。但NBA球员和老板很快发现，新协议和最初设想的有些不同。

Imagine someone told you one year ago that Blake Griffin would be on the Pistons， Chris Paul would be on the Rockets， Jimmy Butler would be on the Timberwolves， DeMarcus Cousins would be on the Pelicans， Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward would be on the Celtics， and Paul George and Carmelo Anthony would be on the Thunder.

想象一下一年前有人跟你說，布雷克·格里芬在活塞，克里斯·保罗在火箭，吉米·巴特勒在森林狼，德马库斯·考辛斯在鹈鹕，凯里·欧文和戈登·海沃德在凯尔特人，保罗·乔治和卡梅洛·安东尼在雷霆。

Have so many All-NBA-caliber players ever changed teams in a single calendar year？ The transaction log has been on fire since Kevin Durant joined the Warriors in the summer of 2016. But its not just the formation of a superteam in Golden State thats shaken up the league. A new collective bargaining agreement and the cap boom two summers ago have created an abnormally active atmosphere. Some NBA executives dont think the changes are going away， and that they could have major repercussions moving forward.

NBA最佳阵容级别的球员在过去一年里发生这么多变动？自从凯文·杜兰特2016年夏天加入勇士，联盟的变化就没有停止过。但改变联盟格局的，并非只是金州勇士。两年前，全新的劳资协议及薪金空间造就了反常的活跃氛围。一些NBA高管不认为改变已经停止，而这些改变会给未来造成大影响。

There were rumblings in 2014 that LeBron James would push for the removal of the max contract， a position that stars like Durant and Kobe Bryant supported. Its true that the leagues superstars dont make as much as they probably should， but such a drastic shift would have opened the door for a single player to earn more money than every other player on his team combined， like when Michael Jordan made$33.1 million in the 1997-98 season. The NBA instituted the max contract the year after Jordans big payday， and it has remained since.

2014年时有传言称，勒布朗·詹姆斯会推动非常顶薪合同，这个态度得到了杜兰特和科比这些明星的支持。联盟超级巨星没有得到理应得到的回报，这是事实，但上述极端的改动会导致出现一名球员的薪金比全队剩余球员薪金总和还要多的情况，比如1997-98赛季拿到3310万美元的迈克尔·乔丹。乔丹拿到大合同的一年后，NBA设立了顶薪合同，并沿用至今。

Instead of abolishing the max altogether， the players union wound up negotiating other changes， including a new set of possible max contracts. A free agent or designated rookie could now earn up to 25 percent of the cap， designated rookies or veterans could now earn up to 30 percent if they hit certain criteria， and superstar players that hit certain qualifications are eligible for the designated veteran player extension， or the "supermax，" which can be up to 35 percent of the cap but can only be given by the team that drafted the player. The latter two were similar in the previous CBA， while the supermax is a brand-new creation.

与其彻底废除顶薪合同，球员工会选择协商其他变化，包括一系列新的顶薪合同。自由球员或指定新秀的薪金可以占到工资帽的25%；如果达到特定标准，指定新秀和老将的资金可以占到工资帽的30%；达到特定标准的超级巨星可以选择指定老将续约条款，也就是所谓"超级顶薪"。他们可以占据工资帽的35%，但只有选下了这名球员的球队才能开出这种合同。……