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{{Short description|National Basketball Association payment cap}}
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 America]], the NBA has a [[salary cap]] to control costs and benefit parity, defined by the league's [[NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement|collective bargaining agreement]] (CBA). This limit is subject to a complex system of rules and exceptions and is calculated as a percentage of the league's revenue from the previous season. Under the CBA ratified in July 2017, the cap will continue to vary in future seasons based on league revenues. For the [[
The majority of American leagues (NFL, NHL, MLS) have hard caps while the NBA has a soft salary cap. Hard salary caps forbid teams from going above the salary cap. Soft salary caps allow teams to go above the salary cap, but will subject such teams to reduced privileges in [[Free agent|free agency]]. Teams that go above the [[luxury tax (sports)|luxury tax]] cap are subject to the luxury tax (a tax on every dollar spent over the luxury tax cap).
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