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Originally Posted by getbak
They got rid of those with the CBA extension that was signed last year. As long as the contract doesn't decrease in value from one year to the next, teams are no longer forced to carry the full cap hit of a multiyear 35+ contract if the player retires before the end of the contract.
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That's why I said ‘nitpicky’ rather than ‘disastrous’. It means they can't nudge-nudge-wink-wink sign a guy to play for two or three years at a front-loaded salary, but spread the cap hit out over four or five years. That reduces the attractiveness of a long-term contract for both sides.
The value of a player that age is only going to go down with time. The new 35+ rules mean that you can't sign him to a contract that will reflect that. You pretty much have to go a year or two at a time.