Related to the KD Warriors, that team was only possible because KD's free-agency corresponded with a huge spike to the cap, caused by a new TV deal. The next TV deal is in 2025, and expected to be another huge increase. We don't know yet what we'll see in terms of a cap increase then (the league may decide to push for cap-smoothing this time to prevent a spike), but this season I think we'll see a lot of players and some big-market teams starting to line up their contracts to end in that year. If there are more 3-year contracts than usual, that's a sign of the influence of that TV deal.
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