It's not really a "big market vs. small market" issue. Even small market teams have filthy rich owner that could spend real money way above the cap to game the LTIR system.
I personally don't like the way LTIR works when the playoff comes. It seems to take some of the fairness out of it. To be honest though, it's far from the biggest issue that should be talked about in the next CBA (ahem, trade and movement clauses).
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