Paul Millsap's next contract and the Over-36 rule

What the heck is the Over-36 rule?Currently, Paul Millsap has a salary of $20,072,033 for this season with a player option for $21,472,407 next. Unless something catastrophic happens, then Paul Millsap will decline his player option and become a free agent for the 2017 off-season. He will be 32 at the time and have 11 seasons under his belt. He’ll be eligible for the 10+ maximum salary, which is for approximately 35% of the cap and currently projected to be around $33.6 million per Albert Nahmad of HeatHoops.com.

Zach Lowe recently had a snippet of information about Paul Millsap when he surveyed the 2016 offseason transactions of the Atlanta Hawks so far:

(Note: The Hawks would normally be…