A slight road bump has come to light in the Kevin Durant signing by the Golden State Warriors.
Brian Windhorst of ESPN is reporting that the NBA is now scaling back what they projected the salary cap to be for the 2017-2018 season.
Originally, it was projected to settle at $108 million, but now the estimates are saying that it’s more likely to land at $102 million.
For some perspective, the cap for this offseason is $94 million, which was a huge jump from last season’s $70 million.
In a new projection sent to teams today, league projecting salary cap next year to be $102M, lower than previous $108M projection.