As the Minnesota Timberwolves continue to face the unending stream of NBA trade scenarios due to the imminent spike for Karl-Anthony Towns’ Super Max contract extension, it seems that the rest of the NBA is beginning to catch up. For what it’s worth, that is simply the cost of doing business in the NBA. Great players get great big paychecks.
In the NBA, the cost of doing business is going up rapidly. NBA elites are rare, and their price reflects not just what they can do on the basketball court, but also how well they fill the seats in their arenas.