This quote from Mike Thibault from the Tolliver article caught my attention.
"Even with the salary cap increase, Thibault believes the new labor deal could make teams skew top-heavy, with a few big talents anchoring each team.
“You’re not going to see teams that have nine or 10 long-term, veteran players on them. It just is not going to happen. They’ll be [top-heavy] or top and bottom and not a lot in the middle,” Thibault said. “The biggest fallacy in all of this new collective bargaining agreement is that the cap went up 31 percent. The reality is, if you pay two players, your top players, in the range of the individual max, which went up 85 percent, the reality is paying the rest of your team is not at that 31 percent raise. A few people get that, and a few people don’t get that. Managing that is going to be interesting for several teams.”
Would not be surprised to see a lot of players -- such as Ms. Tuck -- headed elsewhere for what, at first, does not appear to be that much in return. Teams could be getting what they can to use funds for their very top players. And they'll fill out rosters with newer players on their first contracts.
Stay tuned....