Because the NBA signed a $9 billion TV contract last year, the salary cap figures to increase by more than 60 per cent two years from now. Translated, that means it’ll jump from $67.1 million today to $108 million for the 2017-18 season. Multiply by 30 teams and the result is $3.2 BILLION, the total NBA teams will be paying for the worst looking basketball since the game came out of the cages. ****