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Evgeni

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Why do some of the teams pay 50-60 million in salaries to players and others like Cavs pay 82 millions? Do Cavs make so much more money than the Hawks for example that they can pay 24 millions more to their players? Couldn't the Spurs or Hawks hire a superstar like the Cavs did with Lebron or Love?

http://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/
 
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Why do some of the teams pay 50-60 million in salaries to players and others like Cavs pay 82 millions?

Every team's ownership group has different financial constraints as well as goals. Some owners are more motivated to win even at an additional cost; while others would prefer to win while keeping salary low.

Some owners are less concerned with winning and more with generating a profit.

It's a business like any other.

Do Cavs make so much more money than the Hawks for example that they can pay 24 millions more to their players?

Probably yes.

Couldn't the Spurs or Hawks hire a superstar like the Cavs did with Lebron or Love?

If they are under the salary cap, and can make a decent pitch to those players that makes sense then possibly.

But teams don't hire players in the same sense as a company might hire an employee.

Players in free agency choose were to play from a list of teams desiring their services. Guys in high demand like LeBron and Love could play on any team in the NBA, but they've effectively chosen to play for the Cavaliers.

Teams have cap limits in accordance a convoluted set of rules in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NBA as an association of franchises, and the Player's Union.

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm
 

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