The Friday File: In 2014/15, the NBA’s salary cap was $63 million/team, in 2015/16 it was $70 million. This coming season it will hit an eye-watering $94 million, and the year after that, a stratospheric $107 million! This means starting the year after next, players will collectively earn $1.11 billion/year more than they do now. Expect to see superstar free agents signing one-year contracts followed by huge paydays.