Small market teams do not want to get on board with this.
They want to make profits and handcuff the larger markets' ability to spend on big name stars.
Small markets want to bring the spending ceiling down to their level, not up to their larger market brethren's level.
I question if this is true. A no-cap league could present them an option where they're guaranteed revenue.
It might ruin the 'competitive balance' but some owners might enjoy the thought of being able to open up the doors, and collect a profit.
I am not sure there are any owners like that other than Donald Sterling.
Sarver, probably Gilbert
Sarver maybe, although I personally think he is a just bipolar about spending money...he spends it before thinking, then when he realizes he can't afford it, he does stupid things to make up for the earlier mistake.
However, Gilbert is a guy who put a ton of money into his team when they were winning, and has been throwing plenty of money at them now, in order to rebuild.
When you use a trade exception to take on Baron Davis' contract just to get a draft pick (he did not know it would be the #1 overall at the time), then you really cannot be that cheap.
I think Gilbert genuinely wants to put a winner on the floor at all times. He is just a hard liner because the team is in Cleveland, and they don't bring in anywhere near the kind of revenue teams in bigger markets bring in.
