A: What happened was a mega-jump in the salary cap that neither the NBA nor the players' association appeared capable of managing. So it wound up turning the offseason upside down, with players deemed worthy of long-term contracts getting megadeals, and players viewed as short-term investments often winding up as afterthoughts. While much has been made of super teams and what Kevin Durant's move to the Warriors will mean for the NBA, I think two or three years down the road the greater NBA issue will be the bills to pay with these larger contracts when the salary cap flattens. Adam Silver is correct to point to this summer creating an imbalance in the NBA, but I think it has more to do with salary imbalance than the composition of rosters. There should have been a better way for the NBA and its union to work in this windfall of broadcast revenue. Something as simple as more money, now stands to lead to yet another lockout. The NBA's gluttony of July 2016 could lead to an NBA blackout in November 2017, with either side having the right to opt out of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement after this season by providing notice by Dec. 15.