At this week's NBA Board of Governors meetings in New York, teams were advised ?that the league's salary cap could rise past the $100 million mark as soon as the 2017-18 season, according to league sources.
Based on current projections, league officials expect the salary cap to increase from its current $63.1 million figure to $67.1 million next season, $89 million in 2016-17 and $108 million in 2017-18.
To put it into perspective, the largest salary-cap jump in history is $7 million in one season.