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DALLAS - Let's take a quick look at the Mavericks' financial forecast this summer, with an assist from renowned salary cap expert Larry Coon. The Mavs have the following eight seven players under contract next season: Dirk Nowitzki ($22,721,381...

Larry Coon identifies where the Los Angeles Lakers can make the collective bargaining agreement work for them.

Story | Conversation | April 15, 2013

Larry Coon groups the NBA teams according to their salary-cap situation. The Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers will likely have to pay quite a luxury tax next season.

Story | Conversation | April 02, 2013

In a previous post, we talked about how the Lakers' earlier trades affected the team's first round draft pick this June. Today we'll wrap-up the discussion by looking at this year's second round and their picks in future years. First a primer on t...

As L.A. contemplates the decline and fall of the Lakers Empire, some fans are starting to look past this disastrous season and toward the offseason -- something nearly unheard of in Lakerland in January. Nervous questions like "how can the Lakers...

ESPN's Larry Coon (Insider) compares each player's NBA Rank with his salary and discovers the following: "Just four teams were underpaid in 2011-12, according to the #NBArank scores of the top 12 players on each team. Leading the way was Oklahoma Cit...

Larry Coon uses ESPN.com's #NBArank scores to determine which teams are the most underpaid and overpaid.

Story | Conversation | October 23, 2012

Larry Coon uses ESPN.com's #NBArank poll to figure out which players are the most underpaid and overpaid.

Story | Conversation | October 09, 2012

Larry Coon says several financial obstacles stand in the way of the NBA going to a full minor league system.

Story | Conversation | October 02, 2012

ESPN's NBA Insiders talk to Dan Reed, the president of the NBA's Development League, about its future.

Blog | Conversation | October 02, 2012

Larry Coon weighs in on what salary strategy is best for Dwight Howard and Andrew Bynum.

Story | Conversation | July 30, 2012

Signing Jeremy Lin to a big contract after just 26 productive NBA games represents a significant risk to the Knicks. Depending on New York's total payroll in 2014-2015, Lin could cost the Knicks about $15 million in salary, plus an additional $47.5 m...

If you've been paying attention over the past few days, there's no doubt you've heard all of the arguments to both keep and get rid of Jeremy Lin. There's the camp out there that says there's no way you can pay a player like Lin $14.8 million in ...

Larry Coon says there are several external factors that will compel the Knicks to match Houston's offer sheet to Jeremy Lin.

Story | Conversation | July 17, 2012

Larry Coon takes a look at the remaining salary cap situations for all 30 NBA teams.

Story | Conversation | July 16, 2012

Larry Coon takes a look at the remaining salary cap situations for all 30 NBA teams.

Story | Conversation | July 16, 2012