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I do really like the suggestion that the max you can give a player over the salary max scales with years of service with a single team and doesn't count towards the luxury tax. An extra x million a year you are with a team, and then if you trade the player that goes onto the receiving teams luxury bill.
That would encourage players to stay where they are and while counting towards the cap wouldn't penalize small market teams who are trying to stay out of the luxury tax.
With that said AD is eligible for the SuperMax and is turning it down to go and chase a ring in LA, so not really sure what else you can do here. Is it really realistic to expect the Pelicans to pay him close to 40% of the cap or more in a situation where they can offer him unlimited, and even if they do that isn't that making it more unlikely that they can surround him with quality teammates and keep him happy? I'm not sure what the solution is, the NBA is so skewed towards superteams with such small rosters and the impact that star players have on the game. The only thing like it is the need to have all-pro QB in the NFL and even then it's not too long ago that teams could win without one with a great defense.
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