The Cap: How Larry Fleisher and David Stern Built the Modern NBA

by Joshua Mendelsohn and Joshua Mendelsohn

Book Overview

2020 Wall Street Journal Holiday Gift Books Selection

Today the salary cap is an NBA institution, something fans take for granted as part of the fabric of the league or an obstacle to their favorite team's chances to win a championship. In the early 1980s, however, a salary cap was unheard of. The Cap is a first-of-its-kind depiction of the high-stakes negotiations over the proposed NBA salary cap in 1982-83 and all of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496233107
• ISBN13: 9781496233103
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"