- [Howard Beck] Just want to note, before everyone gets into a froth over "hard cap" proposals: NBA has asked/proposed/floated a hard cap, or something like it, in nearly every CBA discussion since the Paleozoic Era (give or take an era). Then they table it for the next one. wash/rinse/repeat https://twitter.com/howardbeck/status/1586064072100945920?s=46&t=lHiB_BtQ7mz5FdV3SzR-qw 26 comments nba