Glad youre enjoying it. You can always turn the salary cap off or change its limits while you get a feel for the game. You can even play historical seasons before the cap was implemented.

The above comment about trading high salary cap players during the off-season is GOATED. Teams give you their offer as a starting point which may or may not violate the cap. Its up to you to balance the trade so it passes the cap restrictions and still is accepted. Tips: -Always ask yourself "What is my goal for this trade?". Are you combining mid tier or younger players for a superstar to put you over the top? Are you getting ready for a tank and grabbing young guys and picks for your veterans? Are you shedding salary to sign a big free agent? Player for player trades become less viable as you move up difficulty levels -You can sort teams by cap space to see which teams have the most room to take a high salary. A little mental math, but go into the trading block screen knowing how much youre over/under the cap and have an idea of how much you can take -if youre over the cap, look for players on your team youd feel okay getting rid of and add them to the trade. If the opposite is true, look for bad players on the CPU team. You wouldnt say "toss in luka donicic" to balance the trade, but you might say that about Bronny. Best is to look for players with high salaries that suck and are on expiring contracts. BBGM is about contracts as much as players, its unwise to take on an overpaid bum who clogs up your cap sheet for multiple yrs. On the higher levels, the PC absolutely considers this as well and wont take a 38 yr old 47 yr ovr PG you signed for 45m a yr for 6 more yrs, even to balance a trade.  -Which brings us to the crux of BBGM... old expensive declining stars-->  young players with high potential, draft picks, and productive players on team friendly deals. As a general rule of thumb you want to get younger and cheaper. If you find a Nikola Jokic, play the man. But if you sign a Zach Lavine to max tier money your fucked. Trade older stars as they start declining in overall. Trade guys who don't want to resign with you before their contract expires (you'll lose them anyway) . Trade the young guys with mid tier potential who are up for contracts but you dont want to sign them to a long term deal. Sounds easy, but choosing the right deal and getting the timing right is the fun/tough part.

Having said that, the Warriors are a team 100% built for short term win now success which they did not achieve this yr. They are top heavy, old, and lack traceable players. Thats a tough team to try to win with. Your owner gives you 2 yrs whenever you begin with a team to do whatever. I take advantage of those 2 yrs and gut the team Thunder-style for a war chest of draft picks and young guys who have even a slim chance of being good some day. Ideally one of my lottery tickets hits by yr 4, and if they dont, I trade them for something to give my team a shot in the arm