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Cap is based on skills not salary so i don't see any change. Only salary is changing.

I think one of the first questions that I asked on these forums was similar to what I'm asking now. The How does potential work? (144856.33) says...

Different potential levels cap out at different skill levels.

... but then it goes on to give a range of (outdated) salaries anyway. I asked why a range of salaries was given when a range of TSP would make more sense, and be more useful. The answer I was given was because of the relationship between TSP and salaries.

When I use the salary estimation tool on buzzer-manager, it seems to indicate that putting 2-3 more big man skills on my PF will place him into the 90-100% Potential Cap Limit range and his salary goes up quite a bit. But, if I look at putting more OD or Passing on him, his current Potential Cap Limit range doesn't change much at all, and his salary doesn't go up by very much. Training Simulator also seems to work on a similar principle. Am I just using these tools wrong?

Would a player who would cap with 2 more levels of IS/ID/REB/SB also cap if 2 more levels of Passing or OD were added instead?

Would a player who would cap with 2 more levels of IS/ID/REB/SB also cap if 2 more levels of Passing or OD were added instead?

Hi, to answer your question: No not necessarily. In BB there's a total of five different salary formulas, representing PG thru C positions. If you search for a player on the transfer list, there's an option to search for a specific "best position" - this is the game's way of allocating each player to each of those salary formulas. The salary formulas are unknown and at best we have our experienced estimates, but generally speaking a player with high inside skills will be in the Center salary formula and a player with high outside skills will be in the Point Guard/Shooting Guard salary formula. Forwards will be in between those two.

Bottom line: As long as those 2 pops in Passing or OD keep your Center (for example) still in the Center salary formula, then he will still have room for his cap.

Hope this helped! (y)

It does, thanks. I'm a little surprised that half my guys are still classified as PG, but I like to have a minimum level of passing on my players so I'm sure that plays a role. Maybe this change will even shift one or two of them into the SF "best posiition."