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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says that the league should consider getting rid of maximum contracts, but added that players&amp;nbsp;must be willing to give up something in return.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oklahoma City forward and NBA Most Valuable Player&amp;nbsp;Kevin Durant suggested the abolishment of those contracts, saying that players today are worth a lot more than what they are making. Durant is set to make almost $19 million this season and $20.1 million in 2015-16, the final season of a five-year, $89.16 million deal.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"If you give up guarantees, it's a trade-off,\" Cuban said, according to the ESPN.com.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Players will likely make more money after the league announced a new nine-year television contract that will pay the league a reported $2.66 billion every year. Cuban said that getting rid of maximum contracts is a discussion the league\u2019s owners are willing to have when the next collective bargaining agreement negotiations take place.\r\n\r\n\r\n\t&lt;strong&gt;McCANN&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;NBA's TV deal brings potential lockout, expansion into play&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"It was discussed during the lockout time among owners but never got anywhere,\" Cuban said. \"So it was just one of those trial balloons. I'm not offering this as a negotiation, I'm not suggesting it.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cuban did not say if the new television deal will help avoid a lockout. The owners and players association can opt of the CBA after the 2016-17 season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I have no idea, it's too early,\" Cuban said. \"Who knows? Things change so rapidly in business that you can't predict two years from now.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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