Where there salary cap restriction in 50-60's?

Question

Do you think the Celtics that won 11 rings, would of been able to keep there team together in today's salary cap restrictions.

Answer 1

No, there were only about ten teams and players didn't make that much money back then anyway.

Answer 2

maybe, i thought everything was cheaper back then. like how 25 cents can get u like a whole supermarket. so i think back then they were paid much

Answer 3

no there weren't any restrictions

Answer 4

No.  There was actually a salary cap in the NBA's very first season, but it was done away with after that and until the 80's.

As for the Celtics, probably not.  I could see them holding onto Bill Russell and a couple others, but perhaps not all the pieces on their team.  More important, however, would be the status of the game.  It's a lot easier for a team to dominate a league when it's more of a minor league (really, who cared about basketball back then).  Now that it's such a major sport, every team has lots of fans and the pressure to win, so there's more competition.

Answer 5

no and a lot of the remaining players today form back then are dirt poor, bill walton once did a charity event on wheel of fortune for old b- ball players, who were very poor and on ssi and such