The NBA's projected salary cap for the 17-18 season has fallen from $107 million to $102 million, according to a report from Eric Pincus.

The cap for the 2017 offseason was expected by some to reach up to $110 million with teams highly anticipating the second substantial increase. The reason for the drop in cap is due to the unexpected rise in salaries.

With the cap increasing to $94 million this offseason, teams had substantially more cap space to work with, but a lower increase will limit their flexibility.

The NBA credits a “substantial increase in projected player spending for 2016-17” that will reduce the league’s projected shortfall to the players to $200 million. The NBA now expects teams to spend more this season, with the higher salary cap and luxury tax threshold ($113.3 million).  

The salary cap projects to climb to $108 million in 2018-19, $109 million in 2019-20 and $114 million in 2020-21.

The NBA's estimates sent to teams have consistently been lower than what the final accounting shows.