TIL that when star NBA player Reggie Lewis died in 1993, the remaining 8 million dollars of his contract still counted against the Celtics salary cap, which prevented them from signing a player of equal value for the next three seasons.
https://www.courant.com/1993/11/14/at-face-value-board-makes-celtics-pay-for-their-success/
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