Pon Sports
NBA Salary Cap Strategy

Pon Sports is a focused cap and roster strategy lab, a boutique front office for hire.


Dedicated to the craft of NBA roster construction, Pon Sports applies deep salary cap expertise, bespoke tools and modeling, and strategic insights to deliver executive-ready presentations — Built to your instruction, tailored to your needs.

Matt Huang moved to New York City to attend law school and build a career in the sports and entertainment industry, gaining experience with NYCFC, the Milwaukee Bucks, the National Football League, and currently NBCUniversal, where he supports labor relations through strategy, operations, and analytics.


During law school, Matt served as President of his school’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Honor Society, where he also launched a sports negotiation team, and competed or coached in nine sports and entertainment negotiation competitions. His approach prioritizes party values and needs, aligning opposing interests through first-principles reasoning, deep salary cap expertise, and bespoke modeling that analyzes leverage, risk, and opportunity across both short and long-term cap horizons.

“Study the hard while it’s easy.
Do big things while they’re small.
The hardest jobs in the world start out easy,
the great affairs of the world start small.

So the wise soul, by never dealing with great things,
gets great things done.”

- Lao Tzu, translated by Ursula K. Le Guin