NBA salary cap - Topics

How the Celtics ownership sale reshaped the franchise's payroll plans Mid-level exception: the last real tool for a capped-out team to add talent How the waiver wire works when a team cuts a player mid season How much of a partially guaranteed contract does a waived player keep? Which teams will have cap space in the summer of 2026? Do incentive bonuses in NBA contracts count against the cap? How the stretch provision spreads a waived player's cap hit over five years Why a buyout only saves a team money in certain cap situations How cap holds for your own free agents block a max offer to someone else The mid level exception and why it shrinks for a taxpayer team Why the hard cap triggers the moment a team uses the bi annual exception What the minimum team salary floor does to a rebuilding roster What actually happens when a player declines his player option? Why a supermax extension can still leave a star underpaid compared with a shorter deal How the veteran minimum counts differently against the cap by service year What the first and second aprons actually restrict for a team over the tax What a team can still do with a disabled player exception after a season ending injury The Rose rule and when a young star qualifies for 30 percent instead of 25 Why the cap rises with basketball related income and not with total league revenue What the over 38 rule does to a four year deal for an aging point guard How much a max contract grows each year with an eight percent raise When a team can add a 16th player under a hardship exception Why trading for a big salary costs more under the new apron rules How repeater tax rates punish a team that stays over the line three years running How salary matching rules decide which players can be traded for each other Cap space planning two summers ahead: how front offices map out max slots What a traded player exception is and how long it stays usable How a three team trade gets structured when the salaries do not line up