NBA Cap Rules

Give me all of your salary cap, free agent, trade, questions. Anything regarding NBA roster rules.

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🧵 1/ It is ACTIONS, not money spent, that trigger hard caps at either the 1st or 2nd Apron.

This is normally communicated poorly by saying what you "aren't allowed to do over X Apron."

If a hard cap is triggered, a team cannot exceed that hard cap for any reason whatsoever.

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@HoopTroopNBA Perspective on this is helpful. Mavs had the leagues longest sellout streak of like 15+ years. Mavs tickets were very expensive 2 weeks ago. Even if the stadium is full, doesn't mean the demand is as high.

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@Dao_Bod @BleacherReport The money literally reflects what the fans want most

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@k_clayt @MazenMaali @esidery Interesting. Do you have a source for that?

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@MazenMaali @esidery You can't renegotiate and extend a 4+ year contract until the 3rd anniversary of the signing date. By all reports it seems like the signing date was 8/27/21.

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@QualifiedImpun2 @Oriiberuu @esidery I'm 100% right about the rule.

Every report was 8/27/21. It's hard to imagine how the contract is actually from 3 weeks prior

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@QualifiedImpun2 @Oriiberuu @esidery I know. I feel like I'm being gaslit

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@QualifiedImpun2 @Oriiberuu @esidery It's such a rare occurrence that I think people aren't aware of the rule.

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@sixringsofsteeI New TV deal gives owners a huge windfall because the cap can only increase 10%/season

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@wojespn Lakers traded Kuzma, KCP, and Trez for this guy. Unreal.

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@ESPNNBA People forgetting Jokic+Luka will combine for 0 points in this game

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@razvinator @DoeJumars @JLEdwardsIII Example:

✅DET signs Player A for $10m using cap space and only has $1m left in cap space. They can then use the room MLE to sign a player for up to $8m per year.

❌DET cannot combine the $11m in cap + $8m room MLE to sign a player for $19m/year

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@razvinator @DoeJumars @JLEdwardsIII -The room MLE is available every years to teams who are operating under the cap (like DET)
-It allows them to go over the cap to acquire a player
-the amount is fixed $8m in 2024
-up to 3yr contract with 5% raises
-it *does* count towards your cap
-it can not be combined

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@LakerAccount @Itslilmomo_ @CoreyB08 TBF "zero room to make any marginal improvements whatsoever" is due to the 2nd Apron he was referring to.

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@hugemcb @Mavs_FFL Mavs had these before the Wolves existed.

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@RichHomieFlom The players got CRUSHED in negotiations. The biggest one (which nobody is talking about) is the 10% limit on salary cap increase. The owners are going to RAKE under this new TV deal. CJ should be impeached immediately.

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@euph31 @YoungNBA The biggest disaster for the players is the 10% cap increase limit. It's going to cost them billions of dollars with this new TV deal.

It's almost as if a group of the most successful businessmen in the world negotiated with a group of professional athletes.

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@WillCEudy @YoungNBA The first apron has existed since 2011. It's mostly the 2nd apron that is making things different.

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@KeithSmithNBA Am I missing something that you aren't including CLE in this list?