By the time NBA free agency opened at 6 p.m. ET on June 30, the biggest names on the free agency market were Myles Turner, ...

The Thunder are going to have 3 max-level contract players on their roster, but Sam Presti is prepared to dodge the second ...

The second apron is a new, additional threshold, slated as roughly $11 million ($190 million total) above the first apron for the 2024-25 league season. It will handicap team decision-makers more ...

It’s part of this new CBA and obviously the 2nd apron… We’re lucky to get the guys that we got back in those trades, ...

To set the stage a bit: The new CBA creates a dividing line called the second apron $17.5 million above the luxury-tax line, which will shift year to year as the salary cap changes but stay a ...

Thanks to the new CBA, he can sign a three-year extension via extend-and-trade, and the 120 percent rule means it can begin at his maximum salary in 2025-26 (projected to be $54.3 million). 01:34 ...

Five takeaways on Celtics clinching second seed, Jaylen Brown on CBA reforms. By Jared Weiss. April 6, 2023 Updated June 28, 2023. BOSTON — Lock it in.