Teams generally prefer to stay under the NBA's luxury tax threshold ($170,814,000) unless they're a championship contender. Some may have begun rebuilding (or aren't as good as they had hoped) but still have large contracts on the books that will soon expire. As the February 6 trade deadline nears, some franchises will make cost-cutting [Read More]
One of the goals of the NBA's latest Collective Bargaining Agreement is to curb spending. The higher a team's payroll, the fewer tools they have. The NBA has a soft cap, which allows teams to spend without limit, provided they have the tools (more formally, "exceptions") to do so. But certain exceptions will trigger [Read More]
NBA teams can include cash as part of a trade but are limited to $7,240,000 for all transactions during the 2024-25 season. That's two separate figures representing what teams can take in and what they can send out. Teams above the second apron ($188,931,000) cannot send out cash in trade; conversely, if a team [Read More]
On June 26 and 27, the NBA will hold its annual draft (held over two days), pulling from an incredible domestic and global talent pool. How do they rank as potential prospects? Five Sports Business Classroom alumni (Elias Eldridge, Diego Torres, Gabriel Mendez, Max Rosenberg, Anirudh Kantareddy), with help from Daniel Sherman, Braden Beach, [Read More]
On June 26 and 27, the NBA will hold its annual draft (held over two days), pulling from an incredible domestic and global talent pool. How do they rank as potential prospects? Six Sports Business Classroom alumni (Elias Eldridge, Diego Torres, Gabriel Mendez, Max Rosenberg, Anirudh Kantareddy and Daniel Sherman), with help from Braden [Read More]
