With the NCAA and other leagues worldwide officially in full swing and the NBA season approaching its halfway point, NBA scouts are now hard at work looking for their teams' next potential star and core pieces. As a part of Sports Business Classroom's 2024 NBA Draft series, the following are ball-handling guards to watch [Read More]
In late January, the NBA lowered its salary cap projection for the 2024-25 season from $142 million to $141 million. Although the projection has dipped, it still represents a 3.66 percent increase from the 2023-24 campaign's $136 million salary cap. That climb in salary cap would have the following impact on the 2024-25 season: [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 $7,005,000 for all transactions during the 2023-24 season. That's two separate figures representing what teams can take in and what they can send out. For instance, the San Antonio Spurs have received $6.8 million in cash via trade this year [Read More]
NBA franchises constantly shuffle their deck, hoping to stack the championship odds in their favor. This offseason, multiple teams made moves that altered not only their immediate aspirations but their futures as well. While casual NBA fans may only consider how deals would impact the upcoming season, Sports Business Classroom teaches a broader point [Read More]
