The first apron is set for $195.9 million and the second apron $207.8 million -- higher by $17.8 million from 2024-25. What are the second apron penalties in the NBA?

Send out cash in a trade: NBA teams are permitted to send up to $7.2 million in a trade during a season if they are below the second apron. This can become a valuable sweetener to convince a team ...

A team above the second apron, which projects to be $207.8 million in 2025-26, cannot sign free agents to any salary above the minimum, and certain types of players aren’t eligible to sign at ...

Morning Sports Update Draymond Green discussed Celtics, sounded off on NBA’s second apron tax "People said they didn't want super teams anymore, well here you have it." Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue ...

Second-apron teams lose access to their mid-level exception—which allows teams in the tax to sign an external free agent for more than a minimum salary—and can't trade their first-round pick ...