Trade & FA 2025-26: Free Agency Starts 5pm CST/6pm EST

[SleepingHero]

for current season Per sportrac...

2024-2025 total salaries   $183,191,333

1st apron $178,132,000 (8,059,333 Over)

2nd Apron $188,931,000 (2,739,667 Under)

But contracts are up for Lopez, Prince, Sims and Trent Jr. so (theoretically) after July 1st they will have potentially up to $29M additional cap space to play with. Not sure how that helps NYKs land Giannis though.

They are not a 2nd apron team this season. The Middleton trade solved that. 

But Giannis extended and his contract increased by about 6 mil from this past season. Same with Dame. That's 12 mil right there. Both of which affect their next season cap hold and why they are budding right up the 2nd apron threshold and must adhere to such rules if they want to be doing massive trades for massive salary.