Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[michaeltex]

You are already aware, but it has to be emphasized that the hard cap looming on July 1 complicates things considerably for OKC moves in June as well. 

I havent looked it up, but I suspect that they can't have future salaries on the books for July 1 that exceed A2 and then do an A2-prohibited move in June. As a result, they MIGHT have to decline options in June, and then re-sign in July (if they intend to keep Hartn and/or Dort) to allow them to clean up their payroll first in July. In June there are no MLEs available to take some of their players, and otber teams' cap space can be smaller in June since soon-expiring contracts are still on the books.

So, OKC has 4 weeks from today to make moves under the current cap restrictions.

IF, they want to do something involving 2026 draft picks, that window is only 3 weeks from today.

The same parameters might apply to some other teams as well...

Could be an interesting month in NBA-land.