Random NBA Observations 2024 - 2025

[Whips-n-Chains]

 

[In The Zone '98]

Are the Nets creating a godfather offer for Giannis?

 

[choc_cardigan]

Will never understand white bro humor

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

So explain this CBA deal to me that’s forcing teams to make trades due to the cap space.

Teams are extending contracts to pay them big money just to off-load them.

I’m trying to grasp why all this crazy shyt be happening

 

[Jplaya2023]

On FT Windy is talking about how the celtics are listening to offers for D White and Brown. Thats insane. Thry really trying to get Tatum out of there with these moves. I thought they would do a soft rebuild around, brown, white, pritchard and Tatum

 

[Jplaya2023]

Damn they just posted that nugget interview with their owner where he hinted they could trade joker if he doesnt sign an extension. Wow

 

[El Jefe]

Damn they just posted that nugget interview with their owner where he hinted they could trade joker if he doesnt sign an extension. Wow

Was alot of rumbling in lakers world bout another big name apparently set to be announced that was gonna shock people

 

[MicIsGod]

Welcome to Houston brother.

 

[Redguard]

So explain this CBA deal to me that’s forcing teams to make trades due to the cap space.

Teams are extending contracts to pay them big money just to off-load them.

I’m trying to grasp why all this crazy shyt be happening

From ChatGPT:


What It Is:

The Second Apron is a new luxury tax threshold introduced in the NBA's 2023 Collective Bargaining Agreement to penalize the highest-spending teams even more than before.

2025–26 Numbers (approximate):

Salary cap: ~$141 million

First apron: ~$178 million

Second apron: ~$189 million


Key Restrictions for Second Apron Teams:

If a team exceeds the second apron, they face severe team-building limitations, including:

1. No Mid-Level Exception (even the taxpayer MLE)


2. No Aggregating Salaries in Trades (can’t combine player contracts to match bigger salaries)


3. No Sending Cash in Trades


4. No Trading Future First-Round Picks More Than 7 Years Out


5. Frozen Draft Pick: A future first-round pick can be pushed to the end of the round if over the second apron for 3 of 5 seasons


6. No Sign-and-Trades to bring in players


7. Waived Players: Can’t claim players making over the non-taxpayer MLE



Goal:

To curb super-team spending and promote parity by making it harder for rich teams to stack rosters.

 

[Jplaya2023]

Any reason why the minnesota isnt aggressively pursuing D White @tremonthustler1 he would be a perfect with ant. You would have to part ways with mcdaniels and or Alexander Walker but it would be worth it for a 40% 3pt shooter and all nba tier defender

 

[tremonthustler1]

Any reason why the minnesota isnt aggressively pursuing D White @tremonthustler1 he would be a perfect with ant. You would have to part ways with mcdaniels and or Alexander Walker but it would be worth it for a 40% 3pt shooter and all nba tier defender

you just explained why it's a nonstarter (NAW is a goner no matter what, so Boston wouldn't want him. He's gonna get at the minimum the full MLE)


At this point, Boston did their job to get under the 2nd apron. If they're gonna trade White, they might as well trade Brown too. He's that valuable now.

 

[threattonature]

On FT Windy is talking about how the celtics are listening to offers for D White and Brown. Thats insane. Thry really trying to get Tatum out of there with these moves. I thought they would do a soft rebuild around, brown, white, pritchard and Tatum

I understand if they fully tear it down. Tatum probably won't be all the way right that even in two years. They won't have a lot of wiggle room to stack the roster around them. So go ahead and tear it down if you can get a big haul for Jaylen plus with the team being bad next year a really high draft pick for the 2026 draft. Expect to have two bad years as Tatum plays himself back into form and you've already retooled for another multi year run. But I'm only trading Jaylen if I'm blown away by an offer. I wouldn't trade him just to trade him.

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

From ChatGPT:


What It Is:

The Second Apron is a new luxury tax threshold introduced in the NBA's 2023 Collective Bargaining Agreement to penalize the highest-spending teams even more than before.

2025–26 Numbers (approximate):

Salary cap: ~$141 million

First apron: ~$178 million

Second apron: ~$189 million


Key Restrictions for Second Apron Teams:

If a team exceeds the second apron, they face severe team-building limitations, including:

1. No Mid-Level Exception (even the taxpayer MLE)


2. No Aggregating Salaries in Trades (can’t combine player contracts to match bigger salaries)


3. No Sending Cash in Trades


4. No Trading Future First-Round Picks More Than 7 Years Out


5. Frozen Draft Pick: A future first-round pick can be pushed to the end of the round if over the second apron for 3 of 5 seasons


6. No Sign-and-Trades to bring in players


7. Waived Players: Can’t claim players making over the non-taxpayer MLE



Goal:

To curb super-team spending and promote parity by making it harder for rich teams to stack rosters.

wtf why would the players agree to this

 

[charknicks]

wtf why would the players agree to this

Because every player in the league cant go to the same 6 teams. the league would suffer if there are 24 teams that no one cares to watch.

 

[GreenGhxst]