The first apron does not come into effect until a team reaches $195.9 million for their payroll. The second apron is set at approximately $207.8 million, a $17.8 million increase from last year.

Draymond Green on the Celtics and the era of the NBA’s second apron: The Celtics offseason has so far mostly been a story of salary-shedding trades, with both Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis ...

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 ...

Overlooked, familiar, homely… These are the words traditionally associated with the apron, a detachable, workaday garment that is enjoying something of a renaissance in popular culture.

Terry Pluto ‘We’re in a new era’: Terry Pluto reveals how Achilles injuries and the ‘second apron’ are reshaping the Cavs’ future Published: Jun. 30, 2025, 6:00 a.m.

Teams between NBA luxury tax and first tax apron Teams between the luxury tax and the first tax apron have access to the taxpayer mid-level exception, which is not worth nearly as much as the non ...

The second apron has really changed how NBA teams can do business this time of year. So, while fans can play around with the various NBA trade machines hoping t ...

By Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — Overlooked, familiar, homely… These are the words traditionally associated with the apron, a detachable, workaday ...

The NBA announced Monday that the salary cap will be set at $154.647 million for the 2025-26 season. The tax level for the upcoming campaign is $187.895 million.

Things will be tight for your Cleveland Cavaliers this NBA free agency season. How tight? Well, consider that the Cavs are one of just three teams that fall under the league’s second apron, with ...

Brian Windhorst breaks down why the era of superteams in the NBA is officially over: "These aprons are anti-superteam measures" originally appeared on Basketball Network. The Oklahoma City Thunder ...

Awkward moment: Zohran Mamdani caught off guard as interviewer plays his 2019 rap in apron on live TV By Trisha Sengupta Jun 28, 2025 10:17 AM IST ...