NBA scouts are hard at work looking for their teams’ next potential stars and core pieces, as college and international seasons reach full swing and the NBA is halfway through its season. The following are wings to watch ahead of June’s draft, as part of Sports Business Classroom’s 2026 NBA Draft series. First Round: [Read More]
The NCAA and other worldwide leagues are officially in full swing, and the NBA season is already at the first quarter mark. Scouts are now hard at work looking for their teams’ next potential star and core pieces. The following are scoring guards to watch ahead of June’s draft, as a part of Sports [Read More]
NBA teams can include cash as part of a trade but are limited to $7,964,000 for all transactions during the 2025-26 season. That's two separate figures representing what teams can take in and what they can send out. Teams above the second apron ($207,824,000) cannot send out cash in trade; conversely, if a team [Read More]
One of the goals of the NBA's latest Collective Bargaining Agreement is to curb spending. The higher a team's payroll, the fewer tools they have. The NBA has a soft cap, which allows teams to spend without limit, provided they have the tools (more formally, "exceptions") to do so. But certain exceptions will trigger [Read More]
Teams generally prefer to stay under the NBA's luxury tax threshold ($187,895,000) unless they're a championship contender. Some may have begun rebuilding (or aren't as good as they had hoped), but still have large contracts on the books that will soon expire. As the February 6 trade deadline approaches, some franchises will likely make [Read More]
