The cap, explained with current data
Every number on these pages comes from the same contracts and rules engine the trade machine uses, so they update when the rosters do.
Which NBA teams are over the first and second apron in 2026-27?
All 30 payrolls against the tax line and both aprons, from current signed contracts.
Data as of October 14, 2026
Which NBA teams are hard-capped in 2026-27, and what triggered it
The full list, the move that triggered each one, and why it matters at the trade deadline.
Data as of October 14, 2026
The biggest traded-player exceptions in the NBA right now
Who has one, how big it is, when it expires, and what it can absorb.
Data as of October 14, 2026
The 2026-27 NBA salary cap, tax, and aprons: every number that matters
The cap, tax line, both aprons, every exception, the max tiers, and the minimum scale, from the official cap memo.
October 20, 2026
How to tell if an NBA trade actually works under the 2023 CBA
Salaries matching is step one of seven. Here are the other six.
October 20, 2026
An NBA trade machine that checks the apron rules, not just the salaries
What Over the Apron checks, how it's tested against real moves, and where it's still approximate.
October 20, 2026