Cash Sent, Received In NBA Trades For 2018/19

During each NBA league year, teams face limits on the amount of cash they can send out and receive in trades. Once they reach those limits, they’re no longer permitted to include cash in a deal until the following league year.

For the 2018/19 NBA season, the limit is $5,243,000. The limits on sending and receiving cash are separate and aren’t dependent on one another, so if a team sends out $5,243,000 in one trade, then receives $5,243,000 in another, they aren’t back to square one — they’ve reached both limits for the season.

Since July 1, 14 trades have included cash. The money attached to some of those deals is extremely minimal — in one Mavericks/Clippers swap, Dallas received just $50K from Los Angeles. In other cases though, the money included in a trade can be a major factor. For instance, the fact that the Nets paid the Hornets $5MM in the deal that sent Dwight Howard to Brooklyn and Timofey Mozgov to Charlotte certainly helped incentivize the Hornets to make the move.

We’ll use the space below to track each team’s cash sent and received in trades for the 2018/19 season, updating the info as necessary for the 2019 trade deadline and the first part of the 2019 offseason. These totals will reset once the calendar turns to July 2019 and the ’19/20 league year begins.

Atlanta Hawks

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $0
  • Received $2,055,910 from Celtics.
  • Received $1,880,000 from Heat.
  • Received $1,307,090 from Warriors.

Boston Celtics

• Cash available to send: $2,737,090
  • Sent $450,000 to Thunder.
  • Sent $2,055,910 to Hawks.
• Cash available to receive: $5,243,000

Brooklyn Nets

• Cash available to send: $243,000
  • Sent $5,000,000 to Hornets.
  • Sent $110,000 to Raptors.
• Cash available to receive: $5,243,000

Charlotte Hornets

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $0
  • Received $5,000,000 from Nets.
  • Received $243,000 from Thunder.

Chicago Bulls

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $0
  • Received $1,065,966 from Rockets.
  • Received $1,566,570 from Rockets.
  • Received $2,610,464 from Thunder.

Cleveland Cavaliers

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $3,995,506
  • Received $1,247,494 from Clippers.

Dallas Mavericks

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $3,148,049
  • Received $1,544,951 (plus conditional $500,000) from Rockets.
  • Received $50,000 from Clippers.

Denver Nuggets

• Cash available to send: $4,043,000
  • Sent $1,200,000 to Heat.
• Cash available to receive: $5,133,000
  • Received $110,000 from Sixers.

Detroit Pistons

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $5,243,000

Golden State Warriors

• Cash available to send: $2,935,910
  • Sent $1,307,090 to Hawks.
  • Sent $1,000,000 to Pelicans.
• Cash available to receive: $3,243,000
  • Received $2,000,000 from Jazz.

Houston Rockets

• Cash available to send: $565,513
  • Sent $1,544,951 (plus conditional $500,000) to Mavericks.
  • Sent $1,065,966 to Bulls.
  • Sent $1,566,570 to Bulls.
• Cash available to receive: $5,133,000
  • Received $110,000 from Pacers.

Indiana Pacers

• Cash available to send: $5,133,000
  • Sent $110,000 to Rockets.
• Cash available to receive: $4,243,000
  • Received $1,000,000 from Jazz.

Los Angeles Clippers

• Cash available to send: $3,945,506
  • Sent $1,247,494 to Cavaliers.
  • Sent $50,000 to Mavericks.
• Cash available to receive: $5,243,000

Los Angeles Lakers

• Cash available to send: $1,516,222
  • Sent $1,500,000 to Sixers.
  • Sent $2,226,778 to Magic.
• Cash available to receive: $5,243,000

Memphis Grizzlies

• Cash available to send: $2,660,069
  • Sent $1,544,951 to Kings.
  • Sent $1,037,980 to Magic.
• Cash available to receive: $5,243,000

Miami Heat

• Cash available to send: $1,563,000
  • Sent $1,800,000 to Suns.
  • Sent $1,880,000 to Hawks.
• Cash available to receive: $4,043,000
  • Received $1,200,000 from Nuggets.

Milwaukee Bucks

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $3,243,000
  • Received $1,500,000 from Wizards.
  • Received $500,000 from Wizards.

Minnesota Timberwolves

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $5,243,000

New Orleans Pelicans

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $3,365,456
  • Received $877,544 from Wizards.
  • Received $1,000,000 from Warriors.

New York Knicks

• Cash available to send: $4,243,000
  • Sent $1,000,000 to Kings.
• Cash available to receive: $5,243,000

Oklahoma City Thunder

• Cash available to send: $411,294
  • Sent $1,978,242 to Magic.
  • Sent $243,000 to Hornets.
  • Sent $2,610,464 to Bulls.
• Cash available to receive: $4,793,000
  • Received $450,000 from Celtics.

Orlando Magic

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $0
  • Received $1,978,242 from Thunder.
  • Received $1,037,980 from Grizzlies.
  • Received $2,226,778 from Lakers.

Philadelphia 76ers

• Cash available to send: $5,023,000
  • Sent $110,000 to Nuggets.
  • Sent $110,000 to Raptors.
• Cash available to receive: $743,000
  • Received $1,500,000 from Lakers. 
  • Received $1,000,000 from Suns.
  • Received $2,000,000 from Wizards.

Phoenix Suns

• Cash available to send: $4,243,000
  • Sent $1,000,000 to Sixers.
• Cash available to receive: $3,443,000
  • Received $1,800,000 from Heat.

Portland Trail Blazers

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $5,243,000

Sacramento Kings

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $2,698,049
  • Received $1,544,951 from Grizzlies.
  • Received $1,000,000 from Knicks.

San Antonio Spurs

• Cash available to send: $243,000
  • Sent $5,000,000 to Raptors.
• Cash available to receive: $5,243,000

Toronto Raptors

• Cash available to send: $5,243,000
• Cash available to receive: $23,000
  • Received $5,000,000 from Spurs.
  • Received $110,000 from Sixers.
  • Received $110,000 from Nets.

Utah Jazz

• Cash available to send: $2,243,000
  • Sent $1,000,000 to Pacers.
  • Sent $2,000,000 to Warriors.
• Cash available to receive: $5,243,000

Washington Wizards

• Cash available to send: $365,456
  • Sent $1,500,000 to Bucks.
  • Sent $500,000 to Bucks.
  • Sent $877,544 to Pelicans.
  • Sent $2,000,000 to Sixers.
• Cash available to receive: $5,243,000

Information from Basketball Insiders and ESPN’s Bobby Marks was used in the creation of this post.