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 2024/25 NBA season, the limit is $7,240,000. If a team is including cash in a deal, the minimum amount required is $110,000.
The limits on sending and receiving cash are separate and aren’t dependent on one another, so if a team sends out $7,240,000 in one trade, then receives $7,240,000 in another, they aren’t back to square one — they’ve reached both limits for the season and can’t make another deal that includes cash.
Adding cash to a deal can serve multiple purposes. It can be a sweetener to encourage a team to make a deal in the first place – like when a club acquires a second-round pick in exchange for cash, or sends out an unwanted contract along with cash – or it can be a necessity to meet CBA requirements.
For instance, when the Hornets agreed to acquire Devonte’ Graham and a second-round pick from the Spurs over the summer, San Antonio essentially just wanted to clear some salary and Charlotte just wanted that draft pick. But the Spurs had to receive something in the deal, so the Hornets sent $110K, the minimum amount that can change hands in any trade involving cash.
Teams operating above the second tax apron are prohibited from sending out cash in a trade. For the time being, that restriction applies to four teams: the Suns, Celtics, Timberwolves, and Bucks. Those teams could only send out cash if they dip below the second apron.
We’ll use the space below to track each team’s cash sent and received in trades for the 2024/25 season, updating the info as necessary leading up to the 2025 trade deadline and for the first part of the 2025 offseason next June. These totals will reset once the ’25/26 league year begins on July 1.
Note: Data from Eric Pincus of Sports Business Classroom was used to confirm incoming and outgoing amounts for the Bulls, Clippers, Hornets, Jazz, Kings, Nuggets, Raptors, Spurs, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers, and Warriors.
Atlanta Hawks
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Boston Celtics
- Cash available to send:
$7,240,000 - Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Note: The Celtics are ineligible to send out cash as long as they’re operating over the second apron.
Brooklyn Nets
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Charlotte Hornets
- Cash available to send: $7,020,000
- Cash available to receive: $0
- Received $7,240,000 from Knicks.
Chicago Bulls
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $5,240,000
- Received $2,000,000 from Kings.
Cleveland Cavaliers
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Dallas Mavericks
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Denver Nuggets
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,130,000
- Received $110,000 from Hornets.
Detroit Pistons
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Golden State Warriors
- Cash available to send: $3,640,000
- Sent $2,500,000 to Trail Blazers.
- Sent $1,100,000 to Timberwolves.
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Houston Rockets
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Indiana Pacers
- Cash available to send: $6,240,000
- Sent $1,000,000 to Spurs.
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Los Angeles Clippers
- Cash available to send: $2,912,475
- Sent $4,327,525 to Jazz.
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Los Angeles Lakers
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Memphis Grizzlies
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Miami Heat
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Milwaukee Bucks
- Cash available to send:
$7,240,000 - Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Note: The Bucks are ineligible to send out cash as long as they’re operating over the second apron.
Minnesota Timberwolves
- Cash available to send:
$7,240,000 - Cash available to receive: $4,740,000
Note: The Timberwolves are ineligible to send out cash as long as they’re operating over the second apron.
New Orleans Pelicans
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
New York Knicks
- Cash available to send: $0
- Sent $7,240,000 to Hornets.
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Oklahoma City Thunder
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Orlando Magic
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Philadelphia 76ers
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Phoenix Suns
- Cash available to send:
$7,240,000 - Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Note: The Suns are ineligible to send out cash as long as they’re operating over the second apron.
Portland Trail Blazers
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $4,740,000
- Received $2,500,000 from Warriors.
Sacramento Kings
- Cash available to send: $3,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
San Antonio Spurs
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $4,130,000
Toronto Raptors
- Cash available to send: $5,840,000
- Sent $1,400,000 to Timberwolves.
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000
Utah Jazz
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $2,912,475
- Received $4,327,525 from Clippers.
Washington Wizards
- Cash available to send: $7,240,000
- Cash available to receive: $7,240,000