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NBA sets salary cap for 2025-26

NBA salary cap for 2025-26 season set at $154.647 million

NEW YORK – The National Basketball Association today announced that the Salary Cap has been set at $154.647 million for the 2025-26 season. The Tax Level for the 2025‑26 season is $187.895 million.

The Washington Post · 12h

NBA sets salary cap for 2025-26 at $154.647M, the maximum 10% increase over this past season

The NBA has set the salary cap for the coming season at $154.647 million, the maximum allowed 10% increase over the level for this past season

Yahoo! Sports · 11h

The NBA’s salary cap for 2026 is an unmitigated disaster we’ll quickly feel

Well, according to the league's projected salary cap increase for the 2026-2027 season (so, starting next summer), the second apron is likely about to wreak even more havoc on NBA

NBA, to free agency

USA TODAY on MSN · 13h

NBA free agency: What are the first and second aprons? Which teams are affected?

NBA players have big problems with the apron system during free agency. Here's everything to know about the NBA's offseason spending rules.

Fox News · 19h

When does 2025 NBA free agency start? Dates, deadlines

Negotiations with free agents are allowed to begin on June 30 at 6 p.m. ET, however, no deals can be formally signed until the moratorium period ends on July 6. NBA free agency will officially begin on July 6, 2025, at 12 p.m. ET. Teams will then be able to start signing players, making trades official, and executing new contracts.

Bleacher Report · 4h

2025 NBA Free Agency Winners and Losers from Day 1

Despite a class that didn't have a ton of household names, the NBA produced plenty of fireworks and landscape-shifting moves on the first day of free agency.

NBA free agency: Live updates, trade rumors, news with eyes on Lakers, LeBron James, Warriors, Celtics, more

Most of the big names are accounted for. LeBron James is staying with the Lakers (for now). James Harden is returning to the ...

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NBA free agency opens with Spurs, Rockets, Hawks, Magic and Mavs among those making early moves

Technically, the NBA free agency period was scheduled to open at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Monday. In actuality, it has been ...

14h

2025 NBA Free Agency Live Tracker: Updates, news, rumors, top players, signings, trades

Here's where you can find all the latest signings, trades, rumors and reports all in one place, updated constantly.

USA TODAY College Sports Wire on MSN3d

Every Nebraska basketball player taken in NBA draft history

King was the first first-round pick in Nebraska basketball history when he was taken 14th overall in the 1991 NBA draft. In ...

Adam Silver heckled with ‘rigged’ line during NBA Draft

The National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver received a notable heckle right at the very beginning of the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday night. Silver walked out at Barclays Center in ...

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75 Years After First HBCU Player Was Drafted, Did NBA Drop The Ball In Recent Drafts?

As HBCU basketball continues to showcase its best in all-star games and combines, NBA execs are focused elsewhere for talent.

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Oklahoma Thunder claim the 2025 NBA championship

The Thunder turned up their defensive intensity in the third quarter, forcing the Pacers into seven turnovers during a 19-2 ...

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