There is only 1 team with cap space this off season - Brooklyn. That means the feee agent market is dead. The 2nd apron is so restrictive (this will be the first real year) that teams can’t even retool. Ex: Boston can’t do a package of Holiday and Hauser. They can’t just dump players either because no one has space. Teams in the first apron can’t even do sign and trades unless they drop out of the apron. It’s going to be a mess. You are going to see more and more 10 day contact guys playing big minutes and then being cut for another 10 day contact guy - just like the Mavs did with Moses Brown. It’s going to create worse and less watchable ball. —- NBA First Apron Penalties Teams can only acquire sign-and-trade players if they move them below the apron. Teams who execute a trade must match salaries within 110% of the outgoing obligation. Compare this to teams in good standing, which have a broader match window at 125%. Teams cannot sign any players waived during the regular season if their salary is greater than the midlevel exception. NBA Second Apron Penalties Teams do not have access to the taxpayer midlevel exception. Teams cannot use trade exceptions created when combining the salaries of multiple players. Teams cannot use trade exceptions from any prior year. Teams lose the ability to trade first-round picks that are seven years in the future. If teams remain in the second apron for any three years in a five-year period, their upcoming first-round draft pick is automatically moved to the end of the first round.