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The other top 3-and-D role player on the market, Alexander-Walker, secured even more guaranteed money from the Hawks, who will add the 26-year-old to a wing rotation that includes rising star Jalen Johnson, Most Improved Player Dyson Daniels and 2024 No. 1 overall pick Zaccharie Risacher.

Thankfully, NBA teams are now (almost) all exceedingly clever with how they dole out their money (at this point, the only team attending Bill Simmons legendary Bad GM’s Summit would be the Pelicans). That said, there are still teams who made moves ranging from head scratching to downright inexplicable.

Each year, the NBA gives teams a spending limit for constructing their rosters. The salary cap changes every year, typically in increasing fashion, because it’s tied to league revenue.  For the upcoming 2025–2026 season,

Sports hands out offseason grades for each NBA team, with trades, the draft, front-office moves and coaching changes taken into account.

A rather sneaky financial maneuver allowed the Chicago Bulls and the Cleveland Cavaliers to maintain flexibility in the Ball-Okoro trade.

There are numerous trade scenarios that the Milwaukee Bucks can make involving Kyle Kuzma that would put the rest of the league on notice.

The NBA shouldn't harshly penalize teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder for correctly identifying good basketball players and building great rosters.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have shelled out plenty of money this offseason, Bobby Marks reveals how OKC can navigate the new CBA.