NBA Team Apron Tracker

A real-time look at the 2024-25 apron totals for each NBA team, including estimated apron space.

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1ST APRON THRESHOLD: $178,132,000

2ND APRON THRESHOLD: $188,931,000

Rank Team Total Apron Allocations 1st Apron Is Hard-Capped? 1st Apron Space 2nd Apron Is Hard-Capped? 2nd Apron Space
1 PHX PHX $220,403,340 $-42,271,340 $-31,472,340
2 MIN MIN $205,991,718 $-27,859,718 $-17,060,718
3 BOS BOS $196,574,991 $-18,442,991 $-7,643,991
4 MIL MIL $195,430,639 $-17,298,639 $-6,499,639
5 LAL LAL $188,885,999 $-10,753,999 $45,001
6 MIA MIA $187,715,527 $-9,583,527 $1,215,473
7 DEN DEN $183,774,315 $-5,642,315 $5,156,685
8 PHI PHI $182,733,787 $-4,601,787 $6,197,213
9 NYK NYK $181,313,125 $-3,181,125 $7,617,875
10 DAL DAL $177,638,944 $493,056 $11,292,056
11 GSW GSW $177,598,341 $533,659 $11,332,659
12 CLE CLE $174,042,327 $4,089,673 $14,888,673
13 NOP NOP $173,772,344 $4,359,656 $15,158,656
14 LAC LAC $173,279,116 $4,852,884 $15,651,884
15 SAC SAC $173,228,203 $4,903,797 $15,702,797
16 BKN BKN $172,907,259 $5,224,741 $16,023,741
17 IND IND $172,874,000 $5,258,000 $16,057,000
18 ATL ATL $172,779,070 $5,352,930 $16,151,930
19 MEM MEM $171,223,067 $6,908,933 $17,707,933
20 POR POR $168,640,187 $9,491,813 $20,290,813
21 CHI CHI $168,413,241 $9,718,759 $20,517,759
22 WAS WAS $168,032,670 $10,099,330 $20,898,330
23 TOR TOR $167,664,115 $10,467,885 $21,266,885
24 HOU HOU $166,526,987 $11,605,013 $22,404,013
25 OKC OKC $160,709,242 $17,422,758 $28,221,758
26 CHA CHA $154,784,176 $23,347,824 $34,146,824
27 ORL ORL $152,959,238 $25,172,762 $35,971,762
28 SAS SAS $150,945,877 $27,186,123 $37,985,123
29 UTA UTA $144,262,915 $33,869,085 $44,668,085
30 DET DET $131,348,501 $46,783,499 $57,582,499

OVER THE FIRST APRON

Threshold: $178,132,000
Taxpayer MLE: $5,168,000
Hard-capped at Second Apron if used
Team becomes hard-capped at First Apron by or can't use/do:
Using more than Tax MLE out of NTMLE
Using BAE
Acquiring player via Sign-and-Trade
Signing a buyout player who made more than NTMLE on previous contract
Using more than 100% in salary matching in a trade
Using a TPE that was created in prior season
Teams:

OVER THE SECOND APRON

Threshold: $188,931,000
No signing exceptions
Team becomes hard-capped at the Second Apron by or can't use/do:
Using Tax MLE
Aggregating two or more player salaries in a trade
Sending out cash in trade
Acquiring a player using a TPE that was created via pervious sign-and-trade
Can only:
Re-sign own free agents
Sign draft picks
Sign players to minimum contracts
Make trades where one player salary is sent out and equal or less salary comes back (can do a 1 for 2+ trade)
Teams:

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