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Cash Sent, Received In NBA Trades For 2025/26

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 2025/26 NBA season, thelimit is$7,964,000.

The limits on sending and receiving cash are separate and aren’t dependent on one another, so if a team sends out $7,964,000 in one trade, then receives $7,964,000 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.

Teams operating above the secondtax apron are prohibited from sending out cash in a trade. For the time being, that restriction applies to one teams: Cleveland. TheCavaliers 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 2025/26 season, updating the info as necessary leading up to the 2026 trade deadline and for the first part of the 2026 offseason next June. These totals will reset once the ’26/27 league year begins on July 1.

Atlanta Hawks

• Cash available to send: $6,464,000
  • Sent $1,500,000 toTimberwolves.
• Cash available to receive: $7,768,700
  • Received $85,300 fromRockets.
  • Received $110,000 fromNets.

Boston Celtics

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $6,864,000
  • Received $1,100,000 fromNets.

Brooklyn Nets

• Cash available to send: $6,754,000
  • Sent $1,100,000 toCeltics.
  • Sent $110,000 toHawks.
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Charlotte Hornets

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Chicago Bulls

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Cleveland Cavaliers

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Note: The Cavaliers are ineligible to send out cash as long as they’re operating over the second apron.

Dallas Mavericks

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Denver Nuggets

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Detroit Pistons

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Golden State Warriors

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Houston Rockets

• Cash available to send: $7,878,700
  • Sent $85,300 toHawks.
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Indiana Pacers

• Cash available to send: $5,464,000
  • Sent $2,500,000 toSpurs.
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Los Angeles Clippers

• Cash available to send: $5,464,000
  • Sent $2,500,000 toJazz.
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Los Angeles Lakers

• Cash available to send: $4,714,000
  • Sent $3,250,000 toTimberwolves.
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Memphis Grizzlies

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Miami Heat

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Milwaukee Bucks

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Minnesota Timberwolves

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $3,214,000
  • Received $3,250,000 fromLakers.
  • Received $1,500,000 fromHawks.

New Orleans Pelicans

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

New York Knicks

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Oklahoma City Thunder

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Orlando Magic

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Philadelphia 76ers

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Phoenix Suns

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Portland Trail Blazers

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Sacramento Kings

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

San Antonio Spurs

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $5,464,000
  • Received $2,500,000 fromPacers.

Toronto Raptors

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Utah Jazz

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $5,464,000
  • Received $2,500,000 fromClippers.

Washington Wizards

• Cash available to send: $7,964,000
• Cash available to receive: $7,964,000

Data fromEric Pincus of Sports Business Classroom was used in the creation of this post.

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