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Why does this ‘second tax apron’ matter? Because being over that mark limits what the Suns can do with signings and trades to continue to improve the team.
During this coming season, if the Suns are over the second apron, they:
cannot sign any high-salary buyout guys (who had more than $12.4 million or so)
cannot acquire > 10% more salary than they send out in any trades
That means no more Terrence Ross signings after the trade deadline, and no more Durant and Beal trades the way they were done in bringing back significantly more salary.
And if the Suns are still over the second apron after April 2024, they
cannot pay more than league minimum for free agents from another team
cannot trade the “seven years out” first round pick (2031)
cannot acquire any players in sign-and-trade
cannot send out cash in any trades
cannot take back ANY more salary than they send out, not even a dollar
can only do one-for-one trades for salary-matching purposes (no salary aggregation of multiple players)
If they remain over the second apron twice in the following four years (i.e. three of five), starting NEXT season:
those future frozen draft picks are moved to the END of the first round (they can later be unfrozen if the team gets below the second apron 3 out of 4 years)
In short, trades get tough for the teams over the second apron, including the Suns, Celtics, Nuggets and Clippers (This list only leaves out the Warriors and Bucks because Klay Thompson and Jrue Holiday are merely Bird Rights free agents until they re-sign).