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 2026/27 NBA season, the limit is $8,495,000.
The limits on sending and receiving cash are separate and aren’t dependent on one another, so if a team sends out $8,495,000 in one trade, then receives $8,495,000 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 second tax apron are prohibited from sending out cash in a trade. For the time being, that restriction applies to one teams: Denver. The Nuggets 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 2026/27 season, updating the info as necessary leading up to the 2027 trade deadline and for the first part of the 2027 offseason next June. These totals will reset once the ’27/28 league year begins on July 1.
Atlanta Hawks
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Boston Celtics
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Brooklyn Nets
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Charlotte Hornets
Cash available to send: $8,385,000
Sent $110,000 to Rockets.
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Chicago Bulls
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Dallas Mavericks
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Denver Nuggets
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Note: The Nuggets are ineligible to send out cash as long as they’re operating over the second apron.
Detroit Pistons
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Golden State Warriors
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Houston Rockets
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,385,000
Received $110,000 from Hornets.
Indiana Pacers
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Los Angeles Clippers
Cash available to send: $6,395,000
Sent $1,100,000 to Bucks.
Sent $1,000,000 to Sixers.
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Los Angeles Lakers
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Memphis Grizzlies
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Miami Heat
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Milwaukee Bucks
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $7,395,000
Received $1,100,000 from Clippers.
Minnesota Timberwolves
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
New Orleans Pelicans
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
New York Knicks
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Oklahoma City Thunder
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Orlando Magic
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Philadelphia 76ers
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $7,495,000
Received $1,000,000 from Clippers.
Phoenix Suns
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Portland Trail Blazers
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Sacramento Kings
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
San Antonio Spurs
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Toronto Raptors
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Utah Jazz
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000
Washington Wizards
Cash available to send: $8,495,000
Cash available to receive: $8,495,000