NBA free agency is about to tip off with teams grappling with the complications brought on by the new collective bargaining agreement.
Admittedly calling what NBA teams are grappling with this summer"the apron" -- or more accurately"aprons" since there are two of them -- is poor branding. The term doesn't audibly or visually make much sense to fans. It's lawyer/accounting terminology., that are taking effect this summer. These new rules are designed to put clamps on combining player acquisition with heavy spending. You can still do one or the other but it's now much more complicated to do both.
It significantly contributed to the 1999 lockout. Then there were"max contracts." The cat-and-mouse game eventually led to a dollar-for-dollar luxury tax. Then a"graduated" luxury tax and a"repeater" tax. Then there was an"apron" and now there's a"first apron" and a"second apron."
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