Looming second apron penalties will apply to NBA teams unless they make siginificant changes this summer, which could trigger a flurry of trades, NBA insider Brian Wimdhorst says.
You have a sandwich effectthe second apron pressing down, said ESPNs Brian Windhorst on The Hoop Collective Podcast. The teams are in the second apron: Phoenix, Minnesota, Boston trying to get out of it. I think all three of them are going to try to get out of it. You got a couple of teams headed into the second apronI think Cleveland, one morebut the second apron is not where you want to be for long. So youre going to constantly have teams at the top, you know, potentially squeezing out talent.
And then you have some teams that have kind of gone all-in over the last couple of years, dont like their hand, and are going to maybe try to exit out. Theres a few that I suspect could see 13 teams trying to win in the West next year, and they go, You know what? Actually, probably 14 teams, because I think Portland probably thinks it can win after the way they finished. I dont know if theyve got enough talent to compete, but [Chris] Finch the other day said it was 15. Im not there yet.
So, but lets justlets just throw the Blazers a bone and say theres 14 teams. Is there a team or two in there thats like, I dont like our standing here, and if theres 14 teams trying to win, maybe we should not Im not going to call those teams names out, but I have a suspicion that, you know, that they could be in seller mode.
So you have some teams that are having to lose players because of salary. You have some teams that are ravenously trying to move up. And you have some teams that may try to sell because they see too many buyers. And what you got right there is a marketplace.
Windhorst added,People are saying that thisthe amount of activity and calls happening in the league right now is at a much higher volume than has been in years past.
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