Shortly after the Los Angeles Lakers traded for Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans, much of the attention was on them perhaps overlooking the July 6 timing.
Based on this date instead of July 30, the Lakers would no longer have a max-contract slot available for free agency.
As there were conflicting reports, the Lakers traded three prospects to the Wizards and Davis waived his $4 million trade kicker to re-establish their max-contract slot.
Prior to the start of free agency, the NBA officially announced the 2019-20 NBA salary cap, according to NBA:
The National Basketball Association announced Saturday that the Salary Cap has been set at $109.