The NBA is inching towards lifting its moratorium on transactions. There are always financial implications to every move, but perhaps never more so than this offseason, when few teams have salary cap space and all of them are facing an uncertain economy entering a second season disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Money could motivate more decisions than ever before, and there are a dozen unwanted long-term contracts that will severely impact the trade market. They will either be the driving forces behind deals or the reason many do not get done. These are the NBA’s most burdensome three- and four-year contracts.