NBA front offices have yet to receive the league’s new collective bargaining agreement that begins June 30 for the 2023-24 season on, but the string of trade activity throughout this NBA Draft week has already shown how seriously teams are taking the updated CBA’s new salary cap restrictions. The introduction of a second tax apron and the further team-building limitations that come with it are so punitive, even the heavy-spending Golden State Warriors acquired veteran point guard Chris Paul on Thursday with one mind on future financial savings, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
The Warriors targeted Paul as part of another championship run behind Steph Curry, but Golden State sent fourth-year guard Jordan Poole to Washington, plus a protected 2030 first-round pick and a 2027 second-rounder to acquire him.