The NBA salary cap limits the amount of money that teams are allowed to pay their players to ensure financial parity across the league. The salary cap for the 2023/24 NBA season was set at an estimated 134 million U.S. dollars.
Size of the salary cap of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2012/13 to 2023/24 (in million U.S. dollars)
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The Athletic. (February 11, 2023). Size of the salary cap of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2012/13 to 2023/24 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/329783/size-of-the-nba-salary-cap/
The Athletic. "Size of the salary cap of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2012/13 to 2023/24 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 11, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/329783/size-of-the-nba-salary-cap/
The Athletic. (2023). Size of the salary cap of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2012/13 to 2023/24 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/329783/size-of-the-nba-salary-cap/
The Athletic. "Size of The Salary Cap of The National Basketball Association (Nba) from 2012/13 to 2023/24 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/329783/size-of-the-nba-salary-cap/
The Athletic, Size of the salary cap of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2012/13 to 2023/24 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/329783/size-of-the-nba-salary-cap/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Size of the salary cap of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2012/13 to 2023/24 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], The Athletic, February 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/329783/size-of-the-nba-salary-cap/