Offseason Receipts · Summer League edition

The moratorium ended July 6 and the mega-deals went official. ESPN reports that a trade happened — the receipts show why it was legal and exactly what cap position it left, straight from the CBA engine on verified contract floors.

The blockbusters, through the engine

Giannis Antetokounmpo to Miamiofficial July 6, 2026

⚠ BEYOND the engine's 2-team model

Miami Heatsends $47.4M · takes back $73.0M

→ Tyler Herro ($33.0M)
→ Kel'el Ware ($4.7M)
→ Jaime Jaquez Jr. ($5.9M)
→ Kasparas Jakucionis ($3.8M)

before $180.5M Non-taxpayerafter $206.0M Taxpayer

✗ Salary match FAILS — taking back $73.0M exceeds the allowed $59.5M. Under the tax, large outgoing (> $35.4M) → Band 3: 125% + $250K = $59.5M.
✓ Post-trade, MIA sits at $206.0M — taxpayer (under first apron).

Milwaukee Buckssends $73.0M · takes back $47.4M

→ Giannis Antetokounmpo ($58.5M)
→ Bobby Portis ($14.5M)

before $155.4M Non-taxpayerafter $129.9M Non-taxpayer

✓ Salary match OK — taking back $47.4M ≤ allowed $91.5M. Under the tax, large outgoing (> $35.4M) → Band 3: 125% + $250K = $91.5M.
✓ Post-trade, MIL sits at $129.9M — under the luxury tax.

This deal DID execute — the league approved a structure using mechanisms outside the engine's simultaneous 2-team player-salary model (exceptions, renunciations, or additional legs the log records separately). The failing check above shows exactly where the simple model stops — the same rails the Trade Builder enforces on hypotheticals. plus draft consideration (MIA → MIL, per the official log) — the engine matches PLAYER salaries; picks carry no salary and aren't modeled. Verified 2026-27 contract floors; reconstructed pre-trade rosters (live rosters are post-trade). Sources: NBA official player-movement log · Hoops Rumors — 2026 moratorium ends. Cap hubs: MIA · MIL

Jaylen Brown ↔ Paul Georgeofficial July 6, 2026

✓ LEGAL under the engine's model

Boston Celticssends $57.1M · takes back $54.1M

→ Jaylen Brown ($57.1M)

before $180.2M Non-taxpayerafter $177.2M Non-taxpayer

✓ Salary match OK — taking back $54.1M ≤ allowed $71.6M. Under the tax, large outgoing (> $35.4M) → Band 3: 125% + $250K = $71.6M.
✓ Post-trade, BOS sits at $177.2M — under the luxury tax.

Philadelphia 76erssends $54.1M · takes back $57.1M

→ Paul George ($54.1M)

before $197.0M Non-taxpayerafter $199.9M Non-taxpayer

✓ Salary match OK — taking back $57.1M ≤ allowed $67.9M. Under the tax, large outgoing (> $35.4M) → Band 3: 125% + $250K = $67.9M.
✓ Post-trade, PHI sits at $199.9M — under the luxury tax.

plus draft consideration (PHI → BOS, per the official log) — the engine matches PLAYER salaries; picks carry no salary and aren't modeled. Verified 2026-27 contract floors; reconstructed pre-trade rosters (live rosters are post-trade). Sources: NBA official player-movement log · Hoops Rumors — 2026 moratorium ends. Cap hubs: BOS · PHI

Deandre Ayton to Washingtonofficial July 7, 2026

✓ LEGAL under the engine's model

Los Angeles Lakerssends $8.1M · takes back $6.0M

→ Deandre Ayton ($8.1M)

before $95.0M Non-taxpayerafter $92.9M Non-taxpayer

✓ Salary match OK — taking back $6.0M ≤ allowed $78.0M. Under the cap → can absorb into $69.9M of cap room: take back up to outgoing + room = $78.0M.
✓ Post-trade, LAL sits at $92.9M — under the luxury tax.

Washington Wizardssends $6.0M · takes back $8.1M

→ Jaden Hardy ($6.0M)

before $117.1M Non-taxpayerafter $119.2M Non-taxpayer

✓ Salary match OK — taking back $8.1M ≤ allowed $53.9M. Under the cap → can absorb into $47.9M of cap room: take back up to outgoing + room = $53.9M.
✓ Post-trade, WAS sits at $119.2M — under the luxury tax.

plus draft consideration (WAS → LAL, per the official log) — the engine matches PLAYER salaries; picks carry no salary and aren't modeled. Verified 2026-27 contract floors; reconstructed pre-trade rosters (live rosters are post-trade). Sources: NBA official player-movement log. Cap hubs: LAL · WAS

Extension radar

Signed this week

Donovan MitchellCLEreportedJuly 6, 2026
4 years, $273M (max extension)
As reported at the moratorium close. Figures enter CapDesk cap sheets only after Basketball-Reference verification — until then the reported tier carries them, cited. Hoops Rumors — 2026 moratorium ends
Andrew WigginsMIAofficialJuly 6, 2026
terms not in the official log — no figure shown
Veteran Extension per the official player-movement log — the log records the transaction, not the money. No figure is shown until one can be cited. NBA official player-movement log
Neemias QuetaBOSofficialJuly 6, 2026
terms not in the official log — no figure shown
Veteran Extension per the official player-movement log — the log records the transaction, not the money. No figure is shown until one can be cited. NBA official player-movement log

Window open — the clock an agent actually manages

Brandin PodziemskiGSW0 days to the extension deadline

Max ext. year 1 (est.): $45.4M
Max 4-yr total (est.): $203.2M
Market AAV (proj., cited): $19.5M
Deadline: day before the 2026-27 opener (est. — schedule TBD)

Rookie-scale max math (25% of the projected 2027-28 cap, 8% raises) — every figure est.-labeled, inputs cited in the dossier. Full clock, alerts and the 30-team map: My Book →

Citation-gated register — entries appear only with a public source, and grow as deals are cited. Radar math is an estimated ceiling, never a reported figure.

Client market map

ESPN rates players. This shows which teams can structurally PAY your client this week. The 30-team mechanism ranking for Brandin Podziemski, computed from live verified floors (snapshot August 24, 2026).

Team	Mechanism	Room (floor)	Why
GSW	Incumbent · Bird rights	$-36.0M	GSW holds his Bird rights — it can re-sign him over the cap and match any 2027 offer sheet. Pole position, and the reason a rival needs a big number to pry him loose.
CHI	Cap space · can outbid	$165.0M	$165.0M under the cap — enough to sign him to a full ~$19.5M/yr offer sheet in 2027 RFA (the Warriors would have to match or lose him), and can absorb his $5.7M deal in a trade now.
CLE	Cap space · can outbid	$165.0M	$165.0M under the cap — enough to sign him to a full ~$19.5M/yr offer sheet in 2027 RFA (the Warriors would have to match or lose him), and can absorb his $5.7M deal in a trade now.
IND	Cap space · can outbid	$165.0M	$165.0M under the cap — enough to sign him to a full ~$19.5M/yr offer sheet in 2027 RFA (the Warriors would have to match or lose him), and can absorb his $5.7M deal in a trade now.
LAL	Cap space · can outbid	$165.0M	$165.0M under the cap — enough to sign him to a full ~$19.5M/yr offer sheet in 2027 RFA (the Warriors would have to match or lose him), and can absorb his $5.7M deal in a trade now.
MEM	Cap space · can outbid	$165.0M	$165.0M under the cap — enough to sign him to a full ~$19.5M/yr offer sheet in 2027 RFA (the Warriors would have to match or lose him), and can absorb his $5.7M deal in a trade now.
NYK	Cap space · can outbid	$165.0M	$165.0M under the cap — enough to sign him to a full ~$19.5M/yr offer sheet in 2027 RFA (the Warriors would have to match or lose him), and can absorb his $5.7M deal in a trade now.
UTA	Cap space · can outbid	$165.0M	$165.0M under the cap — enough to sign him to a full ~$19.5M/yr offer sheet in 2027 RFA (the Warriors would have to match or lose him), and can absorb his $5.7M deal in a trade now.

Room is a verified-contracts FLOOR (mid-offseason it overstates true space — unpriced deals aren't in it; the amber caveat lives on every surface that shows it). Mechanism ranking is the demo: incumbent Bird rights → cap space → absorb-trade → MLE → apron-limited.