NBA salary-cap glossary
The rule that incoming and outgoing salaries have to be close enough — how close depends on how much the team already spends.
CBA 2023 Art. VII §6(j)(i)
Rulebook entry: salary-matching.bands
The core check: incoming salary must fit within the band the outgoing salary allows, computed per team, per trade, with the cushion the rulebook sets.
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