2026-27 season · grounded in the real CBA
Run your own
NBA front office.
Every team's cap sheet, every contract, and the rules that govern them. Model signings and option decisions, then build trades that don't just sound good — they actually work.
Trade Machine
Build trades with up to eight teams. Add players, draft picks, and trade exceptions, and get a verdict under real CBA salary-matching rules — with the math shown, not hand-waved. Share any deal with a link.
Open the Trade MachineCap Manager
Every team's payroll, projected across the seasons ahead. Model re-signings, option decisions, waivers, and cap holds in scenarios you can save and share — and see exactly where the aprons start to bite.
Pick a teamThe rest of the toolkit
FA Market Explorer
The whole free-agent landscape: who's available, who has money, and which teams can actually afford a player.
Player Stats
Production and advanced metrics side by side with what each player is paid — value, in context.
Contract Explorer
Every deal in the league, by player or by team — options, guarantees, and trade restrictions included.
CBA Glossary
Aprons, Bird rights, base year compensation — plain-English explanations of the rules these tools enforce.
Learn the rules behind the tools
Plain-English CBA guides
Get a direct answer first, then see the mechanics, edge cases, official references, and the Armchair GM tool that applies the rule.
Trade salary matching
A practical guide to cap-room trades, over-the-cap matching, apron restrictions, aggregation, and why a legal deal can differ by team.
Bird rights and cap holds
Learn why a free agent remains on a team's cap sheet, how Bird rights permit above-cap re-signings, and what a team gives up by renouncing a cap hold.
First and second aprons
Understand how the NBA's first and second aprons differ from the salary cap and luxury tax, which roster-building tools they restrict, and when a hard cap applies.
Stepien Rule and draft picks
Learn why NBA teams must preserve first-round coverage in future drafts, how acquired picks and swaps affect the rule, and why protections require careful modeling.
Got a trade in mind?
Stop arguing about it in the group chat — see if it actually works.