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NBA's Second Apron Presents Tricky Roadblock for Cleveland Cavaliers

Follow along with the Cleveland Cavaliers during the offseason by listening to the latest episode of the Courtside with the Cavs on SI podcast
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Oct 2, 2023; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman talks to the media during media day at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images
Oct 2, 2023; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman talks to the media during media day at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images | Ken Blaze-Imagn Images

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The second apron has really changed how NBA teams can do business this time of year. So, while fans can play around with the various NBA trade machines hoping to improve their favorite team in a fantasy world, that's not exactly how it works in the real world.

With the Cleveland Cavaliers slated to be a second-round team in 2025-26, making moves to improve the team will be easier said than done. But how is this newer element of the NBA salary cap changing the way teams go about building a team? How will the Cavs attempt to navigate it this offseason?

Yossi Gozlan of The Third Apron Podcast and newsletter joined Spencer German and Spencer Davies on the latest episode of Courtside with the Cavs on SI podcast to have an informative discussion on the inner workings of the NBA salary cap, including the second apron.

What restrictions will Cleveland have? How can they work around those? What moves, if any, does he see the wine and gold making? Yossi covers all that and more in this must-listen episode.

Courtside with the Cavs on SI is the official podcast of Cleveland Cavaliers on SI, hosted by Spencer German and Spencer Davies, who break down the biggest storylines surrounding the wine and gold every single week.

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SPENCER GERMAN

Spencer German is a contributor to the Northeast Ohio cluster of sites, including Cavs Insider, Cleveland Baseball Insider and most notably Browns Digest. He also works as a fill-in host on Cleveland Sports Radio, 92.3 The Fan, one of the Browns radio affiliate stations in Cleveland. Despite being a Cleveland transplant, Spencer has enjoyed making Northeast Ohio home ever since he attended college locally. 

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