NBA Cup final was a contrast in spending styles, and the league is just fine with that

Houston Rockets forward Dillon Brooks (9) and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort (5) contest for a rebound during the second half of a semifinal game in the NBA Cup basketball tournament Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas.

Houston Rockets forward Dillon Brooks (9) and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort (5) contest for a rebound during the second half of a semifinal game in the NBA Cup basketball tournament Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)


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LAS VEGAS — The NBA Cup finalists have different styles in how they play. And how they spend. Tuesday night's title game in Las Vegas between Milwaukee and Oklahoma City pitted a team in the Bucks that's over the NBA's second apron — a threshold that, once exceeded, limits ways that teams can trade for or sign players — and a team in the Thunder below the first apron. In NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's eyes, that might be fitting.

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