 They are in that dreaded second apron. I know that's a lot of minutia for, you know, the casual NBA fan. But the second apron means that you cannot realistically improve your team at all. You cannot combine salaries. You cannot take more money back in a trade. You cannot have access to certain exceptions. If you're over the second apron for a number of years, your draft picks actually future get frozen and you can't trade them.