30 teams, 7 tiers: Franchises that will dominate -...

As NBA free agency season begins, ESPN analyst Bobby Marks has sorted all thirty teams into seven salary cap tiers — a framework that reveals each franchise's spending power heading into the market. Some front offices have substantial flexibility to pursue marquee signings, while others are tightly constrained by the luxury tax and the second apron threshold. This tier analysis will shape the entire free agency landscape, determining which teams can make aggressive moves and which must build through alternative methods.

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