ritt0093 wrote: One question, does anyone know if you must always have 12 players on the roster, or is it just at certain milestones (like the start of preseason for example)? .
There are no roster limits, max or min, during the summer. However, your team will carry cap holds at the minimum price up to 12 until your roster is fileld with 12 players.
Also, at the start of the season, the roster minimum is 13. that would be for 12 active and one inactive player (though you don't need a summer cap hold for #13). A team may drop to as few as 11, for example, due to a trade, but they have two weeks to bring their roster limit back up to 13.
Another interesting fact about roster minimums: the NBA guarantees a league-wide average of 14 players per team, otherwise they face a surcharge.