FA Market

What every team could realistically offer a free agent, and the signing mechanism behind the number. "Current commitments" keeps each team's cap holds Cap Hold Fundamentals A placeholder amount charged against a team's cap for free agents whose rights they hold. Cap holds count toward team salary even though no contract exists. Teams must renounce a player's rights to remove the cap hold, but doing so means losing the ability to re-sign that player using Bird rights. Open in glossary → on the books; "Max flexibility" renounces every hold and waives non-guaranteed salary to show each team's theoretical ceiling.

Current commitments Max flexibility

Cap holds kept, options exercised — the market as it stands today.

today → max-flexibility offer Non-Taxpayer MLE ($15.1M) ▲ signing hard-caps team Hard Cap Fundamentals A strict salary limit that cannot be exceeded under any circumstances. Teams become hard-capped by certain actions: using the NTMLE (hard-capped at first apron), using the BAE (first apron), receiving a sign-and-trade (first apron), or aggregating salaries (second apron). Open in glossary → ⚠ offer conflicts with re-signing own free agents $ over the tax line Luxury Tax Fundamentals A dollar-for-dollar (or more) penalty paid by teams whose total salary exceeds the luxury tax line. For 2025-26, the tax line is $187,895,000. Tax rates increase with each bracket and are higher for repeat offenders. Open in glossary →

Full Mid-Level ($15.1M) 11 teams

Detroit Pistons

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$15.1M → $27.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Brooklyn Nets

Under the Cap ▲

$15.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Charlotte Hornets

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$15.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Chicago Bulls

Under the Cap ▲

$15.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Dallas Mavericks

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$15.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Los Angeles Clippers

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$15.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Memphis Grizzlies

Under the Cap ▲

$15.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Milwaukee Bucks

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$15.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Portland Trail Blazers

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$15.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Utah Jazz

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$15.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Washington Wizards

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$15.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Taxpayer MLE / Room Exception ($6.1M–$9.4M) 14 teams

Atlanta Hawks

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲ ⚠

$12.7M → $15.1M

Mid-Level Exception

New Orleans Pelicans

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$12.6M → $15.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Sacramento Kings

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲ ⚠

$11.7M

Mid-Level Exception

San Antonio Spurs

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲ ⚠

$10.7M → $11.5M

Mid-Level Exception

Boston Celtics

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$10.3M

Mid-Level Exception

Toronto Raptors

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$9.2M → $13.9M

Mid-Level Exception

Houston Rockets

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$8.6M → $10.6M

Mid-Level Exception

Los Angeles Lakers

Over Cap, Below First Apron ▲

$8.1M → $9.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Miami Heat

Over Cap, Below First Apron $

$6.1M → $7.0M

Mid-Level Exception

Philadelphia 76ers

Over Cap, Below First Apron $

$6.1M → $6.4M

Mid-Level Exception

Cleveland Cavaliers

Over Cap, Below First Apron $

$6.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Indiana Pacers

Over Cap, Below First Apron $

$6.1M

Mid-Level Exception

Minnesota Timberwolves

Above First Apron ▲ $

$6.1M

Taxpayer MLE

Oklahoma City Thunder

Above First Apron ▲ $

$6.1M

Taxpayer MLE

Minimum Only 5 teams

Orlando Magic

Above First Apron $

$1.4M → $6.1M

Minimum Salary

Phoenix Suns

Above First Apron $

$1.4M → $6.1M

Minimum Salary

Denver Nuggets

Above First Apron $

$1.4M

Minimum Salary

Golden State Warriors

Above First Apron $

$1.4M

Minimum Salary

New York Knicks

Above First Apron $

$1.4M

Minimum Salary

Offers shown are each team's maximum first-year salary for an outside free agent under the selected assumptions. Player and team options are treated as exercised in both modes; per-team assumption editing arrives in a later release. Figures don't account for a specific player's maximum salary, which depends on years of service.