Charlotte Hornets

2026-27 Cap Sheet • Eastern • Southeast

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Explore Charlotte Hornets's contracts, future payroll, draft picks, cap holds, and exceptions. Salary, cap holds, and available spending exceptions are different measures; a team's payroll alone does not determine its available cap room. Cap holds explained · Data and methodology

Over Cap, Below First Apron First Apron Thresholds The first tax apron ($195,945,000 in 2025-26) restricts teams from using the non-taxpayer MLE, bi-annual exception, sign-and-trades to acquire players, and prior-year TPEs. Teams above the first apron can only take back 100% of outgoing salary in trades. Open in glossary →

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Team Salary

$170.7M

103.5% of cap

+ $2.5M 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 →

$173.2M

Salary Cap Salary Cap Fundamentals The maximum amount a team can spend on player salaries, set annually by the NBA based on Basketball Related Income (BRI). For 2025-26, the salary cap is $154,647,000. Unlike the NFL, the NBA's cap is a "soft cap" — teams can exceed it using various exceptions. Open in glossary →

$165.0M

Cap Space Cap Space / Cap Room Fundamentals The difference between a team's current salary and the salary cap. Teams with cap space can sign free agents or absorb salary in trades without sending matching salary out. Open in glossary →

-$5.7M

w/ holds: -$8.2M

Tax Line Luxury Tax Line Thresholds The salary threshold above which teams must pay the luxury tax. Set at $187,895,000 for 2025-26. Separate from the salary cap — a team can be over the cap without paying tax. Open in glossary →

$201.0M

Tax Bill 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 →

Roster Roster Limits Roster NBA teams can carry up to 15 players on standard contracts plus up to 3 two-way contracts (18 total). The minimum is 14 on opening day and 13 during the season. If a team has fewer than 12 players, an incomplete roster charge is assessed for each missing spot. Open in glossary →

15/15 +3/3

Cap Position

Cap

Tax

1st

2nd

Salary cap $165.0M Teams above this line can no longer use cap space to add salary — they sign and trade using exceptions instead. Luxury tax line $201.0M Total salary above this line is taxed, at escalating rates the further over you go. First apron $209.0M A hard ceiling for some moves — above it a team loses the bi-annual exception, sign-and-trade acquisitions, and the full mid-level. Second apron $222.0M The harshest tier — above it a team loses aggregation, the taxpayer mid-level, and can have future first-round picks frozen.

Cap Salary Cap Fundamentals The maximum amount a team can spend on player salaries, set annually by the NBA based on Basketball Related Income (BRI). For 2025-26, the salary cap is $154,647,000. Unlike the NFL, the NBA's cap is a "soft cap" — teams can exceed it using various exceptions. Open in glossary → $165.0M Tax Luxury Tax Line Thresholds The salary threshold above which teams must pay the luxury tax. Set at $187,895,000 for 2025-26. Separate from the salary cap — a team can be over the cap without paying tax. Open in glossary → $201.0M 1st Apron First Apron Thresholds The first tax apron ($195,945,000 in 2025-26) restricts teams from using the non-taxpayer MLE, bi-annual exception, sign-and-trades to acquire players, and prior-year TPEs. Teams above the first apron can only take back 100% of outgoing salary in trades. Open in glossary → $209.0M 2nd Apron Second Apron Thresholds The second tax apron ($207,824,000 in 2025-26) imposes the strictest restrictions. Teams above it cannot: aggregate salaries in trades, send cash in trades, use any MLE, send players via sign-and-trade, or trade first-round picks 7 years out. Their distant first-round picks are also "frozen." Open in glossary → $222.0M Team $170.7M w/ 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 → $173.2M

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 →

Season

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#	Player	Pos	Age	26-27	27-28	28-29	29-30	30-31
1	Coby White PG · 3 yrs · $74.0M left	PG	26	$26.8M	$24.7M	$22.5M	$33.8M	—
2	Naz Reid C · 4 yrs · $103.4M left	C	27	$23.3M	$25.0M	$26.7M	$28.4M PO	$41.3M
3	Grayson Allen SG · 2 yrs · $37.5M left	SG	31	$18.1M	$19.4M PO	$29.1M	—	—
4	Brandon Miller SF · 5 yrs · $176.5M left	SF	23	$15.1M	$36.0M	$38.9M	$41.8M	$44.7M
5	Dennis Schröder PG · 2 yrs · $30.3M left	PG	33	$14.8M	$15.5M PO NG	$20.2M	—	—
6	Grant Williams PF · 1 yr · $14.3M left	PF	27	$14.3M	$27.1M	—	—	—
7	Royce O'Neale PF · 2 yrs · $22.5M left	PF	33	$10.9M	$11.6M	$22.1M	—	—
8	Kon Knueppel SG · 3 yrs · $35.5M left	SG	21	$10.5M	$11.0M TO	$13.9M TO	$41.3M	—
9	Tidjane Salaun SF · 2 yrs · $18.7M left	SF	21	$8.2M	$10.4M TO	$31.3M	—	—
10	Hannes Steinbach C · 4 yrs · $25.0M left	C	20	$5.2M	$5.5M	$5.8M TO	$8.5M TO	$25.5M
11	Christian Anderson Jr. PG · 4 yrs · $20.6M left	PG	20	$4.3M	$4.5M	$4.7M TO	$7.2M TO	$21.6M
12	Liam McNeeley SF · 3 yrs · $11.4M left	SF	21	$2.9M	$3.0M TO	$5.5M TO	$16.5M	—
13	Moussa Diabate C · 1 yr · $2.5M left	C	24	$2.5M	$2.5M	—	—	—
14	Xavier Tillman C · No contract	C	27	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
15	Sion James SF · 3 yrs · $7.7M left	SF	23	$2.4M	$2.5M	$2.7M TO	$5.2M	—
16	Ryan Kalkbrenner C · 3 yrs · $7.7M left	C	24	$2.4M	$2.5M	$2.7M TO	$5.2M	—
Dead Money (2 players)
—	Ryan Nembhard Bought Out	—	—	$2.2M	—	—	—	—
—	Rob Dillingham Bought Out	—	—	$6.9M	—	—	—	—
Two-Way Contracts (3 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
—	Michael Ajayi Two-Way	SG	23	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Kylan Boswell Two-Way	PG	21	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	PJ Hall Two-Way	C	24	$678K	—	—	—	—
	Total			$170.7M ($173.2M)	$171.7M ($201.3M)	$123.5M ($226.1M)	$86.0M ($187.9M)	$44.7M ($133.1M)
	Cap Space			-$8.2M	-$19.8M	-$26.5M	$31.8M	$108.5M
	1st Apron Space			$38.3M	$58.2M	$129.4M	$192.2M	$261.3M
	2nd Apron Space			$51.3M	$72.5M	$145.1M	$209.5M	$280.3M

Legend: Regular = under contract • Orange = 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 → • Blue = projected/edited • Struck = option declined • PO Player Opt • TO Team Opt • ETO Early Term • NG = non-guaranteed • Cap projections assume ~10% annual growth

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