Dallas Mavericks

2026-27 Cap Sheet • Western • Southwest

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 →

Scenario 1

Linked Teams: SAC DET ORL

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Scenario Trades (1)

↙ Trade with ORL, DAL mirrored Valid

Sent: Klay Thompson Picks out: 2032 Rnd 2, 2033 Rnd 2 TPE: $17.5M

Team Salary

$188.1M

114.0% of cap

+ $24.9M 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 →

$213.0M

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 →

-$23.1M

w/ holds: -$48.0M

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 $188.1M 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 → $213.0M

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

Swipe salaries to change year. Contract totals include remaining option years, not cap holds.

#	Player	Pos	Age	26-27	27-28	28-29	29-30	30-31
1	Kyrie Irving PG · 2 yrs · $81.9M left	PG	34	$39.5M	$42.4M PO	$57.8M	—	—
2	PJ Washington PF · 4 yrs · $88.8M left	PF	28	$19.8M	$21.4M	$23.0M NG	$24.6M NG	$36.9M
3	Daniel Gafford C · 3 yrs · $54.4M left	C	27	$17.3M	$18.1M	$19.0M	$28.5M	—
4	Santi Aldama PF · 2 yrs · $34.0M left	PF	25	$17.0M	$17.0M TO	$25.5M	—	—
5	Cooper Flagg SF · 3 yrs · $48.9M left	SF	19	$14.5M	$15.2M TO	$19.2M TO	$41.3M	—
6	Zaccharie Risacher SF · 2 yrs · $31.3M left	SF	21	$13.8M	$17.4M TO	$41.3M	—	—
7	Caleb Martin SF · 2 yrs · $18.3M left	SF	30	$10.0M	$9.4M PO	$17.8M	—	—
8	Naji Marshall SF · 4 yrs · $61.6M left	SF	28	$9.4M	$18.2M	$17.3M	$16.7M	$31.7M
9	Max Christie SG · 2 yrs · $17.1M left	SG	23	$8.3M	$8.9M PO	$16.8M	—	—
10	Dwight Powell C · No contract	C	35	$7.6M	—	—	—	—
11	Dereck Lively II C · 1 yr · $7.2M left	C	22	$7.2M	$21.7M	—	—	—
12	Morez Johnson Jr. PF · 4 yrs · $30.7M left	PF	20	$6.8M	$7.1M	$7.4M TO	$9.5M TO	$28.4M
13	Marcus Sasser PG · 1 yr · $5.2M left	PG	25	$5.2M	$15.6M	—	—	—
14	Nicolo Melli PF · No contract	PF	35	$5.1M	—	—	—	—
15	Sergio de Larrea PG · 4 yrs · $16.3M left	PG	20	$3.2M	$3.3M	$3.5M TO	$6.3M TO	$18.9M
16	Tarik Biberovic SF · 2 yrs · $6.0M left	SF	25	$3.0M	$3.0M TO NG	$3.9M	—	—
17	Greg Brown III PF · No contract	PF	25	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
18	Kai Jones C · No contract	C	25	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
19	Theo Pinson SF · No contract	SF	30	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
20	Moses Wright PF · No contract	PF	27	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
21	McKinley Wright IV PG · No contract	PG	27	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
22	Moussa Cisse C · 2 yrs · $4.8M left	C	24	$2.2M NG	$2.6M NG	$3.3M	—	—
Dead Money (3 players)
—	Klay Thompson Bought Out	—	—	$7.7M	—	—	—	—
—	JaVale McGee Bought Out	—	—	$2.2M	$2.2M	—	—	—
—	Olivier-Maxence Prosper Bought Out	—	—	$1.0M	$1.0M	—	—	—
Two-Way Contracts (3 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
—	Jett Howard Two-Way	SG	23	$0	—	—	—	—
—	Tobi Lawal Two-Way	PF	23	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	John Poulakidas Two-Way	SG	23	$678K	—	—	—	—
	Total			$188.1M ($213.0M)	$187.2M ($224.5M)	$89.4M ($255.8M)	$57.0M ($126.8M)	$0 ($115.9M)
	Cap Space			-$48.0M	-$43.0M	-$56.1M	$92.9M	$125.7M
	1st Apron Space			$20.9M	$42.7M	$163.5M	$221.2M	$306.0M
	2nd Apron Space			$33.9M	$57.0M	$179.2M	$238.5M	$325.0M

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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