Detroit Pistons

2026-27 Cap Sheet • Eastern • Central

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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↙ Trade with DET mirrored Valid

Sent: Jalen Duren, Daniss Jenkins Received: Domantas Sabonis, Drew Eubanks, Doug McDermott

Team Salary

$195.8M

118.7% of cap

+ $9.7M 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 →

$205.5M

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 →

-$30.8M

w/ holds: -$40.5M

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 →

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Cap Position

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Tax

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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 $195.8M 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 → $205.5M

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	Cade Cunningham PG · 4 yrs · $222.7M left	PG	25	$50.1M	$53.8M	$57.5M	$61.2M	$41.3M
2	Domantas Sabonis via SAC C · 2 yrs · $94.1M left	C	30	$45.5M	$48.6M	$49.5M	—	—
3	John Collins PF · 3 yrs · $51.0M left	PF	29	$17.0M	$17.0M NG	$17.0M NG	$32.3M	—
4	Duncan Robinson SF · 2 yrs · $31.1M left	SF	32	$16.0M NG	$15.2M	$28.8M	—	—
5	Isaiah Joe SG · 2 yrs · $22.6M left	SG	27	$11.3M	$11.3M TO	$21.5M	—	—
6	Ausar Thompson SG · 5 yrs · $130.8M left	SG	23	$11.1M	$26.7M	$28.9M	$31.0M	$33.1M
7	Kevin Huerter SG · 3 yrs · $27.0M left	SG	28	$9.5M	$8.7M	$8.7M TO NG	$16.6M	—
8	Ron Holland II SF · 2 yrs · $20.6M left	SF	21	$9.1M	$11.5M	$34.5M	—	—
9	Paul Reed C · 1 yr · $5.6M left	C	27	$5.6M	$10.6M	—	—	—
10	Ebuka Okorie PG · 4 yrs · $21.7M left	PG	19	$4.5M	$4.7M	$4.9M TO	$7.6M TO	$22.7M
11	Javonte Green SG · 1 yr · $3.9M left	SG	33	$3.9M	$4.7M	—	—	—
12	Taurean Prince SF · 1 yr · $3.8M left	SF	32	$3.8M	$2.5M	—	—	—
13	Wendell Moore Jr. SG · No contract	SG	25	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
14	Tolu Smith SF · 1 yr · $2.4M left	SF	26	$2.4M NG	$3.1M	—	—	—
15	Chaz Lanier SG · 3 yrs · $7.4M left	SG	24	$2.2M	$2.5M	$2.7M TO	$5.2M	—
16	Drew Eubanks via SAC C · No contract	C	29	—	—	—	—	—
17	Doug McDermott via SAC SF · No contract	SF	34	—	—	—	—	—
Dead Money (1 player)
—	Gary Harris Bought Out	—	—	$3.8M	—	—	—	—
Two-Way Contracts (3 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
—	Elijah Harkless Two-Way	PG	26	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Isaac Jones Two-Way	SF	26	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Ugonna Onyenso Two-Way	C	22	$678K	$716K	—	—	—
	Total			$195.8M ($205.5M)	$200.1M ($221.1M)	$119.8M ($254.1M)	$99.8M ($153.9M)	$33.1M ($97.1M)
	Cap Space			-$40.5M	-$39.6M	-$54.4M	$65.7M	$144.5M
	1st Apron Space			$13.2M	$29.8M	$133.1M	$178.4M	$272.9M
	2nd Apron Space			$26.2M	$44.1M	$148.8M	$195.7M	$291.9M

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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