Golden State Warriors

2026-27 Cap Sheet • Western • Pacific

Above 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 →

Curry's Last Dance

Linked Teams: ATL SAS DAL IND UTA

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Scenario Trades (5)

Trade with SAS Valid

Sent: Moses Moody, Gui Santos Received: Victor Wembanyama TPE: $261K

Trade with IND Valid

Sent: Jimmy Butler Received: Pascal Siakam TPE: $7.9M

Trade with UTA Valid

Sent: Brandin Podziemski, Al Horford Received: Darryn Peterson

Trade with DAL Valid

Sent: Yaxel Lendeborg, De'Anthony Melton, Will Richard, Charles Bassey Received: Cooper Flagg TPE: $1.7M

Trade with ATL Valid

Sent: Kristaps Porzingis Received: Ryan Nembhard, Aaron Wiggins, Asa Newell Picks in: Swap: less favorable of MIL/NOP 2027 1st, Swap: 2nd most favorable of ATL/CLE/LAL/UTA 2028 1st, 2029 Rnd 1 TPE: $5.6M

Team Salary

$215.5M

130.6% of cap

+ $34.1M 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 →

$249.6M

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 →

-$50.5M

w/ holds: -$84.6M

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 →

$23.7M

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 →

16/15 +2/3

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 $215.5M 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 → $249.6M

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	Stephen Curry PG · 1 yr · $62.6M left	PG	38	$62.6M	$57.8M	—	—	—
2	Pascal Siakam via IND PF · 2 yrs · $101.2M left	PF	32	$48.9M	$52.3M	$41.3M	—	—
3	Draymond Green PF · 1 yr · $27.7M left	PF	36	$27.7M	$33.2M	—	—	—
4	Victor Wembanyama via SAS C · 1 yr · $16.9M left	C	22	$16.9M	$20.2M	—	—	—
5	Cooper Flagg via DAL SF · 3 yrs · $48.9M left	SF	19	$14.5M	$15.2M TO	$19.2M TO	$23.0M	—
6	Darryn Peterson via UTA SG · 4 yrs · $59.9M left	SG	19	$13.2M	$13.9M	$14.5M TO	$18.3M TO	$22.0M
7	Aaron Wiggins via ATL SG · 3 yrs · $24.8M left	SG	27	$9.0M	$8.2M	$8.2M TO	$9.6M	—
8	Asa Newell via ATL PF · 3 yrs · $13.0M left	PF	20	$3.4M	$3.6M TO	$6.0M TO	$7.3M	—
9	Seth Curry SG · No contract	SG	36	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
10	Nate Williams SG · No contract	SG	27	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
11	Jeremy Sochan PF · 1 yr · $2.5M left	PF	23	$2.5M MIN	—	—	—	—
12	James Harden PG · 1 yr · $2.5M left	PG	37	$2.5M MIN	—	—	—	—
13	Jalen Duren C · 1 yr · $2.5M left	C	22	$2.5M MIN	—	—	—	—
14	Peyton Watson SF · 1 yr · $2.5M left	SF	24	$2.5M MIN	—	—	—	—
15	Georges Niang PF · 1 yr · $3.9M left	PF	33	$2.4M	$2.5M	—	—	—
16	Gary Payton II SG · 1 yr · $2.4M left	SG	33	$2.4M	$2.5M	—	—	—
17	Brandon Williams PG · 1 yr · $2.6M left	PG	26	$2.4M	$3.2M	—	—	—
18	Ryan Nembhard via ATL PG · 1 yr · $2.2M left	PG	23	$2.2M	$2.6M	—	—	—
Two-Way Contracts (2 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
—	LJ Cryer Two-Way	PG	24	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Malevy Leons Two-Way	PF	26	$678K	—	—	—	—
	Total			$215.5M ($249.6M)	$93.1M ($214.9M)	$47.9M ($89.2M)	$18.3M ($58.2M)	$0 ($22.0M)
	Cap Space			-$84.6M	-$33.4M	$110.5M	$161.4M	$219.6M
	1st Apron Space			-$6.5M	$136.8M	$205.0M	$259.9M	$306.0M
	2nd Apron Space			$6.5M	$151.1M	$220.7M	$277.2M	$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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