Indiana Pacers

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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Linked Teams: POR CHI NOP BKN CHA SAC GSW

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↙ Trade with IND mirrored Valid

Sent: Ben Sheppard Received: Saddiq Bey Picks out: 2031 Rnd 1, Swap: 2nd most favorable of CHI/IND/PHX 2028 2nd

Team Salary

$207.8M

126.0% of cap

+ $4.9M 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 →

$212.7M

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 →

-$42.8M

w/ holds: -$47.7M

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 →

$7.1M

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 →

14/15 +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 $207.8M 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 → $212.7M

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	Tyrese Haliburton PG · 3 yrs · $156.9M left	PG	26	$48.9M	$52.3M	$55.7M	$41.3M	—
2	Pascal Siakam PF · 2 yrs · $101.2M left	PF	32	$48.9M	$52.3M	$49.5M	—	—
3	Ivica Zubac C · 2 yrs · $40.5M left	C	29	$20.3M	$21.8M	$31.5M	—	—
4	Andrew Nembhard SG · 2 yrs · $40.5M left	SG	26	$19.6M	$21.0M	$31.5M	—	—
5	Obi Toppin PF · 2 yrs · $31.0M left	PF	28	$15.0M	$16.0M	$30.4M	—	—
6	T.J. McConnell PG · 3 yrs · $34.6M left	PG	34	$11.0M	$11.8M NG	$11.8M TO	$22.4M	—
7	Aaron Nesmith SG · 1 yr · $11.0M left	SG	26	$11.0M	$20.9M	—	—	—
8	Jarace Walker PF · 1 yr · $8.5M left	PF	23	$8.5M	$25.4M	—	—	—
9	Kelly Oubre Jr. SF · 2 yrs · $16.5M left	SF	30	$8.1M	$8.5M	$11.0M	—	—
10	Saddiq Bey via NOP SF · 1 yr · $6.4M left	SF	27	$6.6M	$7.7M	—	—	—
11	Jay Huff C · 2 yrs · $5.7M left	C	29	$2.7M NG	$3.0M TO	$5.7M	—	—
12	Quenton Jackson PG · 2 yrs · $5.5M left	PG	28	$2.6M	$2.9M NG	$5.6M	—	—
13	James Johnson PF · No contract	PF	39	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
14	Gabe York PG · No contract	PG	33	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
15	Larry Nance Jr. C · 1 yr · $2.4M left	C	33	$2.4M	$2.5M	—	—	—
16	Johnny Furphy SF · 3 yrs · $7.8M left	SF	21	$2.3M	$2.5M TO	$3.1M	$5.8M	—
Two-Way Contracts (3 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
—	Kobe Brown Two-Way	PF	26	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Jalen Slawson Two-Way	SF	26	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Braden Smith Two-Way	PG	23	$678K	—	—	—	—
	Total			$207.8M ($212.7M)	$192.1M ($248.6M)	$70.5M ($235.7M)	$0 ($69.5M)	$0 ($0)
	Cap Space			-$47.7M	-$67.1M	-$36.1M	$150.1M	$241.6M
	1st Apron Space			$1.2M	$37.8M	$182.4M	$278.2M	$306.0M
	2nd Apron Space			$14.2M	$52.1M	$198.1M	$295.5M	$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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