Los Angeles Clippers
2026-27 Cap Sheet • Western • Pacific
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.
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Hard Capped at 1st Apron
Hard Cap
Fundamentals
A strict salary limit that cannot be exceeded under any circumstances. Teams become hard-capped by certain actions: using the NTMLE (hard-capped at first apron), using the BAE (first apron), receiving a sign-and-trade (first apron), or aggregating salaries (second apron).
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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.
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Hard Capped at 1st Apron
Hard Cap
Fundamentals
A strict salary limit that cannot be exceeded under any circumstances. Teams become hard-capped by certain actions: using the NTMLE (hard-capped at first apron), using the BAE (first apron), receiving a sign-and-trade (first apron), or aggregating salaries (second apron).
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Scenario 1
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Scenario Trades (1)
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Trade with LAC
mirrored
Valid
Sent: Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr.
Received: Wendell Carter Jr.
Team Salary
$187.3M
113.5% of cap
+ $18.7M 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.
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$206.0M
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.
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$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.
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-$22.3M
w/ holds:
-$41.0M
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.
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$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.
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$0
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.
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16/15
+3/3
Cap Position
Cap
Tax
1st
2nd
HARD CAP
Hard Cap
Fundamentals
A strict salary limit that cannot be exceeded under any circumstances. Teams become hard-capped by certain actions: using the NTMLE (hard-capped at first apron), using the BAE (first apron), receiving a sign-and-trade (first apron), or aggregating salaries (second apron).
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at $209.0M
— Non-Taxpayer MLE
($21.7M room)
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.
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$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.
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$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.
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$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."
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$222.0M
Team $187.3M
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.
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$206.0M
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.
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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 |
Darius Garland
|
PG | 26 | $42.2M | $44.9M | $41.3M | — | — |
| 2 |
Brandon Ingram
|
SF | 29 | $40.0M | $41.9M PO | $49.5M | — | — |
| 3 |
Wendell Carter Jr.
via ORL
|
C | 27 | $18.1M | $19.6M | $21.0M TO | $25.2M | — |
| 4 |
Max Strus
|
SG | 30 | $16.7M | $25.0M | — | — | — |
| 5 |
Rui Hachimura
|
PF | 28 | $14.0M | $14.0M TO | $18.2M | — | — |
| 6 |
Keaton Wagler
|
SG | 19 | $9.7M | $10.2M | $10.6M TO | $13.5M TO | $40.5M |
| 7 |
Brook Lopez
|
C | 38 | $9.2M | $11.9M | — | — | — |
| 8 |
Gradey Dick
|
SG | 22 | $7.1M | $21.4M | — | — | — |
| 9 |
Isaiah Jackson
|
C | 24 | $7.0M | $6.4M | $12.2M | — | — |
| 10 |
Nicolas Batum
|
SF | 37 | $6.7M | — | — | — | — |
| 11 |
Bradley Beal
|
SG | 33 | $6.4M | $6.7M PO NG | $8.1M | — | — |
| 12 |
Jordan Miller
|
SF | 26 | $5.3M | $5.0M NG | $5.0M TO NG | $9.5M | — |
| 13 |
Yanic Konan Niederhauser
|
C | 23 | $2.9M | $3.0M TO | $5.4M TO | $16.3M | — |
| 14 |
Kobe Sanders
|
SG | 24 | $2.6M | $2.8M | $2.9M NG | $3.0M NG | $5.7M |
| 15 |
Rodney Hood
|
SF | 33 | $2.5M | — | — | — | — |
| 16 |
Patty Mills
|
PG | 38 | $2.5M | — | — | — | — |
| 17 |
Xavier Moon
|
PG | 31 | $2.5M | — | — | — | — |
| 18 |
TyTy Washington Jr.
|
PG | 24 | $2.5M | — | — | — | — |
| 19 |
Cameron Christie
|
SG | 21 | $2.3M NG | $2.5M TO NG | $4.7M | — | — |
| 20 |
Norchad Omier
|
SF | 25 | $2.2M | — | — | — | — |
| 21 |
Johni Broome
|
C | 24 | $2.2M | $2.5M NG | $2.7M TO NG | $5.2M | — |
| 22 |
Baba Miller
|
PF | 22 | $1.7M | $2.3M | $2.7M | $2.9M TO | $5.5M |
|
Two-Way Contracts
(3 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
|
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| — |
Nick Martinelli
Two-Way
|
PF | 22 | $678K | $716K | — | — | — |
| — |
Jalen Pickett
Two-Way
|
PG | 26 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Jamarion Sharp
Two-Way
|
C | 25 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| Total | $187.3M ($206.0M) | $161.7M ($220.1M) | $50.4M ($184.3M) | $19.4M ($75.7M) | $0 ($51.7M) | |||
| Cap Space | -$41.0M | -$38.6M | $15.3M | $144.0M | $189.8M | |||
| 1st Apron Space | $21.7M | $68.2M | $202.5M | $258.8M | $306.0M | |||
| 2nd Apron Space | $34.7M | $82.5M | $218.2M | $276.1M | $325.0M | |||
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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.
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• Blue
= projected/edited • Struck
= option declined • PO
Player Opt • TO
Team Opt • ETO
Early Term • NG
= non-guaranteed •
Cap projections assume ~10% annual growth