Memphis Grizzlies
2026-27 Cap Sheet • Western • Southwest
About this cap sheet
Explore Memphis Grizzlies's contracts, future payroll, draft picks, cap holds, and exceptions. Salary, cap holds, and available spending exceptions are different measures; a team's payroll alone does not determine its available cap room. Cap holds explained · Data and methodology
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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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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Team Salary
$181.2M
109.8% of cap
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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-$16.2M
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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15/15
+3/3
Cap Position
Cap
Tax
1st
2nd
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 $181.2M
Season
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| # | Player | Pos | Age | 26-27 | 27-28 | 28-29 | 29-30 | 30-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jerami Grant
|
PF | 32 | $34.2M | $36.4M PO | $54.6M | — | — |
| 2 |
Isaiah Stewart
|
C | 25 | $15.0M | $15.0M TO | $28.5M | — | — |
| 3 |
Cameron Boozer
|
PF | 19 | $11.8M | $12.4M | $13.0M TO | $16.5M TO | $41.3M |
| 4 |
Ty Jerome
|
PG | 29 | $9.2M | $9.7M PO | $12.6M | — | — |
| 5 |
Quinten Post
|
C | 26 | $9.0M | $8.6M | $8.6M | $16.2M | — |
| 6 |
Taylor Hendricks
|
PF | 22 | $7.8M | $23.4M | — | — | — |
| 7 |
Zach Edey
|
C | 24 | $6.3M | $8.1M | $24.2M | — | — |
| 8 |
Cedric Coward
|
SG | 23 | $6.0M | $6.3M | $8.3M TO | $25.0M | — |
| 9 |
Kris Murray
|
PF | 26 | $5.3M | $15.9M | — | — | — |
| 10 |
Karim López
|
PF | 19 | $3.7M | $3.9M | $4.1M TO | $6.6M TO | $19.7M |
| 11 |
Olivier-Maxence Prosper
|
PF | 24 | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | — | — |
| 12 |
Scotty Pippen Jr.
|
PG | 25 | $2.5M | $2.8M TO | $5.3M | — | — |
| 13 |
Cam Spencer
|
PG | 26 | $2.4M | $2.6M | $2.8M TO | $5.4M | — |
| 14 |
GG Jackson
|
PF | 21 | $2.4M | $2.5M | — | — | — |
| 15 |
Jaylen Wells
|
SF | 23 | $2.3M | $2.5M TO | $4.7M | — | — |
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Dead Money
(7 players)
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| — |
Cole Anthony
Stretched
|
— | — | $3.7M | $3.7M | — | — | — |
| — |
Mamadi Diakite
Waived
|
— | — | $464K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
D'Angelo Russell
Bought Out
|
— | — | $6.0M | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Dead Cap
|
— | — | $17.7M | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Jordan Hawkins
Bought Out
|
— | — | $7.0M | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Walter Clayton Jr.
Bought Out
|
— | — | $4.2M | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Micah Peavy
Bought Out
|
— | — | $21.5M | — | — | — | — |
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Two-Way Contracts
(3 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
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| — |
Carson Cooper
Two-Way
|
PF | 22 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Jahmai Mashack
Two-Way
|
SG | 23 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Javon Small
Two-Way
|
PG | 23 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| Total | $181.2M ($181.2M) | $111.9M ($156.2M) | $36.9M ($166.8M) | $23.0M ($69.7M) | $0 ($60.9M) | |||
| Cap Space | -$16.2M | $25.3M | $32.9M | $149.9M | $180.6M | |||
| 1st Apron Space | $27.8M | $118.0M | $216.0M | $255.1M | $306.0M | |||
| 2nd Apron Space | $40.8M | $132.3M | $231.7M | $272.4M | $325.0M | |||
Legend:
Regular = under contract • Orange
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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