Milwaukee Bucks

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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Sent: AJ Green Received: Zach Collins Picks in: 2031 Rnd 2 TPE: $1.5M

Team Salary

$189.9M

115.1% of cap

+ $4.6M 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 →

$194.6M

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 →

-$24.9M

w/ holds: -$29.6M

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 →

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 $189.9M 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 → $194.6M

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

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#	Player	Pos	Age	26-27	27-28	28-29	29-30	30-31
1	Tyler Herro SG · 1 yr · $33.0M left	SG	26	$33.0M	$41.3M	—	—	—
2	Myles Turner C · 3 yrs · $83.6M left	C	30	$26.6M	$27.9M	$29.1M PO	$43.7M	—
3	Kyle Kuzma PF · 1 yr · $20.5M left	PF	31	$20.5M NG	$30.7M	—	—	—
4	Gary Trent Jr. SG · 4 yrs · $64.0M left	SG	27	$15.2M	$16.4M	$16.4M	$16.0M	$30.4M
5	Caris LeVert SG · 1 yr · $14.8M left	SG	32	$14.8M	$19.3M	—	—	—
6	Zach Collins via NOP C · 2 yrs · $17.0M left	C	28	$8.5M	$8.5M TO NG	$10.2M	—	—
7	Brayden Burries SG · 4 yrs · $29.2M left	SG	20	$6.4M	$6.7M	$7.1M TO	$9.0M TO	$27.0M
8	Jaime Jaquez Jr. SF · 1 yr · $5.9M left	SF	25	$5.9M	$17.8M	—	—	—
9	Ousmane Dieng PF · 3 yrs · $17.3M left	PF	23	$5.8M	$5.8M	$5.8M TO NG	$17.3M	—
10	Nate Ament SF · 4 yrs · $26.0M left	SF	19	$5.5M	$5.8M	$6.1M TO	$8.6M TO	$25.9M
11	Kevin Porter Jr. SG · 1 yr · $5.4M left	SG	26	$5.4M	$7.0M	—	—	—
12	Kel'el Ware C · 2 yrs · $11.8M left	C	22	$4.7M	$7.1M TO	$21.4M	—	—
13	Ryan Rollins PG · 2 yrs · $8.0M left	PG	24	$4.0M	$4.0M PO	$7.6M	—	—
14	Kasparas Jakucionis PG · 3 yrs · $14.1M left	PG	20	$3.8M	$4.0M TO	$6.2M TO	$18.6M	—
15	Jericho Sims C · 1 yr · $2.8M left	C	27	$2.8M	$3.6M	—	—	—
16	Pete Nance PF · 2 yrs · $5.2M left	PF	26	$2.5M NG	$2.7M TO NG	$5.1M	—	—
17	Thanasis Antetokounmpo SF · No contract	SF	34	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
18	Bogoljub Marković PF · 4 yrs · $9.3M left	PF	21	$1.4M	$2.3M	$2.7M	$2.9M TO	$5.5M
Dead Money (2 players)
—	Damian Lillard Stretched	—	—	$22.5M	$22.5M	$22.5M	$22.5M	—
—	Vasilije Micic Stretched	—	—	$666K	$666K	—	—	—
Two-Way Contracts (1 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
—	Cormac Ryan Two-Way	SG	27	$678K	—	—	—	—
	Total			$189.9M ($194.6M)	$114.4M ($234.1M)	$95.8M ($140.1M)	$59.1M ($138.6M)	$0 ($88.9M)
	Cap Space			-$29.6M	-$52.6M	$59.5M	$81.0M	$152.7M
	1st Apron Space			$19.1M	$115.5M	$157.1M	$219.1M	$306.0M
	2nd Apron Space			$32.1M	$129.8M	$172.8M	$236.4M	$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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