New York Knicks

2026-27 Cap Sheet • Eastern • Atlantic

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Explore New York Knicks'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

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 →

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Team Salary

$220.9M

133.9% of cap

+ $2.5M 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 →

$223.3M

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 →

-$55.9M

w/ holds: -$58.3M

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 →

$46.0M

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 +4/3

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 $220.9M 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 → $223.3M

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	Karl-Anthony Towns C · 2 yrs · $118.1M left	C	30	$57.1M	$61.0M PO	$57.8M	—	—
2	OG Anunoby SF · 3 yrs · $136.3M left	SF	29	$42.5M	$45.4M	$48.4M PO	$49.5M	—
3	Jalen Brunson PG · 3 yrs · $121.6M left	PG	30	$37.7M	$40.5M	$43.3M PO	$49.5M	—
4	Mikal Bridges SF · 4 yrs · $150.0M left	SF	30	$33.5M	$36.2M	$38.8M	$41.5M PO	$49.5M
5	Josh Hart SG · 2 yrs · $43.3M left	SG	31	$20.9M	$22.4M TO	$33.6M	—	—
6	Landry Shamet SG · 4 yrs · $83.3M left	SG	29	$5.5M	$5.7M	$6.2M	$65.9M PO NG	$49.5M
7	Jose Alvarado PG · 3 yrs · $14.4M left	PG	28	$4.4M	$4.8M	$5.2M NG	$9.8M	—
8	Miles McBride PG · 1 yr · $4.0M left	PG	26	$4.0M	$7.5M	—	—	—
9	Pacome Dadiet SF · 2 yrs · $8.4M left	SF	21	$3.0M	$5.4M	$16.1M	—	—
10	Mohamed Diawara PF · 4 yrs · $11.3M left	PF	21	$2.6M	$2.8M	$2.9M NG	$3.0M TO NG	$5.7M
11	P.J. Tucker SF · No contract	SF	41	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
12	Jordan Clarkson SG · 1 yr · $3.9M left	SG	34	$2.4M NG	$2.5M	—	—	—
13	Andre Drummond C · 1 yr · $3.9M left	C	33	$2.4M	$2.5M	—	—	—
14	James Wiseman C · 1 yr · $3.1M left	C	25	$2.4M NG	$2.5M	—	—	—
15	Tyler Kolek PG · 2 yrs · $4.8M left	PG	25	$2.3M	$2.5M TO	$4.7M	—	—
Dead Money (1 player)
—	Drew Eubanks Dead Cap	—	—	$15K	—	—	—	—
Two-Way Contracts (4 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
—	Jaden Akins Two-Way	PG	23	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Dalton Knecht Two-Way	SF	25	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Kevin McCullar Jr. Two-Way	SG	25	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Tyler Nickel Two-Way	SF	23	$678K	—	—	—	—
	Total			$220.9M ($223.3M)	$226.7M ($241.5M)	$144.7M ($256.9M)	$110.4M ($219.2M)	$0 ($104.7M)
	Cap Space			-$58.3M	-$60.0M	-$57.2M	$405K	$136.8M
	1st Apron Space			-$11.9M	$3.2M	$108.2M	$167.8M	$306.0M
	2nd Apron Space			$1.1M	$17.5M	$123.9M	$185.1M	$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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