Orlando Magic
2026-27 Cap Sheet • Eastern • Southeast
Above Second 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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Above Second 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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Received: Malik Monk
Team Salary
$235.6M
142.8% 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.
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$240.5M
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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-$70.6M
w/ holds:
-$75.5M
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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$125.1M
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.
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14/15
+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 $235.6M
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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$240.5M
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
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| # | Player | Pos | Age | 26-27 | 27-28 | 28-29 | 29-30 | 30-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Franz Wagner
|
SF | 25 | $41.8M | $44.8M | $47.9M | $51.0M | $41.3M |
| 2 |
Paolo Banchero
|
PF | 23 | $41.2M | $44.5M | $47.8M | $51.1M | $54.4M |
| 3 |
Desmond Bane
|
SG | 28 | $39.4M | $42.2M | $44.9M | $41.3M | — |
| 4 |
Jalen Suggs
|
SG | 25 | $32.4M | $29.6M | $26.8M | $26.7M | $40.1M |
| 5 |
Malik Monk
via SAC
|
SG | 28 | $20.2M | $21.6M PO | $25.9M | — | — |
| 6 |
Wendell Carter Jr.
|
C | 27 | $18.1M | $19.6M | $21.0M TO | $31.5M | — |
| 7 |
Anthony Black
|
PG | 22 | $10.1M | $30.3M | — | — | — |
| 8 |
Goga Bitadze
|
C | 27 | $7.6M | $14.5M | — | — | — |
| 9 |
Tristan Da Silva
|
PF | 25 | $4.0M | $6.1M TO | $18.4M | — | — |
| 10 |
Jase Richardson
|
SG | 20 | $3.1M | $3.3M TO | $5.9M TO | $17.7M | — |
| 11 |
Jamal Cain
|
SF | 27 | $2.6M NG | $2.5M | — | — | — |
| 12 |
Cory Joseph
|
PG | 35 | $2.5M | — | — | — | — |
| 13 |
Jevon Carter
|
PG | 31 | $2.4M | $2.5M | — | — | — |
| 14 |
Nikola Vucevic
|
C | 35 | $2.4M | $2.5M | — | — | — |
| 15 |
Noah Penda
|
SF | 21 | $2.2M | $2.5M NG | $2.7M TO | $5.2M | — |
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Dead Money
(1 player)
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| — |
Jonathan Isaac
Waived
|
— | — | $8.0M | — | — | — | — |
|
Two-Way Contracts
(3 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
|
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| — |
Colin Castleton
Two-Way
|
C | 26 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Alex Morales
Two-Way
|
SG | — | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Izaiyah Nelson
Two-Way
|
C | 22 | $678K | $716K | — | — | — |
| Total | $235.6M ($240.5M) | $214.2M ($266.4M) | $197.1M ($241.4M) | $128.9M ($224.5M) | $54.4M ($135.7M) | |||
| Cap Space | -$75.5M | -$84.9M | -$41.8M | -$4.9M | $105.8M | |||
| 1st Apron Space | -$26.6M | $15.7M | $55.8M | $149.3M | $251.6M | |||
| 2nd Apron Space | -$13.6M | $30.0M | $71.5M | $166.6M | $270.6M | |||
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