Orlando Magic

2026-27 Cap Sheet • Eastern • Southeast

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 →

Magic Miracle

Linked Teams: CLE MIL HOU SAS POR MIN SAC MIA ATL

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Trade with ATL Valid

Sent: Jalen Suggs Received: Dyson Daniels TPE: $7.4M

Trade with MIN Valid

Sent: Desmond Bane Received: Jaden McDaniels, Donte DiVincenzo, Terrence Shannon Jr.

Trade with MIA Valid

Sent: Goga Bitadze, Tristan Da Silva, Noah Penda, Jonathan Isaac, Jevon Carter Received: Davion Mitchell TPE: $6.2M

Trade with SAC Valid

Sent: Jase Richardson, Terrence Shannon Jr. Received: Precious Achiuwa TPE: $324K

Team Salary

$215.5M

130.6% 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. Open in glossary →

$220.4M

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 →

-$50.5M

w/ holds: -$55.4M

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 →

$23.8M

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 →

15/15 +3/3

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 $215.5M 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 → $220.4M

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	Franz Wagner SF · 4 yrs · $185.6M left	SF	25	$41.8M	$44.8M	$47.9M	$51.0M	$41.3M
2	Paolo Banchero PF · 5 yrs · $239.2M left	PF	23	$41.2M	$44.5M	$47.8M	$51.1M	$54.4M
3	Jaden McDaniels via MIN SF · 3 yrs · $84.0M left	SF	25	$26.2M	$28.0M NG	$29.8M	$35.8M	—
4	Dyson Daniels via ATL SG · 4 yrs · $100.0M left	SG	23	$25.0M	$25.0M	$25.0M	$25.0M	$30.0M
5	Wendell Carter Jr. C · 3 yrs · $58.7M left	C	27	$18.1M	$19.6M	$21.0M TO	$31.5M	—
6	Donte DiVincenzo via MIN SG · 1 yr · $12.5M left	SG	29	$12.5M	$15.0M	—	—	—
7	Davion Mitchell via MIA PG · 1 yr · $12.4M left	PG	28	$12.4M	$14.9M	—	—	—
8	Anthony Black PG · 1 yr · $10.1M left	PG	22	$10.1M	$30.3M	—	—	—
9	Precious Achiuwa via SAC PF · 2 yrs · $11.5M left	PF	26	$5.6M	$5.9M	$7.1M	—	—
10	Jamal Cain SF · 1 yr · $2.6M left	SF	27	$2.6M NG	$2.5M	—	—	—
11	Cory Joseph PG · No contract	PG	35	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
12	Cameron Payne PG · 1 yr · $2.5M left	PG	32	$2.5M MIN	—	—	—	—
13	Jonas Valanciunas C · 1 yr · $2.5M left	C	34	$2.5M MIN	—	—	—	—
14	Ben Simmons PF · 1 yr · $2.5M left	PF	30	$2.5M MIN	—	—	—	—
15	Nikola Vucevic C · 1 yr · $2.4M left	C	35	$2.4M	$2.5M	—	—	—
16	Alex Antetokounmpo SF · 1 yr · $2.2M left	SF	25	$2.2M MIN	—	—	—	—
Dead Money (1 player)
—	Jonathan Isaac Waived	—	—	$8.0M	—	—	—	—
Two-Way Contracts (3 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
—	Colin Castleton Two-Way	C	26	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Alex Morales Two-Way	SG	—	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Izaiyah Nelson Two-Way	C	22	$678K	$716K	—	—	—
	Total			$215.5M ($220.4M)	$167.8M ($233.0M)	$171.6M ($178.7M)	$127.2M ($194.4M)	$54.4M ($125.7M)
	Cap Space			-$55.4M	-$51.5M	$21.0M	$25.2M	$115.9M
	1st Apron Space			-$6.5M	$62.1M	$81.3M	$151.0M	$251.6M
	2nd Apron Space			$6.5M	$76.4M	$97.0M	$168.3M	$270.6M

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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