Portland Trail Blazers

2026-27 Cap Sheet • Western • Northwest

About this cap sheet

Explore Portland Trail Blazers'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. Open in glossary →

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Tom Dundon's Dream Team

The Blazers have a new owner, and he's making cuts! Money is everything here, because why buy a sports team AND have fun? Goal here is to be as competitive as possible but more importantly be as CHEAP as possible (under the cap). Some things can't go though becasue they sell tickets, and that is Dame. Keep Dame, be cheap, and win games.

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Team Salary

$192.1M

116.4% of cap

+ $14.7M 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 →

$206.8M

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 →

-$27.1M

w/ holds: -$41.8M

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

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 $192.1M 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 → $206.8M

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

Swipe salaries to change year. Contract totals include remaining option years, not cap holds.

#	Player	Pos	Age	26-27	27-28	28-29	29-30	30-31
1	Ja Morant PG · 2 yrs · $87.1M left	PG	27	$42.2M	$44.9M	$41.3M	—	—
2	Jrue Holiday PG · 2 yrs · $72.0M left	PG	36	$34.8M	$37.2M PO	$55.8M	—	—
3	Shaedon Sharpe SG · 4 yrs · $90.0M left	SG	23	$20.1M	$21.7M	$23.3M	$24.9M	$37.4M
4	Toumani Camara SF · 4 yrs · $81.0M left	SF	26	$18.1M	$19.5M	$21.0M	$22.4M	$33.6M
5	Robert Williams III C · 3 yrs · $43.5M left	C	28	$14.0M	$14.5M	$15.0M	$28.5M	—
6	Scoot Henderson PG · 1 yr · $13.6M left	PG	22	$13.6M	$40.8M	—	—	—
7	Damian Lillard PG · 2 yrs · $27.5M left	PG	36	$13.4M	$14.1M PO	$18.3M	—	—
8	Deni Avdija SF · 2 yrs · $25.0M left	SF	25	$13.1M	$11.9M	$22.6M	—	—
9	Donovan Clingan C · 2 yrs · $17.1M left	C	22	$7.5M	$9.6M TO	$28.7M	—	—
10	Yang Hansen C · 3 yrs · $17.0M left	C	21	$4.6M	$4.9M TO	$7.5M TO	$22.4M	—
11	Micah Potter C · 1 yr · $2.8M left	C	28	$2.8M NG	$2.5M	—	—	—
12	Vit Krejci SF · 2 yrs · $5.7M left	SF	26	$2.7M NG	$3.0M TO	$5.7M	—	—
13	Sidy Cissoko SG · 1 yr · $2.5M left	SG	22	$2.5M	$2.5M	—	—	—
14	Blake Wesley SG · No contract	SG	23	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
15	Branden Carlson C · 1 yr · $2.4M left	C	27	$2.4M	$2.5M	—	—	—
Dead Money (1 player)
—	Didi Louzada Stretched	—	—	$268K	$268K	$268K	—	—
Two-Way Contracts (3 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
—	Jayson Kent Two-Way	SF	24	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	John Tonje Two-Way	SG	25	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Chris Youngblood Two-Way	SG	24	$678K	—	—	—	—
	Total			$192.1M ($206.8M)	$181.5M ($229.6M)	$67.0M ($239.3M)	$47.3M ($98.2M)	$0 ($71.0M)
	Cap Space			-$41.8M	-$48.1M	-$39.7M	$121.4M	$170.6M
	1st Apron Space			$16.9M	$48.4M	$185.9M	$230.8M	$306.0M
	2nd Apron Space			$29.9M	$62.7M	$201.6M	$248.2M	$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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