Portland Trail Blazers

2026-27 Cap Sheet • Western • Northwest

Under the Cap 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 →

Scenario 1

Linked Teams: LAC ATL DET CHI BKN IND TOR

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Scenario Trades (7)

Trade with BKN Valid

Sent: Shaedon Sharpe, Yang Hansen Received: Keon Ellis, Moritz Wagner Picks in: Swap: less favorable of BKN/HOU 2027 1st TPE: $6.7M

Trade with TOR Valid

Sent: Ja Morant, Moritz Wagner Received: RJ Barrett, Jakob Poeltl Picks in: 2028 Rnd 1 TPE: $2.1M

Trade with LAC Valid

Sent: Jrue Holiday Received: Max Strus, Rui Hachimura TPE: $4.1M

Trade with IND Valid

Sent: Scoot Henderson Received: T.J. McConnell Picks in: 2027 Rnd 2, Swap: more favorable of IND/WAS 2029 2nd, Swap: least favorable of IND/MEM/MIA 2031 2nd TPE: $2.6M

Trade with DET Valid

Sent: Robert Williams III Received: Paul Reed Picks in: 2027 Rnd 2, 2028 Rnd 2, Swap: most favorable of DET/MIL/NYK 2029 2nd TPE: $8.4M

Trade with ATL Valid

Sent: Micah Potter Received: Mouhamed Gueye Picks out: 2027 Rnd 2 TPE: $395K

Trade with CHI Valid

Sent: T.J. McConnell Received: Tre Jones Picks out: 2028 Rnd 2 TPE: $3.0M

Team Salary

$162.1M

98.3% of cap

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 →

$2.9M

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 →

14/15 +3/3

Cap Position

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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 $162.1M

Season

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#	Player	Pos	Age	26-27	27-28	28-29	29-30	30-31
1	RJ Barrett via TOR SF · 1 yr · $29.6M left	SF	26	$29.6M	$35.5M	—	—	—
2	Jakob Poeltl via TOR C · 1 yr · $19.5M left	C	31	$19.5M	$23.4M	—	—	—
3	Toumani Camara SF · 4 yrs · $81.0M left	SF	26	$18.1M	$19.5M	$21.0M	$22.4M	$33.6M
4	Max Strus via LAC SG · 1 yr · $16.7M left	SG	30	$16.7M	$20.0M	—	—	—
5	Rui Hachimura via LAC PF · 2 yrs · $28.0M left	PF	28	$14.0M	$14.0M TO	$16.8M	—	—
6	Damian Lillard PG · 2 yrs · $27.5M left	PG	36	$13.4M	$14.1M PO	$18.3M	—	—
7	Deni Avdija SF · 2 yrs · $25.0M left	SF	25	$13.1M	$11.9M	$22.6M	—	—
8	Keon Ellis via BKN SG · 2 yrs · $18.0M left	SG	26	$9.0M	$9.0M TO	$10.8M	—	—
9	Tre Jones via CHI PG · 2 yrs · $16.0M left	PG	26	$8.0M	$8.0M TO	$9.6M	—	—
10	Donovan Clingan C · 2 yrs · $17.1M left	C	22	$7.5M	$9.6M	$28.7M	—	—
11	Paul Reed via DET C · 1 yr · $5.6M left	C	27	$5.6M	$6.7M	—	—	—
12	Sidy Cissoko SG · 1 yr · $2.5M left	SG	22	$2.5M	$2.5M	—	—	—
13	Branden Carlson C · 1 yr · $2.4M left	C	27	$2.4M	$2.5M	—	—	—
14	Mouhamed Gueye via ATL C · 1 yr · $2.4M left	C	23	$2.4M NG	$2.5M	—	—	—
15	Empty roster spot			—	—	—	—	—
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			$162.1M ($162.1M)	$86.3M ($179.3M)	$21.2M ($128.0M)	$22.4M ($22.4M)	$0 ($33.6M)
	Cap Space			$2.9M	$2.2M	$71.7M	$197.2M	$207.9M
	1st Apron Space			$46.9M	$143.6M	$231.6M	$255.8M	$306.0M
	2nd Apron Space			$59.9M	$157.9M	$247.4M	$273.1M	$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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