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.
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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.
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Tom Dundon's Dream Team
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Scenario Trades (6)
Trade with UTA
Valid
Sent: Jrue Holiday, Scoot Henderson
Received: Lauri Markkanen
TPE: $2.3M
Trade with ATL
Valid
Sent: Shaedon Sharpe, Yang Hansen
Received: Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Mouhamed Gueye
Picks in: 2027 Rnd 2
TPE: $7.9M
Trade with CHI
Valid
Sent: Ja Morant, Micah Potter, Branden Carlson
Received: Norman Powell, Tre Jones, Jalen Smith
TPE: $8.5M
Trade with NOP
Valid
Sent: Jalen Smith
Received: DeAndre Jordan
TPE: $5.6M
Trade with LAC
Valid
Sent: DeAndre Jordan
Received: Baba Miller
TPE: $2.2M
Trade with MIL
Valid
Sent: Norman Powell, Tre Jones
Received: Jaime Jaquez Jr., Ryan Rollins, Pete Nance
Picks out: Swap: more favorable of MIL/POR 2028 1st, Swap: less favorable of NOP/POR 2027 2nd, 2028 Rnd 2, Swap: most favorable of BOS/MIL/POR 2029 1st
TPE: $17.1M
Team Salary
$148.6M
90.1% of cap
+ $12.3M 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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$160.9M
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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$16.4M
w/ holds:
$4.1M
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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$0
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 $148.6M
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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$160.9M
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
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 |
Lauri Markkanen
via UTA
|
PF | 29 | $46.1M | $49.8M | $53.5M | $49.5M | — |
| 2 |
Toumani Camara
|
SF | 26 | $18.1M | $19.5M | $21.0M | $22.4M | $33.6M |
| 3 |
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
via ATL
|
SG | 28 | $14.4M | $15.2M | $15.9M PO | $19.1M | — |
| 4 |
Robert Williams III
|
C | 29 | $14.0M | $14.5M | $15.0M | $28.5M | — |
| 5 |
Damian Lillard
|
PG | 36 | $13.4M | $14.1M PO | $18.3M | — | — |
| 6 |
Deni Avdija
|
SF | 25 | $13.1M | $11.9M | $22.6M | — | — |
| 7 |
Donovan Clingan
|
C | 22 | $7.5M | $9.6M | $28.7M | — | — |
| 8 |
Jaime Jaquez Jr.
via MIL
|
SF | 25 | $5.9M | $7.1M | — | — | — |
| 9 |
Ryan Rollins
via MIL
|
PG | 24 | $4.0M | $4.0M PO | $4.8M | — | — |
| 10 |
Vit Krejci
|
SF | 26 | $2.7M | $3.0M TO | $5.7M | — | — |
| 11 |
Sidy Cissoko
|
SG | 22 | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | — | — |
| 12 |
Pete Nance
via MIL
|
PF | 26 | $2.5M NG | $2.7M TO NG | $3.2M | — | — |
| 13 |
Mouhamed Gueye
via ATL
|
C | 23 | $2.4M NG | $2.5M | — | — | — |
| 14 |
Baba Miller
via LAC
|
PF | 22 | $1.7M | $2.3M | $2.7M | $2.9M TO | $3.5M |
| 15 | Empty roster spot | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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Dead Money
(1 player)
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| — |
Didi Louzada
Stretched
|
— | — | $268K | $268K | $268K | — | — |
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Two-Way Contracts
(3 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
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| — |
Jayson Kent
Two-Way
|
SF | 24 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
John Tonje
Two-Way
|
SG | 25 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Chris Youngblood
Two-Way
|
SG | 24 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| Total | $148.6M ($160.9M) | $146.8M ($158.8M) | $108.4M ($191.7M) | $25.3M ($122.4M) | $0 ($37.1M) | |||
| Cap Space | $4.1M | $22.7M | $8.0M | $97.2M | $204.4M | |||
| 1st Apron Space | $60.4M | $83.1M | $144.5M | $252.8M | $306.0M | |||
| 2nd Apron Space | $73.4M | $97.4M | $160.2M | $270.1M | $325.0M | |||
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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