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 (4)
Trade with CHA
Valid
Sent: Jrue Holiday
Received: Dennis Schröder, Ryan Kalkbrenner
Picks out: 2031 Rnd 1
TPE: $17.6M
Trade with DET
Valid
Sent: Shaedon Sharpe
Received: Duncan Robinson
Picks out: Swap: less favorable of NOP/POR 2027 2nd, 2028 Rnd 2
Picks in: 2030 Rnd 1
TPE: $4.1M
Trade with NOP
Valid
Sent: Deni Avdija
Received: Saddiq Bey, Jaron Pierre Jr.
Picks in: 2028 Rnd 1, 2032 Rnd 1
TPE: $6.0M
Trade with LAL
Valid
Sent: Dennis Schröder
Received: Dalton Knecht, Jaden Hardy, Matisse Thybulle
Picks out: 2028 Rnd 1
TPE: $1.3M
Team Salary
$158.6M
96.1% 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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$170.9M
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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$6.4M
w/ holds:
-$5.9M
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.
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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 $158.6M
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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$170.9M
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 |
Ja Morant
|
PG | 27 | $42.2M | $44.9M | $41.3M | — | — |
| 2 |
Toumani Camara
|
SF | 26 | $18.1M | $19.5M | $21.0M | $22.4M | $33.6M |
| 3 |
Duncan Robinson
via DET
|
SF | 32 | $16.0M NG | $15.2M | $18.2M | — | — |
| 4 |
Robert Williams III
|
C | 28 | $14.0M | $14.5M | $15.0M | $28.5M | — |
| 5 |
Scoot Henderson
|
PG | 22 | $13.6M | $40.8M | — | — | — |
| 6 |
Damian Lillard
|
PG | 36 | $13.4M | $14.1M PO | $18.3M | — | — |
| 7 |
Donovan Clingan
|
C | 22 | $7.5M | $9.6M TO | $28.7M | — | — |
| 8 |
Saddiq Bey
via NOP
|
SF | 27 | $6.6M | $7.7M | — | — | — |
| 9 |
Jaden Hardy
via LAL
|
PG | 24 | $6.0M | $6.0M TO NG | $7.2M | — | — |
| 10 |
Dalton Knecht
via LAL
|
SF | 25 | $4.2M | $6.5M TO | $7.7M | — | — |
| 11 |
Micah Potter
|
C | 28 | $2.8M NG | $2.5M | — | — | — |
| 12 |
Vit Krejci
|
SF | 26 | $2.7M NG | $3.0M TO | $5.7M | — | — |
| 13 |
Matisse Thybulle
via LAL
|
SF | 29 | $2.4M | $3.9M | — | — | — |
| 14 |
Ryan Kalkbrenner
via CHA
|
C | 24 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $2.7M TO | $3.3M | — |
| 15 | Empty roster spot | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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Dead Money
(2 players)
|
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| — |
Didi Louzada
Stretched
|
— | — | $268K | $268K | $268K | — | — |
| — |
Yang Hansen
Stretched
|
— | — | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — |
|
Off Roster
(3 players)
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| — |
Sidy Cissoko
Renounced
|
SG | 22 | $2.5M | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Branden Carlson
Renounced
|
C | 27 | $2.4M | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Blake Wesley
Renounced
|
SG | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
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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 | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Jaron Pierre Jr.
Two-Way
|
SG | — | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Chris Youngblood
Two-Way
|
SG | 24 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
John Tonje
Released
|
SG | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | $158.6M ($170.9M) | $137.5M ($192.4M) | $40.5M ($167.6M) | $22.4M ($54.2M) | $0 ($33.6M) | |||
| Cap Space | -$5.9M | -$10.9M | $32.1M | $165.4M | $207.9M | |||
| 1st Apron Space | $50.4M | $92.4M | $212.4M | $255.8M | $306.0M | |||
| 2nd Apron Space | $63.4M | $106.7M | $228.1M | $273.1M | $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