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 HOU
Valid
Sent: Ja Morant, John Tonje
Received: Fred VanVleet, Clint Capela, JD Davison
Picks out: 2028 Rnd 1
TPE: $8.2M
Trade with MIA
Valid
Sent: Jrue Holiday, Yang Hansen
Received: Nikola Jovic, Bobby Portis, Vladislav Goldin
Picks in: Swap: least favorable of MIA/MIL/POR 2030 1st
TPE: $8.0M
Trade with LAC
Valid
Sent: Nikola Jovic, Scoot Henderson
Received: Max Strus, Kris Dunn
TPE: $7.4M
Trade with PHI
Valid
Sent: Robert Williams III
Received: Dean Wade, Jabari Walker, Ariel Hukporti
Trade with BKN, DET
Valid
Sent: Clint Capela
Received: Paul Reed
Picks out: Swap: less favorable of NOP/POR 2027 2nd, Swap: most favorable of BOS/MIL/POR 2029 1st
TPE: $1.4M
Trade with BKN
Valid
Sent: Ariel Hukporti
TPE: $3.4M
Team Salary
$159.2M
96.5% 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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$171.4M
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.
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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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$5.8M
w/ holds:
-$6.4M
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.
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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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15/15
+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 $159.2M
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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$171.4M
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.
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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 |
Fred VanVleet
via HOU
|
PG | 32 | $25.0M | $30.0M | — | — | — |
| 2 |
Shaedon Sharpe
|
SG | 23 | $20.1M | $21.7M | $23.3M | $24.9M | $37.4M |
| 3 |
Toumani Camara
|
SF | 26 | $18.1M | $19.5M | $21.0M | $22.4M | $33.6M |
| 4 |
Max Strus
via LAC
|
SG | 30 | $16.7M | $20.0M | — | — | — |
| 5 |
Bobby Portis
via MIA
|
PF | 31 | $14.5M | $15.6M PO | $18.7M | — | — |
| 6 |
Damian Lillard
|
PG | 36 | $13.4M | $14.1M PO | $18.3M | — | — |
| 7 |
Deni Avdija
|
SF | 25 | $13.1M | $11.9M | $22.6M | — | — |
| 8 |
Dean Wade
via PHI
|
PF | 29 | $9.0M | $9.5M | $9.9M | $10.4M NG | $12.4M |
| 9 |
Donovan Clingan
|
C | 22 | $7.5M | $9.6M TO | $28.7M | — | — |
| 10 |
Kris Dunn
via LAC
|
PG | 32 | $5.7M | $6.8M | — | — | — |
| 11 |
Paul Reed
via DET
|
C | 27 | $5.6M | $6.7M | — | — | — |
| 12 |
Vit Krejci
|
SF | 26 | $2.7M NG | $3.0M TO | $5.7M | — | — |
| 13 |
Jabari Walker
via PHI
|
PF | 24 | $2.6M NG | $3.1M | — | — | — |
| 14 |
Sidy Cissoko
|
SG | 22 | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | — | — |
| 15 |
Branden Carlson
|
C | 27 | $2.4M | $2.5M | — | — | — |
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Dead Money
(1 player)
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| — |
Didi Louzada
Stretched
|
— | — | $268K | $268K | $268K | — | — |
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Off Roster
(1 player)
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| — |
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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| — |
Vladislav Goldin
Two-Way
|
C | — | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Jayson Kent
Two-Way
|
SF | 24 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Chris Youngblood
Two-Way
|
SG | 24 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| Total | $159.2M ($171.4M) | $105.1M ($176.6M) | $54.4M ($148.4M) | $57.7M ($57.7M) | $0 ($83.4M) | |||
| Cap Space | -$6.4M | $4.9M | $51.2M | $161.9M | $158.2M | |||
| 1st Apron Space | $49.8M | $124.8M | $198.4M | $220.5M | $306.0M | |||
| 2nd Apron Space | $62.8M | $139.1M | $214.2M | $237.8M | $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