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 →

Tom Dundon's Dream Team

Linked Teams: MEM CHI BKN

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Trade with CHI, MEM Valid

Sent: Ja Morant Received: Ty Jerome, Kris Murray, Patrick Williams TPE: $9.6M

Trade with MEM Valid

Sent: Jrue Holiday Received: Cam Spencer, Olivier-Maxence Prosper TPE: $29.9M

Team Salary

$156.9M

95.1% 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. Open in glossary →

$169.2M

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 →

$8.1M

w/ holds: -$4.2M

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 →

15/15 +3/3

Cap Position

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Tax

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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 $156.9M 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 → $169.2M

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

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#	Player	Pos	Age	26-27	27-28	28-29	29-30	30-31
1	Shaedon Sharpe SG · 4 yrs · $90.0M left	SG	23	$20.1M	$21.7M	$23.3M	$24.9M	$37.4M
2	Toumani Camara SF · 4 yrs · $81.0M left	SF	26	$18.1M	$19.5M	$21.0M	$22.4M	$33.6M
3	Patrick Williams via CHI PF · 3 yrs · $54.0M left	PF	25	$18.0M	$18.0M	$18.0M PO	$21.6M	—
4	Robert Williams III C · 3 yrs · $43.5M left	C	28	$14.0M	$14.5M	$15.0M	$28.5M	—
5	Scoot Henderson PG · 1 yr · $13.6M left	PG	22	$13.6M	$40.8M	—	—	—
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	Ty Jerome via MEM PG · 2 yrs · $18.9M left	PG	29	$9.2M	$9.7M PO	$11.6M	—	—
9	Donovan Clingan C · 2 yrs · $17.1M left	C	22	$7.5M	$9.6M TO	$28.7M	—	—
10	Kris Murray via MEM PF · 1 yr · $5.3M left	PF	26	$5.3M	$6.4M	—	—	—
11	Olivier-Maxence Prosper via MEM PF · 1 yr · $2.5M left	PF	24	$2.5M	$3.0M	—	—	—
12	DeMar DeRozan SG · 1 yr · $2.5M left	SG	37	$2.5M MIN	—	—	—	—
13	Cameron Payne PG · 1 yr · $2.5M left	PG	32	$2.5M MIN	—	—	—	—
14	Bruce Brown Jr. SG · 1 yr · $2.5M left	SG	30	$2.5M MIN	—	—	—	—
15	Chris Duarte SG · 1 yr · $2.5M left	SG	29	$2.5M MIN	—	—	—	—
Dead Money (1 player)
—	Didi Louzada Stretched	—	—	$268K	$268K	$268K	—	—
Off Roster (5 players)
—	Yang Hansen Renounced	C	21	$4.6M	$4.9M	$7.5M	—	—
—	Sidy Cissoko Renounced	SG	22	$2.5M	—	—	—	—
—	Branden Carlson Renounced	C	27	$2.4M	—	—	—	—
—	Cam Spencer Renounced	PG	26	$2.4M	$2.6M	$2.8M	—	—
—	Blake Wesley Renounced	SG	23	—	—	—	—	—
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			$156.9M ($169.2M)	$126.7M ($176.8M)	$87.8M ($169.0M)	$47.3M ($97.4M)	$0 ($71.0M)
	Cap Space			-$4.2M	$4.7M	$30.7M	$122.2M	$170.6M
	1st Apron Space			$52.1M	$103.2M	$165.1M	$230.8M	$306.0M
	2nd Apron Space			$65.1M	$117.5M	$180.8M	$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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