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: BKN CHA DEN MIL

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Scenario Trades (3)

Trade with MIL Valid

Sent: Shaedon Sharpe Received: Ryan Rollins, Jaime Jaquez Jr. TPE: $10.2M

Trade with BKN Valid

Sent: Ja Morant Received: Julius Randle TPE: $8.8M

Trade with CHA Valid

Sent: Toumani Camara, Julius Randle Received: Moussa Diabate, Sion James, Grant Williams, Royce O'Neale Picks in: 2029 Rnd 1, 2031 Rnd 1 TPE: $21.4M

Other Teams Modified (1)

DEN

Team Salary

$146.2M

88.6% 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 →

$158.5M

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 →

$18.8M

w/ holds: $6.5M

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

Cap

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 $146.2M 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. Open in glossary → $158.5M

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

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	Jrue Holiday PG · 2 yrs · $72.0M left	PG	36	$34.8M	$37.2M PO	$55.8M	—	—
2	Grant Williams via CHA PF · 1 yr · $14.3M left	PF	27	$14.3M	$17.1M	—	—	—
3	Robert Williams III C · 3 yrs · $43.5M left	C	28	$14.0M	$14.5M	$15.0M	$28.5M	—
4	Scoot Henderson PG · 1 yr · $13.6M left	PG	22	$13.6M	$40.8M	—	—	—
5	Damian Lillard PG · 2 yrs · $27.5M left	PG	36	$13.4M	$14.1M PO	$18.3M	—	—
6	Deni Avdija SF · 2 yrs · $25.0M left	SF	25	$13.1M	$11.9M	$22.6M	—	—
7	Royce O'Neale via CHA PF · 2 yrs · $22.5M left	PF	33	$10.9M	$11.6M	$14.0M	—	—
8	Donovan Clingan C · 2 yrs · $17.1M left	C	22	$7.5M	$9.6M TO	$28.7M	—	—
9	Jaime Jaquez Jr. via MIL SF · 1 yr · $5.9M left	SF	25	$5.9M	$7.1M	—	—	—
10	Yang Hansen C · 3 yrs · $17.0M left	C	21	$4.6M	$4.9M TO	$7.5M TO	$22.4M	—
11	Ryan Rollins via MIL PG · 2 yrs · $8.0M left	PG	24	$4.0M	$4.0M PO	$4.8M	—	—
12	Sidy Cissoko SG · 1 yr · $2.5M left	SG	22	$2.5M	$2.5M	—	—	—
13	Moussa Diabate via CHA C · 1 yr · $2.5M left	C	24	$2.5M	$3.0M	—	—	—
14	Branden Carlson C · 1 yr · $2.4M left	C	27	$2.4M	$2.5M	—	—	—
15	Sion James via CHA SF · 3 yrs · $7.7M left	SF	23	$2.4M	$2.5M	$2.7M TO	$3.3M	—
Dead Money (1 player)
—	Didi Louzada Stretched	—	—	$268K	$268K	$268K	—	—
Off Roster (1 player)
—	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			$146.2M ($158.5M)	$110.5M ($183.4M)	$25.5M ($169.6M)	$0 ($54.2M)	$0 ($0)
	Cap Space			$6.5M	-$1.9M	$30.1M	$165.4M	$241.6M
	1st Apron Space			$62.8M	$119.4M	$227.4M	$278.2M	$306.0M
	2nd Apron Space			$75.8M	$133.7M	$243.2M	$295.5M	$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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