Sacramento Kings
2026-27 Cap Sheet • Western • Pacific
Over Cap, Below First 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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Over Cap, Below First 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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Blow Up The Kings 2.0 (Beta Challenge)
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Scenario Trades (5)
Trade with DET
Valid
Sent: Domantas Sabonis, Drew Eubanks, Doug McDermott
Received: Jalen Duren, Daniss Jenkins
TPE: $1.3M
Trade with CLE
Valid
Sent: Zach LaVine, Adam Flagler, Jonathan Mogbo, Leaky Black
Received: Donovan Mitchell
Trade with NOP
Valid
Sent: De'Andre Hunter, Jae Crowder, Jordan Ford, Mason Jones, JaVale McGee, Russell Westbrook
Received: Trey Murphy III
Trade with LAC
Valid
Sent: Precious Achiuwa, Daeqwon Plowden, Dylan Cardwell, Emanuel Sharp
Received: Rui Hachimura
Picks in: 2029 Rnd 1
Trade with MIL
Valid
Sent: Keegan Murray
Received: Jaime Jaquez Jr., Caris LeVert
TPE: $3.4M
Team Salary
$198.4M
120.2% of cap
+ $4.9M 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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$203.3M
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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-$33.4M
w/ holds:
-$38.3M
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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13/15
+0/3
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 $198.4M
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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$203.3M
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 |
Donovan Mitchell
via CLE
|
SG | 30 | $50.1M | $60.9M | $65.8M | $70.7M | $75.5M PO |
| 2 |
Jalen Duren
via DET
|
C | 22 | $40.2M | $36.9M | $39.0M | $41.0M | $43.0M |
| 3 |
Trey Murphy III
via NOP
|
SF | 26 | $27.0M | $29.0M | $31.0M | $37.2M | — |
| 4 |
Malik Monk
|
SG | 28 | $20.2M | $21.6M PO | $32.4M | — | — |
| 5 |
Caris LeVert
via MIL
|
SG | 32 | $14.8M | $17.8M | — | — | — |
| 6 |
Rui Hachimura
via LAC
|
PF | 28 | $14.0M | $14.0M TO | $16.8M | — | — |
| 7 |
Darius Acuff Jr.
|
PG | 19 | $8.0M | $8.4M | $8.8M TO | $11.2M TO | $33.6M |
| 8 |
Jaime Jaquez Jr.
via MIL
|
SF | 25 | $5.9M | $7.1M | — | — | — |
| 9 |
Daniss Jenkins
via DET
|
PG | 25 | $4.0M | $4.8M | — | — | — |
| 10 |
Nique Clifford
|
SG | 24 | $3.3M | $3.4M TO | $6.0M TO | $17.9M | — |
| 11 |
Alex Karaban
|
PF | 23 | $2.9M | $3.1M | $3.2M TO | $5.9M TO | $17.6M |
| 12 |
Patrick Baldwin Jr.
|
PF | 23 | $2.5M | — | — | — | — |
| 13 |
Killian Hayes
|
PG | 25 | $2.5M | — | — | — | — |
| 14 |
Ben Simmons
|
PF | 30 | $2.4M NG | $2.5M | — | — | — |
| 15 |
Maxime Raynaud
|
C | 23 | $2.2M | $2.5M TO NG | $4.8M | — | — |
|
Dead Money
(1 player)
|
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| — |
DeMar DeRozan
Bought Out
|
— | — | $3.3M | $3.3M | $3.3M | — | — |
| Total | $198.4M ($203.3M) | $183.2M ($215.4M) | $157.1M ($211.1M) | $128.7M ($183.8M) | $118.5M ($169.7M) | |||
| Cap Space | -$38.3M | -$33.9M | -$11.4M | $35.8M | $71.9M | |||
| 1st Apron Space | $10.6M | $46.7M | $95.8M | $149.5M | $187.5M | |||
| 2nd Apron Space | $23.6M | $61.0M | $111.5M | $166.8M | $206.5M | |||
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Regular = under contract • Orange
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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