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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Hard Capped at 1st Apron
Hard Cap
Fundamentals
A strict salary limit that cannot be exceeded under any circumstances. Teams become hard-capped by certain actions: using the NTMLE (hard-capped at first apron), using the BAE (first apron), receiving a sign-and-trade (first apron), or aggregating salaries (second apron).
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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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Hard Capped at 1st Apron
Hard Cap
Fundamentals
A strict salary limit that cannot be exceeded under any circumstances. Teams become hard-capped by certain actions: using the NTMLE (hard-capped at first apron), using the BAE (first apron), receiving a sign-and-trade (first apron), or aggregating salaries (second apron).
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Blow Up The Kings 2.0 (Beta Challenge)
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Scenario Trades (4)
Trade with HOU
Valid
Sent: Malik Monk
Received: Fred VanVleet
Picks in: Swap: 2nd most favorable of DAL/HOU/PHX 2029 1st, 2031 Rnd 2
Trade with IND, PHX
Valid
Sent: De'Andre Hunter, Domantas Sabonis
Received: Jarace Walker, Braden Smith, Kelly Oubre Jr., Jalen Green, Koa Peat, Luke Kennard
Picks out: 2027 Rnd 2, 2027 Rnd 2
Picks in: Swap: less favorable of BOS/ORL 2027 2nd
TPE: $8.2M
Trade with BOS
Valid
Sent: Luke Kennard
Received: Chris Cenac Jr.
Picks in: 2030 Rnd 2
TPE: $3.1M
Trade with DEN, CHA
Valid
Sent: Kelly Oubre Jr.
Received: Zeke Nnaji
Picks in: 2028 Rnd 2, 2029 Rnd 2
TPE: $583K
Other Teams Modified (1)
PHX
Team Salary
$190.3M
115.3% of cap
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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-$25.3M
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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15/15
+3/3
Cap Position
Cap
Tax
1st
2nd
HARD CAP
Hard Cap
Fundamentals
A strict salary limit that cannot be exceeded under any circumstances. Teams become hard-capped by certain actions: using the NTMLE (hard-capped at first apron), using the BAE (first apron), receiving a sign-and-trade (first apron), or aggregating salaries (second apron).
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at $209.0M
— Bi-Annual Exception
($18.7M room)
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 $190.3M
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
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| # | Player | Pos | Age | 26-27 | 27-28 | 28-29 | 29-30 | 30-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Zach LaVine
|
SG | 31 | $49.0M | $57.8M | — | — | — |
| 2 |
Jalen Green
via PHX
|
SG | 24 | $36.3M | $36.0M PO | $41.3M | — | — |
| 3 |
Fred VanVleet
via HOU
|
PG | 32 | $25.0M | $30.0M | — | — | — |
| 4 |
Keegan Murray
|
PF | 26 | $24.1M | $26.1M | $28.0M | $29.9M | $31.9M |
| 5 |
Jarace Walker
via IND
|
PF | 23 | $8.5M | $10.2M | — | — | — |
| 6 |
Darius Acuff Jr.
|
PG | 19 | $8.0M | $8.4M | $8.8M TO | $11.2M TO | $33.6M |
| 7 |
Zeke Nnaji
via DEN
|
C | 25 | $7.5M | $7.5M PO | $9.0M | — | — |
| 8 |
Precious Achiuwa
|
PF | 27 | $5.5M | $5.8M | $10.9M | — | — |
| 9 |
Nique Clifford
|
SG | 24 | $3.3M | $3.4M TO | $6.0M TO | $17.9M | — |
| 10 |
Chris Cenac Jr.
via BOS
|
C | 19 | $3.0M | $3.1M | $3.3M TO | $5.9M TO | $7.1M |
| 11 |
Alex Karaban
|
PF | 23 | $2.9M | $3.1M | $3.2M TO | $5.9M TO | $17.6M |
| 12 |
Koa Peat
via PHX
|
PF | 19 | $2.9M | $3.1M | $3.2M TO | $5.8M TO | $7.0M |
| 13 |
Daeqwon Plowden
|
SG | 28 | $2.4M | $2.7M | $3.5M | — | — |
| 14 |
Maxime Raynaud
|
C | 23 | $2.2M | $2.5M TO NG | $4.8M | — | — |
| 15 |
Dylan Cardwell
|
PF | 24 | $2.2M | $2.5M NG | $2.7M TO NG | $5.2M | — |
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Dead Money
(3 players)
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DeMar DeRozan
Bought Out
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— | — | $3.3M | $3.3M | $3.3M | — | — |
| — |
Ben Simmons
Waived
|
— | — | $3.5M | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Emanuel Sharp
Stretched
|
— | — | $730K | $730K | $730K | $730K | $730K |
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Off Roster
(4 players)
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| — |
Patrick Baldwin Jr.
Renounced
|
PF | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Killian Hayes
Renounced
|
PG | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Doug McDermott
Renounced
|
SF | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Russell Westbrook
Renounced
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PG | 37 | — | — | — | — | — |
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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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| — |
Leaky Black
Two-Way
|
SF | 27 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Jonathan Mogbo
Two-Way
|
PF | 25 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Braden Smith
Two-Way
|
PG | — | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| Total | $190.3M ($190.3M) | $108.2M ($206.1M) | $59.4M ($128.8M) | $59.5M ($82.6M) | $32.6M ($97.9M) | |||
| Cap Space | -$25.3M | -$24.6M | $70.9M | $137.0M | $143.7M | |||
| 1st Apron Space | $18.7M | $121.7M | $193.5M | $218.7M | $273.4M | |||
| 2nd Apron Space | $31.7M | $136.0M | $209.3M | $236.0M | $292.4M | |||
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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