Utah Jazz
2026-27 Cap Sheet • Western • Northwest
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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Give NOLA A Fresh Start
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Scenario Trades (1)
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Trade with UTA
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Valid
Sent: Josh Green, Jusuf Nurkic, Brice Sensabaugh, Kyle Filipowski
Received: Zion Williamson, Karlo Matkovic
Picks out: Swap: 2nd most favorable of CLE/MIN (6-30)/UTA 2029 1st, Swap: more favorable of BOS/CLE 2031 2nd
Team Salary
$193.4M
117.2% of cap
+ $7.9M 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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$201.3M
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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-$28.4M
w/ holds:
-$36.3M
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
+2/3
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 $193.4M
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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$201.3M
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 |
Jaren Jackson Jr.
|
PF | 27 | $49.0M | $50.5M | $52.0M | $53.5M PO | $49.5M |
| 2 |
Lauri Markkanen
|
PF | 29 | $46.1M | $49.8M | $53.5M | $49.5M | — |
| 3 |
Zion Williamson
via NOP
|
PF | 26 | $42.2M | $44.9M | $41.3M | — | — |
| 4 |
Darryn Peterson
|
SG | 19 | $13.2M | $13.9M | $14.5M TO | $18.3M TO | $41.3M |
| 5 |
Ace Bailey
|
SF | 20 | $9.5M | $10.0M TO | $12.6M TO | $37.9M | — |
| 6 |
Kevin Love
|
C | 38 | $7.9M | — | — | — | — |
| 7 |
Keyonte George
|
PG | 22 | $6.6M | $27.2M | $29.3M | $31.5M | $33.7M |
| 8 |
Jaxson Hayes
|
C | 26 | $6.0M | $6.0M TO NG | $7.8M | — | — |
| 9 |
Josh Okogie
|
SG | 28 | $6.0M | $6.0M TO NG | $7.8M | — | — |
| 10 |
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
|
SG | 29 | $3.9M NG | $4.0M TO NG | $7.6M | — | — |
| 11 |
Mo Bamba
|
C | 28 | $3.5M NG | $3.7M TO | $4.8M | — | — |
| 12 |
Isaiah Collier
|
PG | 22 | $2.8M | $5.0M TO | $15.0M | — | — |
| 13 |
Tony Bradley
|
C | 28 | $2.4M NG | $2.5M | — | — | — |
| 14 |
Karlo Matkovic
via NOP
|
C | 25 | $2.3M | $2.5M | — | — | — |
| 15 | Empty roster spot | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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Two-Way Contracts
(2 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
|
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| — |
Trey Alexander
Two-Way
|
PG | 23 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Harrison Ingram
Two-Way
|
SF | 23 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| Total | $193.4M ($201.3M) | $220.9M ($225.8M) | $162.0M ($246.3M) | $103.3M ($190.7M) | $33.7M ($124.4M) | |||
| Cap Space | -$36.3M | -$44.3M | -$46.6M | $28.9M | $117.2M | |||
| 1st Apron Space | $15.6M | $9.0M | $90.9M | $174.9M | $272.3M | |||
| 2nd Apron Space | $28.6M | $23.3M | $106.6M | $192.2M | $291.4M | |||
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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