Cap situation · 2026-27
over the cap. Over the cap but $9.1M under the tax: trades need matching salary (up to $27.5M back for $20M out) and the full mid-level is on the table.
Room under the tax$9.1M$17.7M under the first apron
Expiring after 2026-27$84.8M7 contracts: Herro, Kuzma, LeVert…
Tradable contracts3$5–30M, two years or fewer, no player option
Next season$114.0M2027-28 already committed
Options75 player · 2 team
Projected tax bill$0under the tax line
The wall · 2026-27
each block = one contract, width = share of payroll17%Herro$33.0M
14%Turner$26.6M
12%Lillard$22.5M
11%Kuzma$20.3M
8%Jr.$15.2M
8%LeVert$14.8M
Tyler Herro $33.0MMyles Turner $26.6MDamian Lillard $22.5MKyle Kuzma $20.3MGary Trent Jr. $15.2MCaris LeVert $14.8MA.J. Green $10.0MBrayden Burries $6.4MJaime Jaquez Jr. $5.9MOusmane Dieng $5.8MNate Ament $5.5MKevin Porter Jr. $5.4MKel'el Ware $4.7MRyan Rollins $4.0MKasparas Jakucionis $3.8MJericho Sims $2.8MPete Nance $2.5MBogoljub Markovic $1.4MVasilije Micic $0.7M
What they can do with it
Test a trade →Exception available
$15.0M
Non-taxpayer mid-levelup to four years, plus the $5.48M bi-annual exception; using the full amount hard-caps the team at the first apron
Expiring after 2026-27 · 7
Tyler Herro$33.0M
Kyle Kuzma$20.3M
Caris LeVert$14.8M
Jaime Jaquez Jr.$5.9M
Kevin Porter Jr.$5.4M
Jericho Sims$2.8M
$84.8M clears next summer
Options for 2027-28 · 1
Ryan Rollinsplayer$4.0M
Tradable matching salary · 3
Kyle Kuzma$20.3M
Caris LeVert$14.8M
Jaime Jaquez Jr.$5.9M
The contracts that make a trade work: big enough to match, small enough to move.
Every contract, by season
P = player option · T = team option · ETO = early termination| Player | Age | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | Guaranteed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Herro | 26 | $33.0M | $33.0M | |||
| Myles Turner | 30 | $26.6M | $27.9M | $29.1MP | $54.4M | |
| Damian Lillard | 36 | $22.5MP | $22.5M | $22.5M | $22.5M | $90.1M |
| Kyle Kuzma | 31 | $20.3M | $20.3M | |||
| Gary Trent Jr. | 27 | $15.2M | $16.4M | $16.4M | $16.0M | $64.0M |
| Caris LeVert | 32 | $14.8M | $14.8M | |||
| A.J. Green | 27 | $10.0M | $10.8M | $11.7M | $12.5M | $45.0M |
| Brayden Burries | 21 | $6.4M | $6.7M | $7.1M | $9.0M | $13.2M |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 25 | $5.9M | $5.9M | |||
| Ousmane Dieng | 23 | $5.8M | $5.8M | $5.8MT | $11.5M | |
| Nate Ament | 19 | $5.5M | $5.8M | $6.1M | $8.6M | $11.3M |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 26 | $5.4MP | $5.4M | |||
| Kel'el Ware | 22 | $4.7M | $7.1M | $4.7M | ||
| Ryan Rollins | 24 | $4.0M | $4.0MP | $4.0M | ||
| Kasparas Jakucionis | 20 | $3.8M | $4.0M | $6.2M | $3.8M | |
| Jericho Sims | 28 | $2.8MP | $2.8M | |||
| Pete Nance | 26 | $2.5M | $2.5M | |||
| Bogoljub Markovic | 21 | $1.4M | $2.3M | $2.7M | $2.9MT | $6.3M |
| Vasilije Micic | 32 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $1.3M | ||
| Team total | $191.4M | $114.0M | $107.4M | $71.5M |
Built from public contract records and checked against the league's published cap (2026-27 cap $165.0M); updated 1 d ago. Cap holds, incomplete rosters and two-way deals can move these totals; the league's official numbers govern.