Cap situation · 2026-27
over the cap. Over the cap but $11.5M 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$11.5M$20.1M under the first apron
Expiring after 2026-27$57.2M7 contracts: Strus, Jr., Lopez…
Tradable contracts9$5–30M, two years or fewer, no player option
Next season$137.2M2027-28 already committed
Options82 player · 6 team
Projected tax bill$0under the tax line
The wall · 2026-27
each block = one contract, width = share of payroll22%Garland$42.2M
21%Ingram$40.0M
9%Strus$16.7M
7%Hachimura$14.0M
6%Jr.$10.5M
Darius Garland $42.2MBrandon Ingram $40.0MMax Strus $16.7MRui Hachimura $14.0MDerrick Jones Jr. $10.5MKeaton Wagler $9.7MBrook Lopez $9.2MGradey Dick $7.1MIsaiah Jackson $7.0MBradley Beal $6.4MNicolas Batum $5.9MKris Dunn $5.7MJordan Miller $5.3MYanic Konan Niederhauser $2.9MKobe Sanders $2.6MJohni Broome $2.2MBaba Miller $1.7M
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
Max Strus$16.7M
Derrick Jones Jr.$10.5M
Brook Lopez$9.2M
Gradey Dick$7.1M
Nicolas Batum$5.9M
Kris Dunn$5.7M
$57.2M clears next summer
Tradable matching salary · 9
Max Strus$16.7M
Rui Hachimura$14.0M
Derrick Jones Jr.$10.5M
Brook Lopez$9.2M
Gradey Dick$7.1M
Isaiah Jackson$7.0M
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Garland | 26 | $42.2M | $44.9M | $87.1M | ||
| Brandon Ingram | 29 | $40.0M | $41.9MP | $40.0M | ||
| Max Strus | 30 | $16.7M | $16.7M | |||
| Rui Hachimura | 28 | $14.0M | $14.0MT | $14.0M | ||
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 29 | $10.5M | $10.5M | |||
| Keaton Wagler | 19 | $9.7M | $10.2M | $10.6M | $13.5M | $19.8M |
| Brook Lopez | 38 | $9.2MT | $9.2M | |||
| Gradey Dick | 22 | $7.1M | $7.1M | |||
| Isaiah Jackson | 24 | $7.0M | $6.4M | $13.4M | ||
| Bradley Beal | 33 | $6.4M | $6.7MP | $6.4M | ||
| Nicolas Batum | 37 | $5.9MT | — | |||
| Kris Dunn | 32 | $5.7M | — | |||
| Jordan Miller | 26 | $5.3M | $5.0M | $5.0MT | $5.3M | |
| Yanic Konan Niederhauser | 23 | $2.9M | $3.0M | $5.4M | $2.9M | |
| Kobe Sanders | 24 | $2.6M | $2.8M | $2.9M | $3.0MT | $5.4M |
| Johni Broome | 24 | $2.2M | $2.2M | |||
| Baba Miller | 22 | $1.7M | $2.3M | $2.7M | $2.9MT | $4.0M |
| Team total | $188.9M | $137.2M | $26.7M | $19.4M |
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.