Cap situation · 2026-27
under the cap. $4.9M of room before cap holds: they can sign a free agent outright or absorb salary in a trade without sending any back.
Room under the tax$40.3M$48.9M under the first apron
Expiring after 2026-27$46.2M2 contracts: Jr., Clowney
Tradable contracts5$5–30M, two years or fewer, no player option
Next season$119.3M2027-28 already committed
Options31 player · 2 team
Projected tax bill$0under the tax line
The wall · 2026-27
each block = one contract, width = share of payroll25%Jr.$40.8M
21%Randle$33.3M
10%Mann$15.5M
6%Sharpe$10.0M
6%Wagner$9.3M
Michael Porter Jr. $40.8MJulius Randle $33.3MTerance Mann $15.5MDay'Ron Sharpe $10.0MMoritz Wagner $9.3MMikel Brown Jr. $8.8MKeon Ellis $8.8MEgor Demin $7.2MNoah Clowney $5.4MJosh Minott $4.5MNolan Traore $4.0MDrake Powell $3.5MBen Saraf $3.0MJoshua Jefferson $3.0MDanny Wolf $2.9M
What they can do with it
Test a trade →Exception available
$9.4M
Room exceptionfor a team that uses cap space; the mid-level goes away once you dip under the cap
Tradable matching salary · 5
Terance Mann$15.5M
Day'Ron Sharpe$10.0M
Moritz Wagner$9.3M
Keon Ellis$8.8M
Noah Clowney$5.4M
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Porter Jr. | 28 | $40.8M | $12.0M | |||
| Julius Randle | 31 | $33.3M | $35.8MP | $33.3M | ||
| Terance Mann | 30 | $15.5M | $16.0M | $31.5M | ||
| Day'Ron Sharpe | 24 | $10.0M | $10.0MT | $10.0M | ||
| Moritz Wagner | 29 | $9.3M | $9.7M | $9.3M | ||
| Mikel Brown Jr. | 20 | $8.8M | $9.2M | $9.7M | $12.3M | $18.0M |
| Keon Ellis | 26 | $8.8M | $9.2M | $8.8M | ||
| Egor Demin | 20 | $7.2M | $7.6M | $9.6M | $7.2M | |
| Noah Clowney | 22 | $5.4M | $5.4M | |||
| Josh Minott | 23 | $4.5M | $4.5MT | $4.5M | ||
| Nolan Traore | 20 | $4.0M | $4.2M | $6.5M | $4.0M | |
| Drake Powell | 21 | $3.5M | $3.7M | $6.1M | $3.5M | |
| Ben Saraf | 20 | $3.0M | $3.2M | $5.7M | $3.0M | |
| Joshua Jefferson | 22 | $3.0M | $3.1M | $3.3M | $5.9M | $6.1M |
| Danny Wolf | 22 | $2.9M | $3.1M | $5.6M | $2.9M | |
| Team total | $160.1M | $119.3M | $46.4M | $18.2M |
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.