Cap situation · 2026-27
above the first apron. Above the first apron by $8.8M and $3.9M under the second: trades must be salary-neutral, no sign-and-trades, and the tax bill projects to $36.4M.
Room under the tax−$17.4M$8.8M over the first apron
Expiring after 2026-27$36.6M6 contracts: Johnson, Strawther, III…
Tradable contracts3$5–30M, two years or fewer, no player option
Next season$195.0M2027-28 already committed
Options33 player · 0 team
Projected tax bill$36.4Mnon-repeater rates
The wall · 2026-27
each block = one contract, width = share of payroll27%Jokic$59.0M
23%Murray$50.1M
15%Gordon$33.7M
11%Johnson$23.1M
10%Braun$21.6M
Nikola Jokic $59.0MJamal Murray $50.1MAaron Gordon $33.7MCameron Johnson $23.1MChristian Braun $21.6MZeke Nnaji $7.5MSpencer Jones $6.0MJulian Strawther $4.8MDaRon Holmes $3.4MMarvin Bagley III $2.4MDeMar DeRozan $2.4MTyus Jones $2.4MTrevon Brazile $1.4M
What they can do with it
Test a trade →Exception available
$6.1M
Taxpayer mid-levelup to two years; using it hard-caps the team at the second apron
Expiring after 2026-27 · 6
Cameron Johnson$23.1M
Julian Strawther$4.8M
Marvin Bagley III$2.4M
DeMar DeRozan$2.4M
Tyus Jones$2.4M
Trevon Brazile$1.4M
$36.6M clears next summer
Tradable matching salary · 3
Cameron Johnson$23.1M
Zeke Nnaji$7.5M
Spencer Jones$6.0M
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 | 2030-31 | Guaranteed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokic | 31 | $59.0M | $62.8MP | $59.0M | |||
| Jamal Murray | 29 | $50.1M | $53.8M | $57.5M | $161.5M | ||
| Aaron Gordon | 31 | $33.7M | $36.4MP | $39.0M | $70.0M | ||
| Cameron Johnson | 30 | $23.1M | $23.1M | ||||
| Christian Braun | 25 | $21.6M | $23.3M | $25.0M | $26.7M | $28.4M | $125.0M |
| Zeke Nnaji | 25 | $7.5M | $7.5MP | $7.5M | |||
| Spencer Jones | 25 | $6.0M | $5.8M | $11.8M | |||
| Julian Strawther | 24 | $4.8M | $4.8M | ||||
| DaRon Holmes | 24 | $3.4M | $5.5M | $3.4M | |||
| Marvin Bagley III | 27 | $2.4M | $2.4M | ||||
| DeMar DeRozan | 37 | $2.4M | $2.4M | ||||
| Tyus Jones | 30 | $2.4M | $2.4M | ||||
| Trevon Brazile | 23 | $1.4M | $1.4M | ||||
| Team total | $217.8M | $195.0M | $121.6M | $26.7M | $28.4M |
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.