Cap situation · 2026-27
over the cap. Over the cap but $3.9M 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$3.9M$12.5M under the first apron
Expiring after 2026-27$38.9M4 contracts: Poole, Watford, Matkovic…
Tradable contracts1$5–30M, two years or fewer, no player option
Next season$182.9M2027-28 already committed
Options32 player · 1 team
Projected tax bill$0under the tax line
The wall · 2026-27
each block = one contract, width = share of payroll21%Williamson$42.2M
17%Poole$34.0M
17%Murray$32.8M
14%III$27.0M
8%Jones$14.9M
Zion Williamson $42.2MJordan Poole $34.0MDejounte Murray $32.8MTrey Murphy III $27.0MHerbert Jones $14.9MJeremiah Fears $7.9MBennedict Mathurin $7.8MSaddiq Bey $6.4MDerik Queen $5.4MDeAndre Jordan $3.9MYves Missi $3.5MAJ Johnson $3.2MBryce McGowens $2.6MTrendon Watford $2.4MKarlo Matkovic $2.3MTaj Gibson $0.1M
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 · 4
Jordan Poole$34.0M
Trendon Watford$2.4M
Karlo Matkovic$2.3M
Taj Gibson$0.1M
$38.9M clears next summer
Tradable matching salary · 1
Bennedict Mathurin$7.8M
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Williamson | 26 | $42.2M | $44.9M | $87.1M | ||
| Jordan Poole | 27 | $34.0M | $34.0M | |||
| Dejounte Murray | 30 | $32.8M | $30.8MP | $32.8M | ||
| Trey Murphy III | 26 | $27.0M | $29.0M | $31.0M | $87.0M | |
| Herbert Jones | 28 | $14.9M | $20.9M | $22.5M | $24.2M | $58.3M |
| Jeremiah Fears | 20 | $7.9M | $8.3M | $10.5M | $7.9M | |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 24 | $7.8M | $8.2MP | $7.8M | ||
| Saddiq Bey | 27 | $6.4M | $17.1M | $18.5M | $19.9M | $61.9M |
| Derik Queen | 21 | $5.4M | $5.7M | $8.1M | $5.4M | |
| DeAndre Jordan | 38 | $3.9M | $4.1M | $7.9M | ||
| Yves Missi | 22 | $3.5M | $5.6M | $3.5M | ||
| AJ Johnson | 21 | $3.2M | $5.5M | $3.2M | ||
| Bryce McGowens | 23 | $2.6M | $2.9M | $2.6M | ||
| Trendon Watford | 25 | $2.4M | — | |||
| Karlo Matkovic | 25 | $2.3MT | $2.3M | |||
| Taj Gibson | 41 | $0.1M | $0.1M | |||
| Team total | $196.6M | $182.9M | $90.6M | $44.1M |
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.