Cap situation · 2026-27
over the cap. Over the cap but $7.1M 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$7.1M$15.7M under the first apron
Expiring after 2026-27$23.6M6 contracts: Reed, Jenkins, Green…
Tradable contracts4$5–30M, two years or fewer, no player option
Next season$188.7M2027-28 already committed
Options42 player · 2 team
Projected tax bill$0under the tax line
The wall · 2026-27
each block = one contract, width = share of payroll26%Cunningham$50.1M
21%Duren$40.2M
9%Collins$17.0M
8%Robinson$16.0M
6%Joe$11.3M
6%Thompson$11.1M
Cade Cunningham $50.1MJalen Duren $40.2MJohn Collins $17.0MDuncan Robinson $16.0MIsaiah Joe $11.3MAusar Thompson $11.1MRon Holland $9.1MKevin Huerter $8.3MPaul Reed $5.6MEbuka Okorie $4.5MDaniss Jenkins $4.0MJavonte Green $3.9MTaurean Prince $3.8MGary Harris $3.8MTolu Smith $2.4MChaz Lanier $2.2M
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 · 6
Paul Reed$5.6M
Daniss Jenkins$4.0M
Javonte Green$3.9M
Taurean Prince$3.8M
Gary Harris$3.8M
Tolu Smith$2.4M
$23.6M clears next summer
Options for 2027-28 · 0
No player or team options.
Tradable matching salary · 4
Duncan Robinson$16.0M
Isaiah Joe$11.3M
Ron Holland$9.1M
Paul Reed$5.6M
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 | 2031-32 | Guaranteed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cunningham | 25 | $50.1M | $53.8M | $57.5M | $61.2M | $222.7M | ||
| Jalen Duren | 22 | $40.2M | $36.9M | $39.0M | $41.0M | $43.0M | $200.0M | |
| John Collins | 29 | $17.0M | $17.0M | $17.0M | $17.0M | |||
| Duncan Robinson | 32 | $16.0M | $15.2M | — | ||||
| Isaiah Joe | 27 | $11.3M | $11.3M | $11.3M | ||||
| Ausar Thompson | 23 | $11.1M | $26.7M | $28.9M | $31.0M | $33.1M | $35.3M | $166.1M |
| Ron Holland | 21 | $9.1M | $11.5M | $9.1M | ||||
| Kevin Huerter | 28 | $8.3M | $9.0M | $9.7M | $27.0M | |||
| Paul Reed | 27 | $5.6M | — | |||||
| Ebuka Okorie | 19 | $4.5M | $4.7M | $4.9M | $7.6M | $9.2M | ||
| Daniss Jenkins | 25 | $4.0MT | $4.0M | |||||
| Javonte Green | 33 | $3.9M | $3.9M | |||||
| Taurean Prince | 32 | $3.8MP | $3.8M | |||||
| Gary Harris | 32 | $3.8MP | $3.8M | |||||
| Tolu Smith | 26 | $2.4M | $2.4M | |||||
| Chaz Lanier | 24 | $2.2M | $2.5M | $2.7MT | $2.2M | |||
| Team total | $193.3M | $188.7M | $159.7M | $140.8M | $76.1M | $35.3M |
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.