2014/15 Roster Counts

There are two months to go until training camps opens, and we’ve already seen players invited to camps on non-guaranteed contracts. In some cases, those deals have taken their respective teams over the 15-man regular season roster limit. That’s OK this time of year, since teams can carry as many as 20 players in the offseason. Clubs must pare their rosters down to no more than 15 by opening night.

In the meantime, several teams will hang above that 15-man line. Some clubs may have more than 15 contracts that are at least partially guaranteed. That means they’ll wind up paying a player who won’t be on the regular season roster, unless they can find trade partners.

With more movement to come, here’s the latest look at each team’s roster size. Check out our schedule of guarantee dates for more information and to see the names of specific players without fully guaranteed deals.

(Updated 9-19-14)

• 76ers (17): 8 fully guaranteed, 4 partially guaranteed, 5 non-guaranteed
• Bucks (18): 14 fully guaranteed, 3 non-guaranteed (1 unknown – Micheal Eric)
• Bulls (13): 12 fully guaranteed, 1 partially guaranteed
• Cavaliers (19): 12 fully guaranteed, 4 partially guaranteed, 2 non-guaranteed (1 unknown-Lou Amundson)
• Celtics (21*): 14 fully guaranteed, 3 non-guaranteed (4 unknown – Evan Turner, Tim Frazier, Rodney McGruder, Christian Watford)
• Clippers (17): 14 fully guaranteed, 1 non-guaranteed (2 unknown – DeAndre Liggins, Jared Cunningham)
• Grizzlies (18): 14 fully guaranteed, 4 non-guaranteed
• Hawks (16): 13 fully guaranteed, 1 partially guaranteed, 1 non-guaranteed (1 unknown – Elton Brand)
• Heat (19): 11 fully guaranteed, 4 partially guaranteed, 4 non-guaranteed
• Hornets (15): 14 fully guaranteed (1 unknown – Dallas Lauderdale)
• Jazz (18): 13 fully guaranteed, 4 partially guaranteed, 1 non-guaranteed
• Kings (18): 11 fully guaranteed, 2 partially guaranteed, 5 non-guaranteed
• Knicks (18): 14 fully guaranteed, 4 partially guaranteed
• Lakers (15): 13 fully guaranteed, 1 non-guaranteed (1 unknown – Roscoe Smith)
• Magic (19): 14 fully guaranteed, 1 partially guaranteed, 1 non-guaranteed (3 unknown – Seth Curry, Kadeem Batts, Drew Crawford)
• Mavericks (18): 15 fully guaranteed, 2 partially guaranteed, 1 non-guaranteed
• Nets (17): 13 fully guaranteed, 1 partially guaranteed, 2 non-guaranteed (1 unknown – Michael Jenkins)
• Nuggets (16): 13 fully guaranteed, 3 partially guaranteed
• Pacers (19): 13 fully guaranteed, 2 partially guaranteed, 4 non-guaranteed
• Pelicans (18): 12 fully guaranteed, 3 partially guaranteed, 3 non-guaranteed
• Pistons (16): 16 fully guaranteed
• Raptors (17): 13 fully guaranteed, 4 partially guaranteed
• Rockets (19): 14 fully guaranteed, 1 partially guaranteed, 2 non-guaranteed (2 unknown – Tarik Black, Francisco Garcia)
• Spurs (17): 14 fully guaranteed, 3 partially guaranteed
• Suns (16): 13 fully guaranteed (3 unknown – Earl Barron, Casey Prather, Joe Jackson)
• Thunder (15): 14 fully guaranteed, 1 non-guaranteed
• Timberwolves (18): 15 fully guaranteed, 1 partially guaranteed, 2 non-guaranteed
• Trail Blazers (18): 15 fully guaranteed, 1 partially guaranteed, 2 non-guaranteed
• Warriors (18): 13 fully guaranteed, 5 partially guaranteed
• Wizards (16): 13 fully guaranteed, 1 partially guaranteed, 2 non-guaranteed

* — The Celtics have formal contracts with 20 players, but they’ve yet to make their deal with Evan Turner official. They’ll have to get rid of at least one of their 20 players under contract before they can formalize their pact with Turner.