With the NBA trade deadline passed, teams are focusing on locking down playoff spots or vying for a better chance in the draft lottery. Outside of the players who are added on 10-day deals, or those lucky enough to turn those auditions into long-term contracts, teams’ rosters are relatively set for the remainder of the season.
We at Hoops Rumors are in the process of taking a look ahead at each franchise’s salary cap situation heading into the summer, and the free agent frenzy that occurs every offseason. While the exact amount of the 2015/16 salary cap won’t be announced until July, the cap is projected to come in somewhere around $67.4MM, with the luxury tax threshold projected at approximately $81MM. This year’s $63.065MM cap represented an increase of 7.7% over 2013/14, which was well above the league’s projected annual increase of 4.5%.
We’ll continue onward by taking a look at the Bucks’ cap outlook for 2015/16…
Here are the players with guaranteed contracts:
- Giannis Antetokounmpo — $1,953,960
- Jerryd Bayless — $3MM
- Michael Carter-Williams — $2,399,040
- Tyler Ennis — $1,662,360
- John Henson — $2,943,221
- Ersan Ilyasova — $7.9MM
- Damien Inglis — $855K
- O.J. Mayo — $8MM
- Johnny O’Bryant — $845,059
- Zaza Pachulia — $5.2MM
- Jabari Parker — $5,152,440
- Miles Plumlee — $2,109,294
- Larry Sanders (Stretch Provision) — $1,865,546
Here are the players with non-guaranteed contracts:
- None
Players with options:
- Jared Dudley (Early Termination Option) — $4,250,000
The Bucks’ Cap Summary for 2015/16:
- Guaranteed Salary: $43,885,920
- Options/Non-Guaranteed Salary: $4,250,000
- Total: $48,135,920
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.