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 Heat’s cap outlook for 2015/16…
Here are the players with guaranteed contracts:
- Chris Andersen — $5MM
- Chris Bosh — $22,192,730
- Mario Chalmers — $4.3MM
- Zoran Dragic — $1,706,250
- Udonis Haslem — $2,854,940
- Josh McRoberts — $5,543,725
- Shabazz Napier — $1,294,440
Here are the players with non-guaranteed contracts:
- James Ennis — $845,059
- Tyler Johnson — $845,059
- Henry Walker — $1,100,602
- Hassan Whiteside — $981,348
Players with options:
- Michael Beasley (Team Option) — $1,270,964
- Luol Deng (Player Option) — $10,151,612
- Goran Dragic (Player Option) — $7.5MM
- Dwyane Wade (Player Option) — $16,125,000
The Heat’s Cap Summary for 2015/16:
- Guaranteed Salary: $42,892,085
- Options/Non-Guaranteed Salary: $38,819,644
- Total: $81,711,729
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.