With the NBA trade deadline now 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 $68MM, 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 begin by taking a look at the Hawks’ cap outlook for 2015/16…
Here are the players with guaranteed contracts:
- Al Horford — $12MM
- Kent Bazemore — $2MM
- Kyle Korver — $5,746,479
- Shelvin Mack — $2,433,333
- Dennis Schröder — $1,763,400
- Mike Scott — $3,333,333
- Thabo Sefolosha — $4MM
- Jeff Teague — $8MM
Here are the players with non-guaranteed contracts:
- Mike Muscala — $947,276
Players with options:
- N/A
The Hawks’ Cap Summary for 2015/16:
- Guaranteed Salary: $39,276,545
- Options/Non-Guaranteed Salary: $947,276
- Total: $40,223,821
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.