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 continue by taking a look at the Celtics’ cap outlook for 2015/16…
Here are the players with guaranteed contracts:
- Avery Bradley — $7,730,337
- Kelly Olynyk — $2,165,160
- Marcus Smart — $3,431,040
- Jared Sullinger — $2,269,260
- Isaiah Thomas — $6,912,869
- Evan Turner — $3,425,510
- Gerald Wallace — $10,105,855
- James Young — $1,749,840
- Tyler Zeller — $2,616,975
Here are the players with non-guaranteed contracts:
- Chris Babb — $947,276
- Phil Pressey — $947,276
Players with options:
- N/A
The Celtics’ Cap Summary for 2015/16:
- Guaranteed Salary: $40,406,846
- Options/Non-Guaranteed Salary: $1,894,552
- Total: $42,301,398
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.
@ $10.1 million, Gerald Wallace is the gift that just keeps on giving.