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 Lakers’ cap outlook for 2015/16…
Here are the players with guaranteed contracts:
- Kobe Bryant — $25MM
- Ryan Kelly — $1,724,250
- Julius Randle — $3,132,240
- Nick Young — $5,219,169
Here are the players with non-guaranteed contracts:
- Tarik Black — $845,059
- Jordan Clarkson — $845,059
- Robert Sacre — $981,348
Players with options:
- Ed Davis (Player Option) — $1,100,602
- Jordan Hill (Team Option) — $9MM
The Lakers’ Cap Summary for 2015/16:
- Guaranteed Salary: $35,075,659
- Options/Non-Guaranteed Salary: $12,772,068
- Total: $47,847,727
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.