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 $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 Pistons’ cap outlook for 2015/16…
Here are the players with guaranteed contracts:
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope — $2,891,760
- Spencer Dinwiddie — $845,059
- Andre Drummond — $3,272,091
- Aaron Gray (Stretch Provision) — $452,049
- Brandon Jennings — $8,344,497
- Jodie Meeks — $6,270,000
- Josh Smith (Stretch Provision) — $5.4MM
Here are the players with non-guaranteed contracts:
- Caron Butler — $4.5MM
- Quincy Miller — $981,348
- Anthony Tolliver — $3MM ($400K Guaranteed)
- Shawne Williams — $1,356,146
Players with options:
- Cartier Martin (Player Option) — $1,270,964
The Pistons’ Cap Summary for 2015/16:
- Guaranteed Salary: $27,875,456
- Options/Non-Guaranteed Salary: $10,708,458
- Total: $38,583,914
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.