The NBA’s salary cap for 2015/16 has been set at $70MM, which is an 11% increase from this past season, and the luxury tax line will be $84.74MM. The last cap projection from the league had been $67.1MM, and the projection for the tax line had been $81.6MM.
With the October 26th cutoff date to set regular season rosters now past, we at Hoops Rumors are in the process of running down the current salary cap commitments for each NBA franchise for the 2015/16 campaign. Here’s the cap breakdown for the Dallas Mavericks, whose regular season roster can be viewed here:
- 2015/16 Salary Cap= $70,000,000
- 2015/16 Luxury Tax Line= $84,740,000
- Fully Guaranteed Salary Commitments= $71,163,485*
- Partially Guaranteed Salary Commitments= $860,000**
- Non-Guaranteed Salary Commitments= $520,964
- Total Salary Cap Commitments= $72,544,449
- Remaining Cap Room= -$2,544,449
- Amount Below Luxury Tax Line= $12,195,551
*Note: This amount includes the $315,759 owed to Gal Mekel, who was waived via the stretch provision, as well as the $1,499,187 due Samuel Dalembert, who was also waived.
**Note: This amount includes the $50K owed to both Jamil Wilson and Brandon Ashley, as well as the $10K owed to Jarrid Famous, all of whom were waived by the team.
Cap Exceptions Available:
- Room Exception= $2,814,000
Cash Available to Send Out In Trades= $3,400,000
Cash Available to Receive Via Trade= $3,400,000
Last updated: 10/31/15 @ 5:10pm
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.
The Mavs did the best they could with their resources after DeAndre Jordan left them hanging, but they’re going to have a tough time just making the playoffs. In any case, I think they’ll take their room exception into the season to see if someone intriguing comes available for that sort of money. The Rockets scored Josh Smith last year with a similar amount.