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 Miami Heat, 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= $90,269,303
- Partially Guaranteed Salary Commitments= $0
- Non-Guaranteed Salary Commitments= $0
- Total Salary Cap Commitments= $90,269,303
- Remaining Cap Room= -$20,269,303
- Amount Above Luxury Tax Line= $6,490,084
Cap Exceptions Available:
- Taxpayer’s Mid-Level Exception= $2,850,907
Cash Available to Send Out In Trades= $721,300
Cash Available to Receive Via Trade= $3,400,000
Last Updated: 11/10/15 @ 1:55pm
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.
The Heat could be an Eastern Conference Finals team this season. They have that sort of talent, when healthy.
I agree, especially with Whiteside playing at an All-Star level. Paying him next year is going to be tricky, but if they reach the Eastern Conference Finals with this squad, I think you’d have to figure out a way to keep everyone together.