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 Oklahoma City Thunder, 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= $97,157,411
- Partially Guaranteed Salary Commitments= $0
- Non-Guaranteed Salary Commitments= $0
- Total Salary Cap Commitments= $97,157,411
- Remaining Cap Room= -$27,157,411
- Amount Above Luxury Tax Line= $12,417,411
Cap Exceptions Available:
- Non-Taxpayer’s Mid-Level Exception= $3,376,000
Cash Available to Send Out In Trades= $1,900,000
Cash Available to Receive Via Trade= $3,400,000
Last Updated: 11/14/15 @11:25am
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.
Not getting playoff revenue last year has got to hurt a small market team like OKC. If there’s any chance injuries reoccur and they miss the playoffs again, they are totally screwed. Durant is coming off foot surgeries, and Ibaka stays with some malady. If healthy, they’re poised for a championship run, and the luxury tax won’t matter much. If not healthy, missing the playoffs while paying a huge tax bill in a small market could set them back mightily. A relapse for Durant could influence what they do with Westbrook as well. As great as he is, they couldn’t make the playoffs with him and no Durant. 12-10 down the stretch with Westbrook doing his best A.I. impersonation.
Agreed. Another major injury for Durant would be brutal. The only advantage there is that it would make the fifth year the Thunder could offer in a new contract, a year that other teams couldn’t, more attractive to him.