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 Philadelphia 76ers, 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= $55,104,015
- Partially Guaranteed Salary Commitments= $359,267
- Non-Guaranteed Salary Commitments= $4,639,797
- Total Salary Cap Commitments= $60,103,079*
- Remaining Cap Room= $9,896,921
- Amount Below Luxury Tax Line= $24,636,921
*Note: This figure includes the $12,000,000 due JaVale McGee, the $10,105,855 owed to Gerald Wallace, the $2,836,768 due Furkan Aldemir, the $750,000 owed to Pierre Jackson, the $200,000 due Scottie Wilbekin, the $6,178 in salary paid to Jordan McRae, the $183,883 owed to Phil Pressey, the $2,179,353 due Tony Wroten and finally, the $3,089 paid to J.P. Tokoto, 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= $2,400,000
Last updated: 12/24/15 @ 6:00pm
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.
It’s amazing that the team could absorb the equivalent of another JaVale McGee contract and still be slightly under the cap. That, of course, is by design.