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 Sacramento Kings, 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= $71,771,237*
- Partially Guaranteed Salary Commitments= $255,000
- Non-Guaranteed Salary Commitments= $645,059
- Total Salary Cap Commitments= $72,671,296
- Remaining Cap Room= -$2,671,296
- Amount Below Luxury Tax Line= $11,544,304
*Note: This figure includes the $882,630 due Wayne Ellington, who was waived via the stretch provision, plus the $25,000 owed to Marshall Henderson, and the $30,000 due Vince Hunter, both of whom were waived.
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 update: 11/19/15 @ 9:00pm
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.
They certainly tried to put their cap room to good use this summer, going after Monta Ellis and Wesley Matthews, among others. I still think they spent pretty wisely, and doing only a one-year deal with Rajon Rondo makes sense.
I am a huge fan of Rondo and I like the deal, but there are still question marks on this team. Although the Kings signed Belinelli, are we sure there’s enough shooting on this team to allow the offense to be proficient?
I like the effort the Kings made to add talent, but there really aren’t any long-term pieces on that roster to go with DeMarcus Cousins.