With the free agent signing period winding down and teams looking ahead to the preseason, we at Hoops Rumors will be tracking the Salary Cap figures for each team around the league. These posts will be maintained throughout the season once financial data is reported. They will be located on the sidebar throughout the year, once all the teams’ cap figures have been relayed. You can always check RosterResource.com for up-to-date rosters for each franchise, with the Lakers’ team page accessible here.
Here’s a breakdown of where the Lakers currently stand financially:
Guaranteed Salary
- Luol Deng —$18,000,000
- Timofey Mozgov —$16,000,000
- Jordan Clarkson —$12,500,000
- Jose Calderon —$7,315,950 [Waived by team; 7,708,427 cap hit reduced by buyout]
- Corey Brewer —$7,612,172
- Tarik Black —$6,191,000
- Nick Young —$5,443,918
- D’Angelo Russell —$5,332,800
- Brandon Ingram — $5,281,680
- Julius Randle —$3,267,120
- Tyler Ennis —$1,733,880
- Larry Nance Jr. —$1,207,680
- Ivica Zubac —$1,034,956
- Metta World Peace — $980,431 [Actual Salary — $1,551,659]
- Thomas Robinson — $980,431 [Actual Salary — $1,050,961]
- Anthony Brown —$874,636 [Waived by team]
- Yi Jianlian — $250,000 [Waived by team]
- David Nwaba — $73,528
- Zach Auguste — $60,000 [Waived by team]
- David Nwaba — $31,969 [10-day contract (Feb 28)]
- David Nwaba — $31,969 [10-day contract (Mar 11)]
Total Guaranteed Salary= $94,204,120
Cash Sent Out Via Trade: $0 [Amount Remaining $3.5MM]
Cash Received Via Trade: $0 [Amount Remaining $3.5MM]
Payroll Exceptions Available
- Room Exception: $2,898,000
Total Projected Payroll: $94,204,120
Salary Cap: $94,143,000
Estimated Available Cap Space: –$61,120
Luxury Tax Threshold: $113,287,000
Amount Below Luxury Tax: $19,082,880
Latest Update: 3/24/17
The Basketball Insiders salary pages and The Vertical’s salary database were used in the creation of this post.