The NBA’s salary cap for 2015/16 is set at $70MM, which is good for an 11% increase from last season, and the luxury tax line is fixed at $84.74MM. With the February 18th cutoff date for trades and the de facto deadline of March 1st for buyouts now past, we at Hoops Rumors are in the process of updating the 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= $93,765,298
- Remaining Cap Room= -$23,765,298
- Amount Over Luxury Tax Line= $9,025,298
Cap Exceptions Available:
- Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception= $2,144,753
- Trade Exception= $2,750,000 (Luke Ridnour. Expires June 30th, 2016)
- Trade Exception= $2,038,206 (Perry Jones III. Expires July 14th, 2016)
- Trade Exception= $3,750,001 (Steve Novak. Expires February 18th, 2017)
Cash Available to Send Out In Trades= $1,900,000
Cash Available to Receive Via Trade= $3,400,000
Note: Despite the trade deadline having passed, the NBA season technically doesn’t end until June 30th. Teams are able to again make trades upon the completion of the regular season or when/if they are eliminated from the playoffs, whichever comes later. So these cash limits still apply.
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.