With the NBA trade deadline passed, teams are focusing on locking down playoff spots or vying for a better chance in the draft lottery. Outside of the players who are added on 10-day deals, or those lucky enough to turn those auditions into long-term contracts, teams’ rosters are relatively set for the remainder of the season.
We at Hoops Rumors are in the process of taking a look ahead at each franchise’s salary cap situation heading into the summer, and the free agent frenzy that occurs every offseason. While the exact amount of the 2015/16 salary cap won’t be announced until July, the cap is projected to come in somewhere around $67.4MM, with the luxury tax threshold projected at approximately $81MM. This year’s $63.065MM cap represented an increase of 7.7% over 2013/14, which was well above the league’s projected annual increase of 4.5%.
We’ll continue onward by taking a look at the Blazers’ cap outlook for 2015/16…
Here are the players with guaranteed contracts:
- Nicolas Batum — $12,235,750
- Meyers Leonard — $3,075,880
- Damian Lillard — $4,236,287
- C.J. McCollum — $2,525,160
Here are the players with non-guaranteed contracts:
- Allen Crabbe — $947,276
- Tim Frazier — $845,069
- Chris Kaman — $5,016,000 ($1MM Guaranteed)
Players with options:
- Arron Afflalo (Player Option) — $7,750,000
- Steve Blake (Player Option) — $2,170,465
The Blazers’ Cap Summary for 2015/16:
- Guaranteed Salary: $23,073,077
- Options/Non-Guaranteed Salary: $15,728,810
- Total: $38,801,887
The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.