2023-24 Salary Cap Tracker
October 1, 2023
This Fanpost was originally started in July to track the Blazers salary situation as the Free Agency / Trading period / Pre-season unfolded. It's now less than 24 hours before Media Day and the start of Fall Camp. It's been an eventful period to say the least. But is it over? Will the newest arrival, Malcolm Brogdon ($22.5M salary), be flipped for another player(s) or more draft assets?
The Blazers have room under the Tax Threshold to make another trade and bring back significantly more salary than they send out. Or use a TPE earned in the Lillard or Payton trades. Or even use a Mid-level Exception if they wanted to bring in an un-signed veteran Free Agent. Read on ...
This isnot a prediction,it is a Tracker. It is meant to show where the Blazers are with respect to the Tax Threshold and the 1st Apron. The 1st Apron becomes a hard-cap if the Blazers use more than $5M (the TP-MLE amount) of their $12.4M MLE (Mid-Level Exception), use the $4.5M BAE (Bi-Annual Exception), or if they accept a Sign & Traded player.
The table contains players with guaranteed and non-guaranteed contracts, and Blazer Free Agents. The Blazers must have a minimum of 14, and a maximum of 15, regular player contracts entering the season. Two-Way players do not count against the salary cap so they are not included. (They may carry 21 contracts until the season begins.)
Potential Column
The Potential column now lists the expected salary of free agents with potential to remain following training camp and pre-season. I've also listed the amounts of the Exceptions (MLE, BAE, TPE) that are available to the Blazers.
公关ojection Column
In order to provide some context for the Blazers Salary Cap situation I've provided a Projection column, which I will update with the actual moves and transactions the Blazers make.
公关ojection Notes:
The Projection/Actual column now includes 13 players. The minimum number of regular (non-2-way) contracts required at the start of the season is 14 (15 is the maximum allowed). i.e. at least one more regular contract player must be added.
The Team Salary, currently with the contracts of 13 players, is about $7.2M below the tax threshold with one or two more regular contracts to be added. That leaves significant room to take back more salary than we send out in a trade, use a TPE, or add a Free Agent and still remain below the tax threshold.
The Blazers received Malcolm Brogdon for Jrue Holiday, who was received as part of the Lillard trade. It is expected Brogdon will be traded for an additional player(s) or pick(s), perhaps within days, or perhaps not until closer to the trade deadline. (Update: Media Day comments suggested he will start the season with the Blazers, and may remain past the trade deadline.)
Moses Brown $2.0M contract is only guaranteed for $250K through training camp, or $500K if he starts the regular season with the Blazers. If he is waived prior to January 10, when his contract becomes fully guaranteed, it would make additional room available below the Tax Threshold.
DECISIONS & TRANSACTIONS
1. 6/29 Thybulle - Qualifying Offer Tendered - now RFA
2. 6/29 Reddish - Qualifying Offer Not Tendered - now UFA
3. 6/30 Knox - Team Option Declined - now UFA
4. 6/30 Watford - Non-guaranteed contract - Waived
5. 7/1 Grant - Signed for $27.6M
6. 7/1 Eubanks & Reddish - signed with other teams
7. 7/2 Dame Lillard - asked to be traded
8. 7/5 Thybulle - signed $10.5M Dallas offer sheet
9. 7/6 Thybulle - Blazers matched offer sheet - 3 years, $11.5M player option 3rd year
10. 7/19 Walker - Salary became fully guaranteed for 2023-24
11. 7/28 Williams - Waived prior to contract becoming guaranteed
12. 8/22 Moses Brown - signed to 1 year contract, $250K/$500K guaranteed for camp/start of season
13. 9/27 Lillard, Nurkic, Little, Johnson - traded for Deandre Ayton, Jrue Holiday and Toumani Camara.
14. 10/1 Holiday - traded for Malcolm Brogdon and Robert Williams
| PORTLAND 2023-24 | Potential | 公关ojection | |
| Actual | |||
| Guaranteed | |||
| 1 | Deandre Ayton | 32,459,438 | |
| 2 | Jerami Grant UFA re-signed | 27,586,207 | |
| 3 | Anfernee Simons | 24,107,143 | |
| 4 | Malcolm Brogdon | 22,500,000 | |
| 5 | Robert Williams | 11,571,429 | |
| 6 | Matisse Thybulle RFA matched | 10,500,000 | |
| 7 | Scoot Henderson | 9,770,880 | |
| 8 | Shaedon Sharpe | 6,313,800 | |
| 9 | Kris Murray | 2847480年 | |
| 10 | Jabari Walker | 1,719,864 | |
| 11 | Rayan Rupert | 1,119,563 | |
| 12 | Toumani Camara | 1,119,563 | |
| Non-guaranteed (part or all) | |||
| 13 | Moses Brown $250K/$500K guarantee camp/season | 2,019,706 | |
| 14 | Kevin Knox UFA Non-Bird | 2,019,706 | |
| 15 | Duop Reath | 1,119,563 | |
| Exceptions | |||
| Full MLE (Must be below Apron) | 12,405,000 | ||
| TP-MLE | 5,000,000 | ||
| BAE (Must be below Apron) | 4,516,000 | ||
| TPE (Lillard trade) | 8,778,377 | ||
| TPE (Payton trade) | 8,300,000 | ||
| TPE (Hart trade) | 2,626,019 | ||
| 至少2年+资深 | 2,019,706 | ||
| Subtotal | 153,635,073 | ||
| Dead Money | 4,412,461 | ||
| Subtotal w/Dead Money | 158,047,534 | ||
| Salary Cap | 136,021,000 | ||
| Over Salary Cap | 22,026,534 | ||
| Tax Level | 165,294,000 | ||
| Over Tax Level | (7,246,466) | ||
| 1st Apron | 172,346,000 | ||
| Above 1st Apron | (14,298,466) | ||
| Tax | 0 | ||
| Total with Tax | 158,047,534 | ||
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