Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers 2023 Salary Cap

Cavaliers 2023 Salary Cap

   
%: Pct of League Cap
Player Option
Club Option

Active Roster

Players (18) Pos. Age 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29
Garland Darius Garland
5 yr, $197,230,450 (AAV: $39.45M)
Extension / Designated Rookie
PG 24 0$34,005,250
25.0%
0$36,725,670
26.0%
0$39,446,090
25.4%
0$42,166,510
24.7%
0$44,886,930
23.9%
0UFA
$53.86M
Bird
Mitchell Donovan Mitchell
5 yr, $163,000,300 (AAV: $32.60M)
Extension / Designated Rookie
SG 27 0$33,162,030
24.4%
Ext. Eligible
0$35,410,310
25.1%
0$37,096,620
PLAYER
23.9%
0UFA
$39.10M
Bird
   
Allen Jarrett Allen
5 yr, $100,000,000 (AAV: $20.00M)
Free Agent
C 25 0$20,000,000
14.7%
0$20,000,000
14.2%
0$20,000,000
12.9%
0UFA
$30.00M
Bird
   
LeVert Caris LeVert
2 yr, $32,000,000 (AAV: $16.00M)
Free Agent
SG 29 0$15,384,616
11.3%
0$16,615,384
11.8%
0UFA
$24.92M
Bird
     
Strus Max Strus
4 yr, $62,297,040 (AAV: $15.57M)
Free agent / Sign-and-Trade
SG 27 0$14,487,684
10.7%
0$15,212,068
10.8%
0$15,936,452
10.3%
0$16,660,836
9.8%
0UFA
$24.99M
Bird
 
Okoro Isaac Okoro
4 yr, $29,083,315 (AAV: $7.27M)
1st-Round / Rookie Scale
SG 23 0$8,920,795
CLUB
6.6%
0RFA
$11.83M
Bird
       
Mobley Evan Mobley
4 yr, $36,664,177 (AAV: $9.17M)
1st-Round / Rookie Scale
PF 22 0$8,882,640
CLUB
6.5%
Ext. Eligible
0$11,227,657
CLUB
8.0%
0RFA
$28.07M
Bird
     
Niang Georges Niang
3 yr, $25,500,000 (AAV: $8.50M)
Free Agent
PF 30 0$8,800,000
6.5%
0$8,500,000
6.0%
0$8,200,000
5.3%
0UFA
$15.58M
Bird
   
Wade Dean Wade
3 yr, $18,500,000 (AAV: $6.17M)
Extension / Veteran
PF 27 0$5,709,877
4.2%
0$6,166,667
4.4%
0$6,623,456
$4.6M GTD
4.3%
0UFA
$12.58M
Bird
   
Jones Damian Jones
2 yr, $4,885,050 (AAV: $2.44M)
Free Agent
C 28 0$2,586,665
PLAYER
1.9%
0UFA
$2.09M
Early Bird
       
Jerome Ty Jerome
2 yr, $5,000,000 (AAV: $2.50M)
Free Agent
SG 26 0$2,439,025
1.8%
0$2,560,975
1.8%
0UFA
$3.33M
Early Bird
     
Thompson Tristan Thompson
1 yr, $3,196,448 (AAV: $3.20M)
Free Agent
C 32 0$2,019,706
1.5%
0UFA
$2.09M
Non-Bird
       
Merrill Sam Merrill
3 yr, $5,012,231 (AAV: $1.67M)
Rest-of-Season
SG 27 0$1,997,238
1.5%
0$2,164,993
$0M GTD
1.5%
0UFA
$2.23M
Bird
     
Porter Jr. Craig Porter Jr.
4 yr, $8,019,739 (AAV: $2.00M)
Rest-of-Season
G 23 0$1,500,000
1.1%
0$1,891,857
$10k GTD
1.3%
0$2,221,677
$0M GTD
1.4%
0$2,406,205
CLUB
1.4%
0UFA
$3.07M
Bird
 
Morris Sr. Marcus Morris Sr.
10 yr, $183,704 (AAV: $0.02M)
ten-day
SF 34 0$116,075
0.1%
         
Bates Emoni Bates
1 yr
Two-Way
SG 20 0Two-Way
 
 
0RFA
$1.87M
Two-Way
       
Mobley Isaiah Mobley
1 yr
Two-Way
PF 23 0Two-Way
 
 
0RFA
$1.87M
Two-Way
       
Nance Pete Nance
1 yr
Two-Way
PF 23 0Two-Way
 
 
0
$1.87M
Two-Way
       
   

Cap Holds

Cap holds represent "placeholders" for pending free agents, unsigned draft picks, offer sheets, etc.

Players (6) Pos. Age 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29
Davis Ed Davis C 34 0UFA
$2.02M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.09M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.30M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.53M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.79M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$3.07M
Non-Bird
Neto Raul Neto PG 31 0UFA
$2.02M
Non-Bird
         
Rondo Rajon Rondo PG 37 0UFA
$2.02M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.09M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.30M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.53M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.79M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$3.07M
Non-Bird
Smith Zhaire Smith SG 24 139290$139,290          
Cooper Sharife Cooper PG 22 103550$103,550          
Nance Pete Nance PF 23 64343$64,343          
     

Dead/Retained

Cap breakdowns for players who have been released or served 10-day contracts. All count against the team's Total Cap Allocations.

Players (1) Pos. Age 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29
Rubio Ricky Rubio PG 33 3695311$3,695,311 1301031$1,301,031        

Summary

2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29
Cap Summary
Cap Maximum $136,021,000 $141,000,000 $155,100,000 $170,610,000 $187,671,000 $206,438,100
Active Roster Cap $160,318,784 $156,475,581 $129,524,295 $61,233,551 $44,886,930 -
Dead/Retained Cap $3,695,311 $1,301,031 - - - -
Cap Holds $6,059,118 $25,806,688 $63,155,039 $102,326,828 $33,629,810 $59,994,904
Total Cap Allocations $170,073,213 $183,583,300 $192,679,334 $163,560,379 $78,516,740 $59,994,904
Cap Space $-34,052,213 $-42,583,300 $-37,579,334 $7,049,621 $109,154,260 $146,443,196
Hard-Cap Space Not Hard-Capped
Super-Tax Space
Tax Summary
Tax Threshold $165,294,000 $171,315,000 $188,447,000 $207,292,000 $228,021,000 $250,823,000
Taxable Salaries $163,343,680 $157,776,612 $129,524,295 $61,233,551 $44,886,930 $0
Tax Space $1,950,320 $13,538,388 $58,922,705 $146,058,449 $183,134,070 $250,823,000
Tax Bill (Estimated) - - - - - -


Exceptions

Exceptions are essentially "grants" offering teams an additional way to sign players.

Type Reason (Used On) Original Available
Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level
Georges Niang
($8,800,000)
$12,405,000 $3,605,000
Bi-Annual
Ty Jerome
($2,439,025)
$4,516,000 $2,076,975




Deadlines

Deadline Date Player Type Value
6/29/2024 Pete Nance 2024-25 Qualifying Offer — Two-Way $1,867,722
6/29/2024 Isaac Okoro 2024-25 Qualifying Offer $11,828,974
6/29/2024 Emoni Bates 2024-25 Qualifying Offer — Two-Way $1,867,722
6/29/2024 Isaiah Mobley 2024-25 Qualifying Offer — Two-Way $1,867,722
1/10/2025 Sam Merrill 2024-25 Guaranteed $2,164,993
1/10/2025 Craig Porter Jr. 2024-25 Guaranteed $1,891,857
6/29/2025 Evan Mobley 2025-26 Qualifying Offer $14,730,885
1/10/2026 Dean Wade 2025-26 Guaranteed $6,623,456
1/10/2026 Craig Porter Jr. 2025-26 Guaranteed $2,221,677
6/29/2026 Craig Porter Jr. 2026-27 Guaranteed $2,406,205
1/10/2027 Craig Porter Jr. 2026-27 Club Option — non-guaranteed


Unsigned Draft Picks

Draft Year Player Age Position Country College
2009 Sergey Gladyr 35 SG UKR
2011 Milan Macvan 34 SF HRV
2011 Chukwudiebere Maduabum 33 PF NGA
2006 Edin Bavcic 39 SF BIH
2015 Arturas Gudaitis 30 C LTU
2022 Khalifa Diop 22 C SEN
2022 Luke Travers 22 SG AUS
2007 Renaldas Seibutis 38 SG LTU
2006 Ejike Ugboaja 38 F NGA


Future Draft Picks

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2024
CLE
2025
UTA
2026
CLE    UTA
UTH right to swap with CLE
2027
UTA
2028
CLE    UTA
UTH right to swap with CLE
UTA    CLE
UTH right to swap with CLE
2029
UTA
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
2024
IND
More favorable of CLE and UTA to NYK then other to IND or LAC ((via UTA swap for CLE) via CLE)
HOU
31-55 (via ATL)
CLE
56-60 (via ATL to HOU)
2025
CLE
CLE
2026
CLE
2027
CLE
CLE
2028
CLE
2029
CLE