NBA Teams' Updated Salary Cap Entering 2025 Free Agency After NBA Draft

On the heels of the NBA Draft, which saw Cooper Flagg predictably go No. 1 overall to the Dallas Mavericks, the eyes of the basketball world turn toward free agency and the potential for teams to spend their way to an NBA Championship.

That is, depending on their salary cap situation. With a 10 percent increase expected, there will be some breathing room.

Ahead of the hottest, most intriguing period of the off-season, what does the current situation look like for all 30 teams?

Estimated Cap Space

1. Utah Jazz ($-14,995,476)
2. Charlotte Hornets ($-27,964,530)
3. Dallas Mavericks ($-31,803,278)
4. Brooklyn Nets ($-32,581,355)
5. San Antonio Spurs ($-34,452,310)
6. Chicago Bulls ($-36,673,405)
7. Oklahoma City Thunder ($-37,980,442)
8. Detroit Pistons ($-38,169,729)
9. Los Angeles Clippers ($-39,396,188)
10. Orlando Magic ($-42,836,049)
11. Memphis Grizzlies ($-43,866,729)
12. Portland Trailblazers ($-45,993,566)
13. Houston Rockets ($-48,526,067)
14. Sacramento Kings ($-52,083,426)
15. Philadelphia 76ers ($-55,386,193)
16. Los Angeles Lakers ($-59,804,192)
17. Miami Heat ($-62,440,890)
18. Toronto Raptors ($-64,320,368)
19. Denver Nuggets ($-65,632,778)
20. Indiana Pacers ($-68,505,879)
21. Milwaukee Bucks ($-73,202,105)
22. New York Knicks ($-75,879,428)
23. New Orleans Pelicans ($-87,393,552)
24. Cleveland Cavaliers ($-87,840,583)
25. Minnesota Timberwolves ($-93,102,456)
26. Washington Wizards ($-95,274,649)
27. Atlanta Hawks ($-95,749,526)
28. Phoenix Suns ($-101,252,640)
29. Boston Celtics ($-107,253,828)
30. Golden State Warriors ($-111,083,167)

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Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis Trades Save the Day In Boston

The Boston Celtics arrived at the off-season facing a cap nightmare, with their total cap amount exceeding $500 million. Then, the front office made a pair of trades that not only dragged them back from the brink of cap ruin, but brought them back under the second luxury tax apron.

The team dealt Jrue Holiday to Portland, removing $32.4 million due next season, not to mention the $72 million he was due the two seasons after. In return, they received a young player in Anfernee Simons, who is in the final year of his contract and owed just $27.7 million.

The following day, Boston traded center Kristaps Porzingis in a three-team deal that freed up $30.7 million.

Those two moves were lifesavers for the Celtics and, as ESPN's Bobby Marks noted, saved the organization an estimated $180 million in luxury tax penalties.

The moves also allowed the team to hold onto Jaylen Brown and Derrick White, two of the team's foundational pieces and players integral to any playoff hopes the team has next season, while Jayson Tatum recovers from a torn Achilles tendon.

Thanks to monster deals for Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler, Golden State now enters the season in the worst cap space situation and likely into the second luxury tax apron.