NBA salary cap to be set at $101.8M next season, luxury tax at $123.7M
Kevin Winter / Getty Images Entertainment / Getty
The NBA has informed teams that next season's salary cap will be set at $101.8 million and the luxury tax will be set at $123.7 million, the league announced.
The new salary cap and tax level will go into effect as free agency begins at 12:01 a.m. ET on July 1.
Additionally, the cap floor, which is set at 90 percent of the salary cap, will be $91.6 million.
The league projects the cap to sit at $109 million for the 2019-2020 season and jump to $116 million in 2020-21, as reported by ESPN's Zach Lowe.
As for the exceptions outlined in the CBA, the non-taxpayer mid-level will be $8.6 million, the taxpayer mid-level will be $5.3 million, and the mid-level for teams with cap room will be $4.4 million.
HEADLINES
- SGA surpasses Wilt's streak of 20-point games in win over Celtics
- Spoelstra: 'I apologize to absolutely no one' over Bam's 83-point game
- Nuggets claw back from down 20 to beat Spurs with Wembanyama out
- Adebayo scores 21 vs. Bucks in follow-up as Heat celebrate 83-point game
- It's OK to celebrate and criticize Bam's historic 83-point outburst
Advertisement