Glossary of terms used on salary pages:

Player option: Player has the option to extend the contract to already dictated terms.

Team option: Team has the option to extend the contract to already dictated terms.

Early termination option: Same principle as player option, but with some subtle differences that aren't particularly important, and definitely aren't interesting.

Qualifying offer: The amount of money the team has to extend as a contract offer to a player to make them a restricted free agent. Player can choose to accept the offer, or do all manner of other things. All players with three years or less experience that are becoming free agents are eligible, with the exception of players who were on a rookie scale contract who didn't make it the full four years due to having one or both of their team option years declined.

Unguaranteed: Contracts that aren't fully guaranteed. Obviously. Details of how much or how little is guaranteed is usually to be found on the 'Additional Info' pop-ups. If they're not, that's because I don't know them.

Not on roster: Player is still on the team's salary figure, but not on the roster. For example, people who were on the roster but who were cut for being crap, or players who took buyouts. Note: this is only for salaries which the team has on it's salary figure - that is, players who retired due to injury and whom had their salaries removed from the team salary figure are NOT listed. If that makes no sense, then just ignore it, because it's dull anyway.

Mauve: A sort of purple colour.



Qualifying offers NOT included in team salary totals at any point.

2009/10 max salary cap figure: $57,700,000 2009/10 min salary cap figure: $43,275,000 2009/10 luxury tax threshold: $69,920,000 2009/10 Mid Level Exception figure: $5,854,000 2009/10 Bi-Annual Exception figure: $1,990,000 2009/10 maximum player salary, 0-6 years service: $13,520,500 2009/10 maximum player salary, 7-9 years service: $16,224,600 2009/10 maximum player salary, 10+ years service: $18,928,700

Linkage:   Salary Index   Salary Guide   Salary Cap Exceptions   Trade Exceptions   Free Agent Cap Holds   Draft Pick Cap Holds   Expiring Contracts

2008/09 salaries can be found by sneakily adding "/2009" to the URL. Figure out where exactly for yourselves.