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Available salary cap exceptions

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The following is a list of the salary cap exceptions available to each team. There are eleven exceptions to the salary cap altogether, and this page only covers four, but that's because the others (Larry Bird Exception, Early Bird Exception, Non-Bird Exception, Minimum Salary Exception, Rookie Scale Exception, the other Traded Player Exception (see trade exceptions page) and the Reinstatement Exception) are non-exhaustive. And these ones aren't.

Note that although it does not really matter, the Bi-Annual and Mid-Level Exceptions decrease in value as of January 10th in any season, by an incremental amount equal to 1/170th of their total initial value for every day we are beyond that date. This is not listed below because I can't be bothered to update it that often - however, in all the time I have dealt with salary information, this stipulation has never actually mattered.

List updated as of 16th January 2012.


Team
Bi-Annual
Mid-Level
Trade
Disabled
   Atlanta $1,900,000 $5,000,000
(non-taxpayer) 		1 -
   Boston - - 2 -
   Charlotte $1,900,000 $2,500,000
(non-taxpayer) 		2 -
   Chicago $1,900,000 - - -
   Cleveland $1,900,000 $5,000,000
(non-taxpayer) 		- -
   Dallas $1,900,000 - 4 -
   Denver $1,900,000 $5,000,000
(non-taxpayer) 		4 -
   Detroit - $5,000,000
(non-taxpayer) 		- -
   Golden State - $2,500,000
(cap room) 		- -
   Houston - - - -
   Indiana - $2,500,000
(cap room) 		- -
   L.A. Clippers - $2,500,000
(cap room) 		2 -
   L.A. Lakers - - 1 -
   Memphis $900,000 $2,450,000
(non-taxpayer)		 - -
   Miami - - - -
   Milwaukee - $2,500,000
(cap room) 		- -
   Minnesota - $2,500,000
(cap room) 		- -
   New Jersey - - - -
   New Orleans - $3,432,500
(non-taxpayer) 		2 -
   New York - $2,500,000
(cap room) 		- -
   Oklahoma City $1,900,000 $4,525,000
(non-taxpayer) 		1 -
   Orlando $1,900,000 $5,000,000
(non-taxpayer) 		1 -
   Philadelphia $1,900,000 $5,000,000
(non-taxpayer) 		1 -
   Phoenix $1,900,000 - - -
   Portland $1,900,000 - 1 -
   Sacramento - $2,500,000
(cap room) 		- -
   San Antonio $1,900,000 $5,000,000
(non-taxpayer) 		1 -
   Toronto $400,000 $2,500,000
(non-taxpayer) 		- -
   Utah $1,900,000 $550,000
(non-taxpayer) 		2 -
   Washington - $2,500,000
(cap room) 		- -
Team
Bi-Annual
Mid-Level
Trade
Disabled



Players signed with the MLE:


Team Player First year salary
Boston Celtics Chris Wilcox $3,000,000
Charlotte Bobcats Reggie Williams $2,500,000
Chicago Bulls Richard Hamilton $500,000
Dallas Mavericks Vince Carter $2,875,000
Houston Rockets Chandler Parsons $850,000
L.A. Lakers Josh McRoberts $3,000,000
Memphis Grizzlies Dante Cunningham $2,000,000
Memphis Grizzlies Josh Selby $550,000
Miami Heat Shane Battier $3,000,000
New Jersey Nets DeShawn Stevenson $2,500,000
New Orleans Hornets Gustavo Ayon $1,567,500
Oklahoma City Thunder Ryan Reid $475,000
Phoenix Suns Shannon Brown $3,500,000
Phoenix Suns Sebastian Telfair $1,500,000
Portland Trail Blazers Jamal Crawford $5,000,000
Toronto Raptors Aaron Gray $2,500,000
Utah Jazz Josh Howard $2,150,000
Utah Jazz Earl Watson $2,000,000


Players signed with the BAE:


Team Player First year salary
Memphis Grizzlies Jeremy Pargo $1,000,000
Toronto Raptors Gary Forbes $1,500,000


For a more thorough explanation of exceptions, their purpose and their specifications, visit the salary guide page thing.


 


2011/12 max salary cap figure: $58,044,000
2011/12 min salary cap figure: $46,435,200
2011/12 luxury tax threshold: $70,307,000

2011/12 Mid Level Exception figure: $5,000,000
2011/12 Mid Level Exception figure, tax payers: $3,000,000
2011/12 Mid Level Exception figure, cap roomers: $2,500,000

2011/12 maximum player salary, 0-6 years service: $12,922,194
2011/12 maximum player salary, 7-9 years service: $15,506,632
2011/12 maximum player salary, 10+ years service: $18,091,071
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