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CLE

2025-26 · 17 players · $212.4M payroll

Cap data via Spotrac · 4/15/2026

Salary Cap Stress

Over 2nd Apron
$212.4Mtotal payroll
Cap$154.6M$57.8M over
Tax$187.9M$24.5M over
1st Apron$195.9M$16.5M over
2nd Apron$207.8M$4.6M over

Cap Breakdown

via Spotrac
Active Roster
Cap Holds
Dead Money
$212.0M
Active
$13.8M
Holds
$0.4M
Dead $
-$71.5M
Cap Space
-$16.5M
1st Apron Space
-$4.6M
2nd Apron Space
Second Apron

Harshest CBA penalties apply:

  • No taxpayer mid-level exception
  • Cannot acquire buyout market players
  • Cannot send cash in trades
  • Cannot trade first-round picks >6 years out
  • Cannot take back more salary than sent in trades
  • Cannot aggregate player salaries in trades
  • Cannot use sign-and-trade generated trade exceptions
  • First-round pick frozen 7 years out if over second apron at season's end
-$71.5M
Cap Space
53.1
Team WS
+$17.4M
Net Value

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