New Orleans Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans 2024 Salary Cap

Pelicans 2024 Salary Cap

   
%: Pct of League Cap
Club Option

Active Roster

Players (12) Pos. Age 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30
Williamson Zion Williamson
5 yr, $197,230,450 (AAV: $39.45M)
Extension / Designated Rookie
PF 24 0$36,725,670
$18.4M GTD
26.0%
0$39,446,090
$0M GTD
25.4%
0$42,166,510
$0M GTD
24.7%
0$44,886,930
$0M GTD
23.9%
0UFA
$53.86M
Bird
 
Ingram Brandon Ingram
5 yr, $158,253,000 (AAV: $31.65M)
Free Agent / Maximum
SF 27
Ext. Eligible
0$36,016,200
25.5%
0UFA
$37.96M
Bird
       
McCollum C.J. McCollum
2 yr, $63,999,999 (AAV: $32.00M)
Extension / Veteran
SG 33
Ext. Eligible
0$33,333,333
23.6%
0$30,666,666
19.8%
0UFA
$46.00M
Bird
     
Jones Herb Jones
4 yr, $53,827,872 (AAV: $13.46M)
Free Agent
SF 26 0$12,976,362
9.2%
0$13,937,574
9.0%
0$14,898,786
8.7%
0UFA
$22.35M
Bird
   
Nance Jr. Larry Nance Jr.
2 yr, $21,580,000 (AAV: $10.79M)
Extension / Veteran
PF 32
Ext. Eligible
0$11,205,000
7.9%
0UFA
$21.29M
Bird
       
Daniels Dyson Daniels
4 yr, $25,059,949 (AAV: $6.26M)
1st-Round / Rookie Scale
PG 21 0$6,059,520
CLUB
4.3%
Ext. Eligible
0$7,707,709
CLUB
5.0%
0RFA
$23.12M
Bird
     
Murphy III Trey Murphy III
4 yr, $14,779,415 (AAV: $3.69M)
1st-Round / Rookie Scale
SF 24
Ext. Eligible
0$5,159,855
CLUB
3.7%
0RFA
$15.48M
       
Hawkins Jordan Hawkins
4 yr, $20,599,055 (AAV: $5.15M)
1st-Round / Rookie Scale
SG 22 0$4,525,680
3.2%
0$4,741,320
CLUB
3.1%
Ext. Eligible
0$7,021,895
CLUB
4.1%
0RFA
$21.07M
Bird
   
Robinson-Earl Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
2 yr, $2,845,813 (AAV: $1.42M)
Rest-of-Season
PF 24 0$2,196,970
CLUB
1.6%
0UFA
$2.30M
Early Bird
       
Liddell E.J. Liddell
3 yr, $6,224,049 (AAV: $2.07M)
Free Agent
PF 24 0$2,120,693
1.5%
0$2,301,587
CLUB
1.5%
0UFA
$2.69M
Bird
     
Alvarado Jose Alvarado
4 yr, $6,888,212 (AAV: $1.72M)
Rest-of-Season
PG 26
Ext. Eligible
0$1,988,598
CLUB
1.4%
0UFA
$2.08M
Bird
       
Hill Malcolm Hill
2 yr
Two-Way
G 29 0Two-Way
 
 
0
$2.05M
Two-Way
       
   

Cap Holds

Cap holds represent "placeholders" for pending free agents, unsigned draft picks, offer sheets, etc.

Players (10) Pos. Age 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30
Valanciunas Jonas Valanciunas C 32 0UFA
$23.15M
Bird
         
Hernangomez Willy Hernangomez C 30 0UFA
$4.86M
Bird
0UFA
$4.86M
Bird
0UFA
$4.86M
Bird
0UFA
$4.86M
Bird
0UFA
$4.86M
Bird
 
Ryan Matt Ryan SF 27 0RFA
$2.17M
Non-Bird
         
Seabron Dereon Seabron SG 24 0RFA
$2.09M
Two-Way
         
Marshall Naji Marshall SF 27 0UFA
$2.09M
Bird
         
Snell Tony Snell SG 33 0UFA
$2.09M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.30M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.53M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.79M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$3.07M
Non-Bird
 
Zeller Cody Zeller C 32 0UFA
$2.09M
Non-Bird
         
Clark Gary Clark PF 30 0UFA
$1.87M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.05M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.26M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.49M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.73M
Non-Bird
 
Harper Jared Harper PG 27 0UFA
$1.87M
Two-Way
0UFA
$2.05M
Two-Way
0UFA
$2.26M
Two-Way
0UFA
$2.49M
Two-Way
0UFA
$2.73M
Two-Way
 
Nunnally James Nunnally SF 34 0UFA
$1.87M
Two-Way
0UFA
$2.05M
Two-Way
0UFA
$2.26M
Two-Way
0UFA
$2.49M
Two-Way
0UFA
$2.73M
Two-Way
 

Summary

2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30
Cap Summary
Cap Maximum $141,000,000 $155,100,000 $170,610,000 $187,671,000 $206,438,100 $0
Active Roster Cap $152,307,881 $98,800,946 $66,775,430 $44,886,930 - -
Dead/Retained Cap - - - - - -
Cap Holds $50,763,168 $94,497,328 $83,300,149 $58,522,199 $69,997,096 -
Total Cap Allocations $203,071,049 $193,298,274 $150,075,579 $103,409,129 $69,997,096 $0
Cap Space $-62,071,049 $-38,198,274 $20,534,421 $84,261,871 $136,441,004 $0
Hard-Cap Space Not Hard-Capped
Super-Tax Space
Tax Summary
Tax Threshold $171,315,000 $188,447,000 $207,292,000 $228,021,000 $250,823,000 $0
Taxable Salaries $152,307,881 $98,800,946 $66,775,430 $44,886,930 $0 $0
Tax Space $19,007,119 $89,646,054 $140,516,570 $183,134,070 $250,823,000 $0
Tax Bill (Estimated) - - - - - -


Exceptions

Exceptions are essentially "grants" offering teams an additional way to sign players.

Type Reason (Used On) Original Available
Trade
1/17/2025
Kira Lewis Jr. trade with IND
$5,722,116 $5,722,116




Deadlines

Deadline Date Player Type Value
6/29/2024 Matt Ryan 2024-25 Qualifying Offer $2,168,944
6/29/2024 Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 2024-25 Club Option $2,196,970
6/29/2024 Jose Alvarado 2024-25 Club Option
6/29/2024 Dereon Seabron 2024-25 Qualifying Offer — Two-Way $2,093,637
10/31/2024 Jordan Hawkins 2025-26 Club Option $4,741,320
10/31/2024 Dyson Daniels 2025-26 Club Option $7,707,709
1/07/2025 Zion Williamson 2025-26 Guaranteed $36,725,670
1/10/2025 Jose Alvarado 2024-25 Guaranteed $1,988,598
6/29/2025 E.J. Liddell 2025-26 Club Option $2,301,587
6/29/2025 Malcolm Hill 2025-26 Qualifying Offer — Two-Way $2,054,495
6/29/2025 Trey Murphy III 2025-26 Qualifying Offer $7,285,716
7/15/2025 Zion Williamson 2025-26 Guaranteed $39,446,090
10/31/2025 Jordan Hawkins 2026-27 Club Option $7,021,895
6/29/2026 Dyson Daniels 2026-27 Qualifying Offer $10,389,992
7/15/2026 Zion Williamson 2026-27 Guaranteed $42,166,510
6/29/2027 Jordan Hawkins 2027-28 Qualifying Offer $10,469,646
7/15/2027 Zion Williamson 2027-28 Guaranteed $44,886,930


Unsigned Draft Picks

Draft Year Player Age Position Country College
2010 Latavious Williams 35 SF USA
2022 Karlo Matkovic 23 PF BIH


Future Draft Picks

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2025
LAL    NOP
LAL pick if LAL conveys pick to NOP in 2024; NOP pick if NOP defers LAL pick to 2025
NOP
1-4
NYK
5-30 (via NOP to POR to DET)
NOP
2026
MIL    NOP
NOP right to swap with MIL
NOP    MIL
NOP right to swap with MIL
2027
NOP
NOP
2028
NOP
2029
NOP
2030
NOP
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
2025
SAS
via MEM to PHX
2026
SAS
Less favorable of NOP and POR then other to DET ((via NOP to POR to NOP) via POR to DET)
2027
CHA
More favorable of NOP and POR to CHA then other to POR (via POR)
2028
SAS
2029
SAS
2030
NOP