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Chicago Bulls 2026-27 Salary Cap

Bulls 2026-27 Salary Cap

An updated look at the Chicago Bulls 2026 salary cap table, including team cap space, dead cap figures, and complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.

Player Option
Club Option
Non-Guaranteed
Estimate
Player (2) Pos. Cap Figure Base
Salary
Likely
Incent.
Unlikely
Incent.
Trade
Bonus
Cap
Figure
Cap %
Team
Cap %
League
Cash Remaining
(Guaranteed)
Notes
LaVine Zach LaVine SG $48,967,380 $48,967,380 - - - $48,967,380 29.00 28.70 $48,967,380
($48,967,380)
Free Agent (Max) / Bird
Phillips Julian Phillips SF $2,406,205 $2,406,205 - - - $2,406,205 1.42 1.41 $2,406,205
($2,406,205)
Drafted / 2nd Round


2026-27 Cap Holds

Cap holds represent "placeholders" for pending free agents, unsigned draft picks, offer sheets, etc... Since the Bulls are currently under the cap, all of these figures are included in their Total Cap Figure.

Player (7) Pos. Qualifying Offer Likely Incent. Unlikely Incent. Trade Kicker Cap Figure Rights
VucevicNikola Vucevic C - $30,000,000 Bird
WhiteCoby White PG - $24,488,889 Bird
TerryDalen Terry SG $7,661,348 $16,197,354 Restricted Bird
DosunmuAyo Dosunmu PG - $14,285,184 Bird
CarterJevon Carter PG - $12,938,096 Bird
BitimOnuralp Bitim SG $2,999,264 $2,999,264 Bird
ThomasMatt Thomas SG - $2,533,301 Non-Bird
Incomplete Roster Charge 10 spots 10 spots       $14,042,590  


2026-27 Luxury Tax Totals

Denotes the Bulls current standing in terms of the luxury tax threshold. Teams that spend over the threshold pay fines (estimated below).

Type Totals
2026 NBA Luxury Tax Threshold $207,292,000
Total Taxable Salaries $51,373,585
Current Luxury Tax Space $155,918,415


2026-27 Chicago Bulls Salary Cap Totals

The Bulls are currently under the league salary cap, meaning all Cap Holds & Exceptions are included in their Total Cap Allocations. The Cap Max Space figure below represents how much salary cap remains after all allocations are included.

Cap Type Cap Total
Active Roster Cap $51,373,585
Cap Holds $117,484,678
Total Cap Allocations $168,858,263
Salary Cap Maximum
2026 NBA Salary Cap Max $170,610,000
Current Cap Space $1,751,737
Second Apron
2026 NBA Second Apron $229,279,000
Second Apron Space $177,905,415
Salary Cap Floor
2026 NBA Salary Cap Floor $153,549,000
Current Floor Space $102,175,415
 

2026-27 Practical Cap Space

Available Practical Cap Space: $106,195,771 — $153,758,892

$106,195,771
Projected Practical Cap Space:

This is calculated by determining all guaranteed salaries + any dead cap from non-guaranteed salaries + estimated exercised and declined options + estimated retained cap holds and draft pool cap holds.

$153,758,892
Maximum Possible Cap Space:

This is calculated by determining all guaranteed salaries + any dead cap from non-guaranteed salaries. All other options, cap holds, exceptions are assumed as declined, waived or renounced.





Deadlines

Deadline Date Player Type Value
6/29/2024 Julian Phillips 2026-27 Club Option $2,406,205
6/29/2026 Zach LaVine 2026-27 Player Option $48,967,380
6/29/2026 Dalen Terry 2026-27 Qualifying Offer $7,661,348
6/29/2026 Onuralp Bitim 2026-27 Qualifying Offer $2,999,264




Unsigned Draft Picks

Draft Year Player Age Position Country College
2011 Jon Diebler 35 SG USA Ohio State
2004 Albert Miralles 41 PF ESP


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
2024
CHI
POR
Top-14 Protected (from CHI)
CHI
15-30
2025
CHI
Top-10 Protected (from SAS)
SAS
11-30
POR
Top-14 Protected (if not already settled with CHI)
CHI
15-30 (if not already settled)
2026
CHI
Top-8 Protected (if not already settled with SAS)
SAS
9-30 (if not already settled)
POR
Top-14 Protected (if not already settled with CHI)
CHI
15-30 (if not already settled)
2027
CHI
Top-8 Protected (if not already settled with SAS)
SAS
9-30 (if not already settled)
POR
Top-14 Protected (if not already settled with CHI)
CHI
15-30 (if not already settled)
2028
CHI
Top-8 Protected (if not already settled with SAS)
SAS
9-30 (if not already settled)
POR
Top-14 Protected (if not already settled with CHI)
CHI
15-30 (if not already settled)
2029
CHI
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
2024
BOS
More favorable of CHI and NOP then other to NOP (via CHI to NOP; via SAS to BOS)
2025
SAS
2026
WAS
2027
WAS
2028
CHI    SAS
CHI pick if CHI conveys 1st to SAS by 2027 or 2028; SAS pick if CHI does not convey 1st to SAS by 2027 or 2028
POR    CHI
POR pick if POR conveys 1st to CHI by 2028; CHI pick if POR does not convey 1st to POR by 2028
2029
CHI