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Detroit Pistons 2025-26 Salary Cap

Pistons 2025-26 Salary Cap

An updated look at the Detroit Pistons 2025 salary cap table, including team cap space, dead cap figures, and complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.

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Player Option
Club Option
Non-Guaranteed
Estimate
Player (5) Pos. Cap Figure Base
Salary
Likely
Incent.
Unlikely
Incent.
Trade
Bonus
Cap
Figure
Cap %
Team
Cap %
League
Cash Remaining
(Guaranteed)
Notes
Stewart Isaiah Stewart C $15,000,000 $15,000,000 - $1,000,000 - $15,000,000 12.91 9.67 $45,000,000
($30,000,000)
Rk Extension / Bird
Ivey Jaden Ivey SG $10,107,163 $10,107,163 - - - $10,107,163 8.70 6.52 $10,107,163
($10,107,163)
Drafted / Rookie Scale
Thompson Ausar Thompson SG $8,775,000 $8,775,000 - - - $8,775,000 7.55 5.66 $19,892,925
($8,775,000)
Drafted / Rookie Scale
Duren Jalen Duren C $6,483,144 $6,483,144 - - - $6,483,144 5.58 4.18 $6,483,144
($0)
Drafted / Rookie Scale
G'teed: $0
Sasser Marcus Sasser PG $2,886,720 $2,886,720 - - - $2,886,720 2.48 1.86 $8,085,703
($2,886,720)
Drafted / Rookie Scale


2025-26 Cap Holds

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

Player (8) Pos. Qualifying Offer Likely Incent. Unlikely Incent. Trade Kicker Cap Figure Rights
CunninghamCade Cunningham PG $18,123,052 $34,852,023 Restricted Bird
GrimesQuentin Grimes SG $6,311,826 $12,890,046 Restricted Bird
Brown Jr.Troy Brown Jr. SG - $5,200,000 Early Bird
UmudeStanley Umude G $2,862,936 $2,862,936 Early Bird
MetuChimezie Metu C - $2,303,001 Early Bird
BoeheimBuddy Boeheim SG $2,054,495 $2,054,495 Two-Way
EvbuomwanTosan Evbuomwan SG $2,054,495 $2,054,495 Two-Way
FournierEvan Fournier SG $1,805,205 $1,805,205 Bird
Incomplete Roster Charge 7 spots 7 spots       $8,936,193  


Exceptions

Exceptions are essentially "grants" offering teams an additional way to sign players. Exceptions can be split up for multiple player signings, however only one of these exceptions may be used in a season and they cannot be combined.

Trade Exception Details becomes available when a team relinquishes more salary than it acquires during a trade. The "credit" balance remains as an exception that can be used within the next year to acquire salary via trade without further relinquishing additional salary.

Type Reason (Used On) Original Available
Trade
1/14/2025
Marvin Bagley III trade with WAS
(Danuel House Jr., $4,310,250)
$5,697,050 $1,386,800
Trade
2/10/2025
Alec Burks trade with NYK
$10,489,600 $10,489,600
Trade
2/10/2025
Monte Morris trade with MIN
$800,926 $800,926


2025-26 Luxury Tax Totals

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

Type Totals
2025 NBA Luxury Tax Threshold $188,447,000
Total Taxable Salaries $43,252,027
Current Luxury Tax Space $145,194,973


2025-26 Detroit Pistons Salary Cap Totals

The Pistons 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 $43,252,027
Cap Holds $72,958,394
Total Cap Allocations $116,210,421
Salary Cap Maximum
2025 NBA Salary Cap Max $155,100,000
Current Cap Space $38,889,579
Second Apron
2025 NBA Second Apron $208,435,000
Second Apron Space $164,182,973
Salary Cap Floor
2025 NBA Salary Cap Floor $139,590,000
Current Floor Space $96,337,973
 

2025-26 Practical Cap Space

Available Practical Cap Space: $126,057,411 — $126,057,411

$126,057,411
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.

$126,057,411
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
10/31/2024 Jaden Ivey 2025-26 Club Option $10,107,163
10/31/2024 Jalen Duren 2025-26 Club Option $6,483,144
10/31/2024 Ausar Thompson 2025-26 Club Option $8,775,000
10/31/2024 Marcus Sasser 2025-26 Club Option $2,886,720
6/29/2025 Quentin Grimes 2025-26 Qualifying Offer $6,311,826
6/29/2025 Cade Cunningham 2025-26 Qualifying Offer $18,123,052
6/29/2025 Buddy Boeheim 2025-26 Qualifying Offer — Two-Way $2,054,495
6/29/2025 Stanley Umude 2025-26 Qualifying Offer $2,862,936
10/31/2025 Ausar Thompson 2026-27 Club Option $11,117,925
10/31/2025 Marcus Sasser 2026-27 Club Option $5,198,983
6/29/2026 Jaden Ivey 2026-27 Qualifying Offer $13,402,098
6/29/2026 Jalen Duren 2026-27 Qualifying Offer $8,966,188
6/29/2027 Ausar Thompson 2027-28 Qualifying Offer $15,854,162
6/29/2027 Marcus Sasser 2027-28 Qualifying Offer $8,157,205
6/29/2027 Isaiah Stewart 2027-28 Club Option $15,000,000


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
DET
Top-13 Protected (if not already settled with NYK)
NYK
14-30 (if not already settled, via HOU to OKC)
2026
DET
Top-11 Protected (if not already settled with NYK)
NYK
12-30 (if not already settled, via HOU to OKC)
2027
DET
Top-9 Protected (if not already settled with NYK)
NYK
10-30 (if not already settled, via HOU to OKC)
2028
DET
2029
DET
2030
DET
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
BOS    DET    NYK
BOS pick if DAL conveys 1st to NYK by 2025; DET pick if DAL does not convey 1st to NYK by 2025
DAL
DAL pick if DAL conveys 1st to NYK by 2025 or to BOS if DAL does not convey 1st to NYK by 2025
DET
More favorable of GSW and WAS ((via DET swap of GSW for WAS) via BKN)
2026
ORL
Two most favorable of DET, MIL and ORL to ORL then other to PHX (via DET to LAC to DET)
DET
More favorable of MIN and NYK to DET then other to NYK
2027
DET
Less favorable of BKN and DAL to DET then other to WAS
DET    NYK
DET pick if DET conveys 1st to NYK by 2027; NYK pick if DET does not convey 1st to OKC by 2027 (via HOU to OKC)
2028
DET
31-55
PHI
56-60
DET
2029
DET
DET
via BKN
DET
2030
DET
DET