Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers 2023-24 Salary Cap

Lakers 2023-24 Salary Cap

An updated look at the Los Angeles Lakers 2023 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 (7) Pos. Cap Figure Base
Salary
Likely
Incent.
Unlikely
Incent.
Trade
Bonus
Cap
Figure
Cap %
Team
Cap %
League
Cash Remaining
(Guaranteed)
Notes
James LeBron James PF $46,900,000 $46,900,000 - - - $46,900,000 21.08 35.00 $97,552,000
($97,552,000)
Vet Extension / Bird
Davis Anthony Davis C $40,600,080 $40,600,080 - - - $40,600,080 18.25 30.30 $83,819,520
($83,819,520)
Free Agent (Max) / Bird
Beasley Malik Beasley SG $16,524,106 $16,524,106 - - - $16,524,106 7.43 12.33 $16,524,106
($0)
Acquired via Trade
G'teed: $0
Bamba Mohamed Bamba C $10,300,000 $10,300,000 - - - $10,300,000 4.63 7.69 $10,300,000
($0)
Acquired via Trade
G'teed: $0
Vanderbilt Jarred Vanderbilt PF $4,698,000 $4,640,000 $58,000 $145,000 - $4,698,000 2.11 3.51 $4,640,000
($300,000)
Acquired via Trade
G'teed: $300,000
Harrison Shaquille Harrison PG $2,413,304 $2,413,304 - - - $2,413,304 1.08 1.80 $2,413,304
($0)
RoS / Minimum
G'teed: $0
Christie Max Christie SG $1,719,864 $1,719,864 - - - $1,719,864 0.77 1.28 $1,719,864
($1,719,864)
Drafted / Minimum


2023-24 Two-Way

Players signed to Two-Way contracts that are currently designated to G-League affiliate. Two-way salaries do not count against a team's Total Cap/Tax Allocations.

Player (1) Pos.
SwiderCole Swider F          


2023-24 Cap Holds

Cap holds represent "placeholders" for pending free agents, unsigned draft picks, offer sheets, etc... Since the Lakers are currently over the league salary cap, these cap holds do not count against their Total Cap figure. Renouncing these cap holds will NOT afford the team any new cap space. These figures are not counted toward a team's Luxury Tax Allocation.

Player (16) Pos. Qualifying Offer Likely Incent. Unlikely Incent. Trade Kicker Cap Figure Rights
RussellD'Angelo Russell PG - $38,700,000 Bird
HachimuraRui Hachimura PF $7,744,600 $18,789,564 Restricted Bird
Walker IVLonnie Walker IV SG - $7,774,800 Non-Bird
ReavesAustin Reaves SG $2,189,698 $2,189,698 Restricted Early Bird
AnthonyCarmelo Anthony PF - $1,989,698 Non-Bird
BradleyAvery Bradley PG - $1,989,698 Non-Bird
Brown Jr.Troy Brown Jr. SG - $1,989,698 Non-Bird
DudleyJared Dudley SF - $1,989,698 Early Bird
EllingtonWayne Ellington SG - $1,989,698 Non-Bird
HowardDwight Howard C - $1,989,698 Non-Bird
SchröderDennis Schröder PG - $1,989,698 Non-Bird
ThompsonTristan Thompson C - $1,989,698 Non-Bird
WaitersDion Waiters SG - $1,989,698 Non-Bird
GabrielWenyen Gabriel PF - $1,902,091 Early Bird
Pippen Jr.Scotty Pippen Jr. PG $1,774,999 $1,774,999 Two-Way
JonesMason Jones SG - $1,774,999 Two-Way
Incomplete Roster Charge 5 spots 5 spots       $4,908,030  
Round 1, Pick #17       $3,640,200  
Round 2, Pick #47       -  


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.

Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception Details is awarded annually to teams who are above the cap but below the Luxury Tax Apron ($169,000,000) and can be used for contracts up to 4 years in length.

Bi-Annual Exception Details is available to any teams who are below the Luxury Tax Apron ($169,000,000), and did not use this exception in the previous season. It can be used for contracts up to 2 years in length.

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
Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level
$12,221,000 $12,221,000
Bi-Annual
$4,448,000 $4,448,000
Trade
2/09/2024
Patrick Beverly trade with ORL
$2,700,000 $2,700,000
Trade
2/09/2024
Damian Jones trade with UTH
$2,298,385 $2,298,385
Trade
2/09/2024
Juan Toscano-Anderson trade with UTH
$1,836,090 $1,836,090
Trade
2/09/2024
Thomas Bryant with DEN
$1,836,090 $1,836,090


2023-24 Luxury Tax Totals

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

Type Totals
2023 NBA Luxury Tax Threshold $162,000,000
Total Taxable Salaries $123,155,354
Current Luxury Tax Space $38,844,646


2023-24 Los Angeles Lakers Salary Cap Totals

The Lakers are currently over the league salary cap. This means Cap Holds & Exceptions are NOT included in their Total Cap Allocations, and renouncing these figures will not afford them any cap space. The team may only sign outside players using any available exceptions or at league minimum salaries.

Cap Type Cap Total
Active Roster Cap $123,155,354
Cap Holds $99,361,663
Total Cap Allocations $222,517,017
Salary Cap Maximum
2023 NBA Salary Cap Max $134,000,000
Current Cap Space $-88,517,017
"Super Tax" Apron
2023 NBA Super-Tax Apron $179,500,000
Super-Tax Apron Space $56,199,646
Salary Cap Floor
2023 NBA Salary Cap Floor $120,600,000
Current Floor Space $-2,555,354
 

2023-24 Practical Cap Space

Available Practical Cap Space: $29,570,614 — $28,589,008

$29,570,614
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.

$28,589,008
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
6/29/2023 Mohamed Bamba 2023-24 Guaranteed $10,300,000
6/29/2023 Scotty Pippen Jr. 2023-24 Qualifying Offer — Two-Way $1,774,999
6/29/2023 Malik Beasley 2023-24 Club Option $16,524,106
6/30/2023 Austin Reaves 2023-24 Qualifying Offer $2,189,698
6/30/2023 Rui Hachimura 2023-24 Qualifying Offer $7,744,600
6/30/2023 Jarred Vanderbilt 2023-24 Guaranteed $4,640,000
1/10/2024 Shaquille Harrison 2023-24 Guaranteed $2,413,304
6/29/2024 Max Christie 2024-25 Qualifying Offer $2,324,095
6/29/2024 LeBron James 2024-25 Player Option $50,652,000
6/29/2024 Cole Swider 2024-25 Qualifying Offer $1,923,495




Unsigned Draft Picks

Draft Year Player Age Position Country College
2009 Chinemelu Elonu 36 SF NGA Texas A&M
2014 Louis Labeyrie 31 PF FRA


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
NOP
NOP right to defer to 2025
2025
LAL    NOP
LAL pick if LAL conveys pick to NOP in 2024; NOP pick if NOP defers LAL pick to 2025
2026
LAL
2027
LAL
Top-4 Protected
UTA
5-30
2028
LAL
2029
LAL
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
LAL
SAS
via MEM
2025
LAL
LAL
2026
CLE
2027
LAL    UTA
LAL pick if LAL conveys 1st to UTH in 2027; UTH pick if LAL does not convey 1st to UTH in 2027
2028
WAS
Less favorable of LAL and WAS then other to ORL (via LAL to WAS)
2029
WAS