Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers 2022-23 Salary Cap

Lakers 2022-23 Salary Cap

An updated look at the Los Angeles Lakers 2022 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 (15) Pos. Cap Figure Base
Salary
Likely
Incent.
Unlikely
Incent.
Trade
Bonus
Cap
Figure
Cap %
Team
Cap %
League
Notes
James LeBron James PF $44,474,988 $44,474,988 - - - $44,474,988 24.70 35.97 Vet Extension / Bird
Davis Anthony Davis C $37,980,720 $37,980,720 - - - $37,980,720 21.09 30.72 Free Agent (Max) / Bird
Russell D'Angelo Russell PG $31,377,750 $31,377,750 - - - $31,377,750 17.43 25.38 Acquired via Trade
Beasley Malik Beasley SG $15,558,035 $15,458,035 - - - $15,558,035 8.64 12.58 Acquired via Trade
Bamba Mohamed Bamba C $10,300,000 $10,300,000 - - - $10,300,000 5.72 8.33 Acquired via Trade
Walker IV Lonnie Walker IV SG $6,479,000 $6,479,000 - - - $6,479,000 3.60 5.24 Free Agent / T-MLE
Hachimura Rui Hachimura PF $6,263,188 $6,263,188 - - - $6,263,188 3.48 5.07 Acquired via Trade
Vanderbilt Jarred Vanderbilt PF $4,374,000 $4,320,000 $54,000 $135,000 - $4,374,000 2.43 3.54 Acquired via Trade
Gabriel Wenyen Gabriel PF $1,878,720 $1,878,720 - - - $1,878,720 1.04 1.52 RoS / Minimum
Schröder Dennis Schröder PG $1,836,090 $2,641,682 - - - $1,836,090 1.02 1.48 Free Agent / Minimum
Brown Jr. Troy Brown Jr. SG $1,836,090 $1,968,175 - - - $1,836,090 1.02 1.48 Free Agent / Minimum
Reaves Austin Reaves SG $1,563,518 $1,563,518 - - - $1,563,518 0.87 1.26 / Minimum
Christie Max Christie SG $1,017,781 $1,017,781 - - - $1,017,781 0.57 0.82 Drafted / Minimum
Harrison Shaquille Harrison PG $12,260 $12,260 - - - $12,260 0.01 0.01 RoS / Minimum
Thompson Tristan Thompson C $10,552 $16,700 - - - $10,552 0.01 0.01 RoS / Minimum


2022-23 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 (2) Pos.
Pippen Jr.Scotty Pippen Jr. PG          
SwiderCole Swider F          


2022-23 Dead/Retained Cap

Cap breakdowns for players who have been released or served 10-day contracts. All count against the team's Total Cap Allocations.

Player (3) Pos. Base Salary Likely
Incent.
Unlikely
Incent.
Trade Bonus Cap Figure Cap % Notes
ReedDavon Reed SG $1,902,133 - - - $1,902,133 1.06 Waived
RyanMatt Ryan SF $442,439 - - - $442,439 0.25 Waived
BrownSterling Brown SG $122,602 - - - $105,522 0.06 10-day


2022-23 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 (7) Pos. Qualifying Offer Likely Incent. Unlikely Incent. Trade Kicker Cap Figure Rights
AnthonyCarmelo Anthony PF - $1,836,090 Non-Bird
BradleyAvery Bradley PG - $1,836,090 Non-Bird
DudleyJared Dudley SF - $1,836,090 Early Bird
EllingtonWayne Ellington SG - $1,836,090 Non-Bird
HowardDwight Howard C - $1,836,090 Non-Bird
WaitersDion Waiters SG - $1,836,090 Non-Bird
JonesMason Jones SG - $1,637,966 Two-Way


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.

Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception Details is awarded annually to teams who are above the cap and above the Luxury Tax Apron ($156,983,000) and can be used for contracts up to 3 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
Taxpayer Mid-Level
Lonnie Walker IV
($6,479,000)
$6,479,000 $0
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


2022-23 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
2022 NBA Luxury Tax Threshold $150,267,000
Total Taxable Salaries $167,477,836
Current Luxury Tax Space $-17,210,836
Est. Luxury Tax Bill $35,935,220


2022-23 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 $164,962,692
Dead Money $2,450,094
Cap Holds $12,654,506
Total Cap Allocations $180,067,292
Salary Cap Maximum
2022 NBA Salary Cap Max $123,655,000
Current Cap Space $-56,412,292
"Super Tax" Apron
2022 NBA Super-Tax Apron $0
Super-Tax Apron Space $-167,612,836




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