Cleveland Cavaliers Team Salary

2017-18 Team-By-Team Salary Summary

Quick: Currently over the cap and tax threshold. Repeat tax eligible.

Salary Cap: $99,093,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $119,266,000

Exceptions

• Trade Exception (Mike Dunleavy, expiring 1/8/18) — $4,837,500
• Trade Exception (Mo Williams, expiring 1/8/18) — $2,194,500
• Trade Exception (Chris Andersen, expiring 2/13/18) — $980,431
• Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception: $5,192,000

Free Agents (with Cap Holds)

• Bird: James Jones ($1,471,382)
• Non-Bird: Deron Williams ($1,471,382), Derrick Williams ($1,471,382), Dahntay Jones ($1,471,382), Shawn Marion ($1,471,382 cap hold)*

* Cannot be used in a sign and trade because they were not active players in the NBA last season.

Non-Guaranteed Salaries

• Kay Felder $1,312,611 ($456,529 guaranteed)
• Edy Tavares $1,471,382

Unsigned Draft Picks

• First-rounders: None
• Second-rounders: Cedi Osman (2015-31st), Sir’Dominic Pointer (2015-53rd), Ilkan Karaman (2012-57th), Milan Macvan (2011-54th), Chukwudiebere Maduabum (2011-56th), Vladimir Veremeenko (2006-48th), Ejike Ugboaja (2006-55th), Edin Bavcic (2006-56th)

Roster Count: 11 guaranteed, two non/partially-guaranteed

Depth Chart
PG: Kyrie Irving, Jose Calderon, Kay Felder
SG: J.R. Smith, Kyle Korver
SF: LeBron James, Iman Shumpert, Richard Jefferson
PF: Kevin Love, Jeff Green
C: Tristan Thompson, Channing Frye, Edy Tavares

Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Deadlines

• 8/31/17 — Deadline to stretch a player’s salary for the 2017-18 season.
• 1/8/18 — Mo Williams and Mike Dunleavy trade exceptions expire.
• 12/15/17 — No-trade restrictions lift on Jeff Green, Kyle Korver and Jose Calderon.
• 1/10/18 — Edy Tavares $1,471,382 guarantees for 2017-18.
• 1/10/18 — Kay Felder’s $1,312,611 guarantees for 2017-18.
• 2/13/18 — Chris Andersen trade exception expires.
• Seven days prior to 2018 NBA Draft, by 6/29/18 — Iman Shumpert player option.
• 6/24/18 — Team option on Kay Felder, if taken, 2018-19 salary guarantees for $529,661.
• 6/24/18 — Team option on Edy Tavares.
• 6/29/18 — Player option on LeBron James.
• 1/10/19 — Richard Jefferson’s $2,612,500 guarantees for 2018-19.
• 1/10/19 — Kay Felder’s $1,544,951 guarantees for 2018-19.
• Seven days prior to 2019 NBA Draft, by 6/29/19 — Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving player options.
• 6/30/19 — Qualifying offer on Kay Felder.
• 6/30/19 — J.R. Smith’s $15,680,000 guarantees for 2019-20.
• 7/7/19 — Kyle Korver’s $7.5 million guarantees for 2019-20.

Teams and players can renegotiate guarantee dates.  The NBA’s general cut-down date is approximately January 10.

Acquisitions

• 6/19/17 — Parted ways with general manager David Griffin.
• 7/10/17 — Signed Jose Calderon to a one-year, $2,328,652 contract.
• 7/10/17 — Signed Jeff Green to a one-year, $2,116,955 contract.
• 7/12/17 — Signed Kyle Korver to a partially-guaranteed three-year, $22,060,000 contract.

Waived Players: None

Traded Players: None

Expired 10-Day Contracts: None

No-Trade: LeBron James

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Tyronn Lue (three-year deal, as of 2015-16 season — five-year, $35 million extension in July 2016, terms TBD)

Assistants: Larry Drew (associate head coach), Jim Boylan, Bret Brielmaier, James Posey, Phil Handy (also director of player development), Mike Longabardi, Damon Jones, Vitaly Potapenko (assistant director of player development)

Trainers: Steve Spiro, Derek Millender (strength and conditioning)

Basketball Executives:

• Koby Altman — assistant general manager (interim general manager)

Pick Swaps:

• 2018 — Owe second-rounder to Philadelphia 76ers (Keith Bogans), may go to Charlotte Hornets (Andrei Kirilenko, Juan Pablo Vaulet).
• 2019 — Owe first-rounder (top-10 protected through 2020, otherwise converts to 2021 and 2022 second-rounders) to Atlanta Hawks (Kyle Korver)
• 2019 — Owed second-rounder from Minnesota Timberwolves (Tyus Jones).
• 2019 — Owed second-rounder from Los Angeles Lakers (Roy Hibbert, Rakeem Christmas).
• 2019 — Owe higher of Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers second-rounders to Portland Trail Blazers (Brendan Haywood), both possibly to Trail Blazers, if owed first-rounder is not conveyed. (Anderson Varejao).
• 2019 — Owe second-rounder to New York Knicks (Dion Waiters), possibly to Orlando Magic (Kyle O’Quinn).
• 2020 — Owed second-rounder (top-55 protected) from Portland Trail Blazers (Mo Harkless, Joe Harris).
• 2020 — Owe second-rounder to Los Angeles Clippers (Brendan Haywood, Anderson Varejao, Channing Frye, C.J. Wilcox).

Cash Paid ($5.1 million max): $0

Cash Received ($5.1 million max): $0

Trade Kickers:

• Kyrie Irving — 15 percent

Note: Players can waive their trade bonuses.

G-League Affiliate: Canton Charge (Nate Reinking coach)

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Cap Holds

For notes on some of the rules and an explanation of cap holds, please refer to the following Salary Notes.

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(Updated on 7/20/17)