Cleveland Cavaliers Team Salary

2016-17 Team-By-Team Salary Summary

Quick: Over the cap and tax threshold.

NBA Salary Cap: $94,143,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $113,287,000

Projected Cap Space for 2017-18 ($102 million cap): None

Exceptions

• Trade Exception (Joe Harris, expiring 1/12/17) — $845,059
• Trade Exception (Anderson Varejao, expiring 2/18/17) — $9,638,554
• Trade Exception (Jared Cunningham, expiring 2/18/17) — $947,276
• Trade Exception (Sasha Kaun, expiring 8/15/17) — $1,333,420
• Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception: $433,529 (Richard Jefferson, Kay Felder)

Roster Count: 12 guaranteed, two non-guaranteed, five TBD

Free Agents

• Bird: J.R. Smith ($9,500,000 cap hold)
• Non-Bird: Shawn Marion ($980,431 cap hold)*

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

Non-Guaranteed Salaries: Jordan McRae ($874,636), DeAndre Liggins ($1,015,696 — $25,000 guaranteed)

Depth Chart
PG: Kyrie Irving, Mo Williams, Kay Felder
SG: Richard Jefferson, Iman Shumpert, Jordan McRae, DeAndre Liggins, Markel Brown, John Holland, Dahntay Jones
SF: LeBron James, Mike Dunleavy, James Jones
PF: Kevin Love, Channing Frye, Cory Jefferson (TBD)
C: Tristan Thompson, Chris Andersen, Eric Moreland (TBD)

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

2017/18 Rookie-Scale Options: None

Rookie Scale Extension Eligible: None

Deadlines

• 9/5/16 — No-trade restriction lifts on Kay Felder.
• 12/15/16 — No-trade restrictions lift on James Jones, DeAndre Liggins, Chris Andersen and Richard Jefferson.
• 1/10/17 — DeAndre Liggins’ $1,015,696 guarantees for 2016-17.
• 1/10/17 — Jordan McRae’s $874,636 guarantees for 2016-17.
• 1/12/17 — Joe Harris $845,059 trade exception expires.
• 1/15/17 — No-trade restriction lifts on LeBron James.
• 2/18/17 — Anderson Varejao $9.6 million and Jared Cunningham $947k trade exceptions expire.
• 6/24/17 — Team option on DeAndre Liggins, if taken, 2017-18 salary guaranteed for $26,773.
• 6/30/17 — Qualifying offer deadlines for Sasha Kaun and Jordan McRae.
• 7/1/17 — Mike Dunleavy’s $5.2 million guarantees for 2017-18.
• 8/15/17 — Sasha Kaun $1.3 million trade exception expires.
• 8/31/17 — Deadline to stretch a player’s salary for the 2017-18 season.
• 1/10/18 — DeAndre Liggins’ $1,087,745 guarantees for 2017-18.
• 1/10/18 — Kay Felder’s $905,249 guarantees for 2017-18.
• 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.
• 6/29/18 — Estimated player option on LeBron James.
• 1/10/19 — Richard Jefferson’s $2,612,500 guarantees for 2018-19.
• 1/10/19 — Kay Felder’s $1,050,262 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.

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

Acquisitions

• 6/15/16 — J.R. Smith opted out of the final year on his contract.
• 6/14/16 — Mo Williams opted into the final year on his contract.
• 6/23/16 — Traded $2,465,386 to Atlanta Hawks for the rights to Kay Felder (54th).
• 6/29/16 — LeBron James opted out of the final year of his contract.
• 6/29/16 — Exercised team option for the final year of Jordan McRae’s contract.
• 6/30/16 — Issued qualifying offer to Matt Dellavedova.
• 7/7/16 — Sign and traded Matthew Dellavedova to Milwaukee Bucks and $200,000 for the rights to Albert Miralles (2004-39th).
• 7/7/16 — Traded the rights to Albert Miralles (2004-39th) to Chicago Bulls for Mike Dunleavy and the rights to Vladimir Veremeenko (2006-48th).
• 7/15/16 — Traded Sasha Kaun and cash (TBD) to Philadelphia 76ers for the rights to Chukwudiebere Maduabum (2011-56th).
• 7/21/16 — Signed Chris Andersen to a one-year, $1.6 million contract.
• 7/27/16 — Signed Coach Tyronn Lue to an estimated five-year, $35 million extension (TBD).
• 7/28/16 — Signed Richard Jefferson to a three-year, partially-guaranteed $7,612,500 contract.
• 8/2/16 — Signed James Jones to a one-year, $1.6 million contract.
• 8/2/16 — Signed DeAndre Liggins to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $2,103,441 contract.
• 8/6/16 — Signed Kay Felder (2016-54th) to a three-year, partially-guaranteed $2,498,982 contract, team option on final season.
• 8/12/16 — Signed LeBron James to a three-year, $99,857,127 contract, player option on final season.
• TBD — Reportedly agreed to sign Corey Jefferson, Dahntay Jones, Markel Brown, Eric Moreland and John Holland).

Waived Players: Dahntay Jones

Traded Players: None

Expired 10-Day Contracts: None

No-Trade: LeBron James, James Jones (implicit)

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: Jim Boylan, Bret Brielmaier, Larry Drew, James Posey, Phil Handy, Mike Longabardi

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

Basketball Executives:

• David Griffin — General Manager

Pick Swaps:

• 2017 — Owe second-rounder to Boston Celtics (Keith Bogans).
• 2018 — Owe first-rounder (top-10 protected through 2019 — if not conveyed in 2019, converts to lower 2019 second-rounder of Los Angeles Lakers/Minnesota Timberwolves, and a 2021 Cavaliers second-rounder) to Portland Trail Blazers (Anderson Varejao).
• 2018 — Owe second-rounder to Philadelphia 76ers (Keith Bogans), may go to Charlotte Hornets (Andrei Kirilenko, Juan Pablo Vaulet).
• 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).

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)

Cash Paid ($3.5 million max): $200,000 to Milwaukee Bucks (Matthew Dellavedova); TBD to Philadelphia 76ers (Sasha Kaun)

Cash Received ($3.5 million max): $0

Trade Kickers:

• Kyrie Irving — 15 percent

Note: Players can waive their trade bonuses, under certain circumstances.

Amnesty: Used on Baron Davis

D-League Affiliate: Canton Charge

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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 9/26/16)