New Orleans Pelicans Team Salary

Quick: Over the cap and hard-capped.

Salary Cap: $101,869,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $123,733,000

Hard Cap: $129,817,000

Projected 2019-20 Cap Space ($109 million cap): Up to $23.6 million, less with the rights to Elfrid Payton, Stanley Johnson and Julius Randle’s player option.

Roster Count: Fifteen guaranteed, one two-way

Depth Chart
PG: Frank Jackson, Tim Frazier, Elfrid Payton (injured)
SG: Jrue Holiday, Ian Clark, Trevon Bluiett (two-way, injured), E’Twaun Moore (injured)
SF: Kenrich Williams, Stanley Johnson
PF: Darius Miller, Cheick Diallo, Solomon Hill
C: Anthony Davis, Julius Randle, Jahlil Okafor (injured), Jason Smith

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

Exceptions

Trade Exception (Nikola Mirotic, expiring 2/7/20) — $3,109,598
Mid-Level Exception — $0 (Julius Randle)
Bi-Annual Exception — $382,000 (Elfrid Payton)

Waived Players: DeAndre Liggins, Emeka Okafor, Darius Morris, Brandon McCoy, Garlon Green, Jarrett Jack, Troy Williams, Andrew Harrison (two-way), Markieff Morris

Traded Players: Alexis Ajinca, Wesley Johnson

G-League Affiliate: None

Two-Way Contracts: Trevon Bluiett

Two-Way Daily Rate in NBA/G-League: $4,608/$528

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Alvin Gentry

Assistants: Darren Erman (associate head coach), Fred Vinson, Kevin Hanson, Elvis Valcarcel, Chris Finch

Trainer: Duane Brooks

Basketball Executives

Dell Demps — general manager
Danny Ferry — special advisor

Pick Swaps

2019 — Owed a second-rounder (top-55 protected) from the Denver Nuggets (Roy Hibbert, Nikola Mirotic).
2020 — Owed a second-rounder from the Milwaukee Bucks (Nikola Mirotic).
2020 — Owed second-rounder from the Washington Wizards (Jared Dudley, Jodie Meeks, Jason Smith, Nikola Mirotic).
2021 — Owed a second-rounder from the Washington Wizards (Trey Burke, Kyle Korver, George Hill, Nikola Mirotic).
2021 — Chicago Bulls can swap second-rounders (Nikola Mirotic).

Cash Paid ($5,243,000 max): $0

Cash Received ($5,243,000 max): TBD from the Washington Wizards (Markieff Morris)

Deadlines:

6/29/19 — Qualifying offer deadlines for Cheick Diallo and Stanley Johnson.
6/29/19 — Team option for Jahlil Okafor.
6/30/19 — Frank Jackson’s $1,618,520 guarantees for 2019-20.
7/20/19 — Kenrich Williams’ salary guarantees at $200,000.
First regular season game — Kenrich Williams’ $1,416,852 guarantees for 2019-20.
1/10/20 — Jahlil Okafor’s $1,702,486 guarantees for 2019-20.
1/10/20 — Troy Williams’ $1,645,357 guarantees for 2019-20.
2/7/20 — Nikola Mirotic trade exception expires.
6/29/21 — Player option on 2021-22 season.

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

Acquisitions

6/7/18 — Signed Coach Alvin Gentry to a contract extension.
6/21/18 — Drafted Tony Carr (51st).
6/28/18 — Darius Miller’s salary guaranteed at $300,000 for 2018-19.
7/4/18 — Darius Miller’s $2,205,000 guaranteed for 2018-19.
7/6/18 — Cheick Diallo’s $1,544,951 guaranteed for 2018-19.
7/8/18 — Signed Julius Randle to a two-year, $17,714,050 contract, player option on final season.
7/8/18 — Signed Elfrid Payton to a one-year $3 million contract.
7/8/18 — Re-signed Ian Clark to a one-year $1,757,429 minimum contract.
7/12/18 — Emeka Okafor’s salary guaranteed at $100,000.
7/17/18 — Signed Trevon Bluiett to a two-way contract.
7/20/18 — Signed Garlon Green to a partially-guaranteed two-year $2,255,316 contract.
7/23/18 — Signed Kenrich Williams to a non/partially-guaranteed two-year $2,255,316 contract.
7/26/18 — Signed Troy Williams to a non-guaranteed two-year $3,157,958 contract.
8/8/18 — Signed Jahlil Okafor to a partially-guaranteed two-year $3,269,493 minimum contract, team option on final season.
9/3/18 — Signed restricted free agent Tyrone Wallace to a partially-guaranteed two-year $2,937,614 offer sheet, the Los Angeles Clippers matched.
9/4/18 — Signed Darius Morris to a non-guaranteed two-year $3,466,716 minimum contract.
9/19/18 — Signed Jarrett Jack to a non-guaranteed one-year $2,393,887 minimum summer contract.
9/29/18 — Signed Brandon McCoy to a non-guaranteed one-year $838,464 minimum summer contract.
10/15/18 — Traded Alexis Ajinca to the Los Angeles Clippers for Wesley Johnson.
10/17/18 — Claimed Tim Frazier off waivers (Milwaukee Bucks).
12/5/18 — Signed Andrew Harrison to a two-way contract.
1/10/19 — Tim Frazier’s $1,757,429 guaranteed for 2018-19.
1/10/19 — Jahlil Okafor’s $1,567,007 guaranteed for 2018-19.
1/10/19 — Kenrich Williams’ $838,464 guaranteed for 2018-19.
2/1/19 — Tony Allen (1,471,382) and Jameer Nelson (1,429,818) trade exceptions expired.
2/7/19 — Traded Wesley Johnson to the Washington Wizards for Markieff Morris, a 2023 second-rounder and cash (TBD).
2/7/19 — Traded Nikola Mirotic to the Milwaukee Bucks for Jason Smith and for Stanley Johnson from the Detroit Pistons.
2/8/19 — Dante Cunningham trade exception ($2.3 million) expired.