New Orleans Pelicans Team Salary

2016-17 Team-By-Team Salary Summary

Quick: Spent over the cap.

NBA Salary Cap: $94,143,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $113,287,000

Projected Cap Space for 2017-18 ($102 million cap): Up to $27.9 million

Exceptions

• Room Exception: $808,000 (Tim Frazier)

Roster Space: 15 guaranteed, four non/partially-guaranteed

Non-Guaranteed Salaries: Robert Sacre ($1,050,961), Craig Copeland ($1,050,961), Shawn Dawson ($543,471), Lance Stephenson ($1,227,286 — $100,000 guaranteed)

Depth Chart
PG: Tim Frazier, Jrue Holiday (not with team), Tyreke Evans (injured)
SG: E’Twaun Moore, Buddy Hield, Langston Galloway, Alonzo Gee, Lance Stephenson
SF: Solomon Hill, Cheick Diallo, Shawn Dawson, Quincy Pondexter (injured)
PF: Anthony Davis, Terrence Jones, Dante Cunningham, Craig Copeland
C: Omer Asik, Alexis Ajinca, Robert Sacre

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

Eligible for Restructuring: Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans, Quincy Pondexter (as of 10/31/16)

Deadlines:

• 10/31/16 — Quincy Pondexter’s contract eligible for restructuring.
• 12/15/16 — No-trade restrictions lift on Solomon Hill, Tim Frazier, Lance Stephenson, Alonzo Gee, Robert Sacre, Craig Copeland, Shawn Dawson, Langston Galloway, E’Twaun Moore and Terrence Jones.
• 1/10/17 — Lance Stephenson’s $1,227,286 guarantees for 2016-17.
• 1/10/17 — Robert Sacre and Craig Copeland’s $1,050,961 guarantees for 2016-17.
• 1/10/17 — Shawn Dawson’s $543,471 guarantees for 2016-17.
• 2/28/17 — Deadline for restructuring Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans and Quincy Pondexter’s contracts.
• 6/21/17 — Player option for Dante Cunningham.
• 6/30/17 — Qualifying offer deadline for Shawn Dawson.
• 10/31/17 — Team option on Buddy Hield.
• 6/24/17 — Estimated player option for Langston Galloway.
• Day following last day of 2018 moratorium — Cheick Diallo’s $1,050,262 guarantees for 2018-19.
• 10/31/18 — Team option on Buddy Hield.
• 6/21/19 — Team option on Omer Asik.
• 6/30/19 — Qualifying offer deadline for Cheick Diallo.
• 7/1/19 — Omer Asik’s $12.0 million salary guarantees for 2019-20.
• 10/31/19 — Extension deadline for Buddy Hield.
• 6/30/20 — Qualifying offer deadline for Buddy Hield.

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

Acquisitions

• 6/23/16 — Drafted Buddy Hield (6th).
• 6/23/16 — Traded the rights to David Michineau (39th) and Diamond Stone (40th) to Los Angeles Clippers for the rights to Cheick Diallo (33rd).
• 6/27/16 — Issued qualifying offer to Tim Frazier.
• 6/29/16 — Alonzo Gee opted out of the final year of his contract.
• 7/7/16 — Renounced the rights to Kendrick Perkins, Norris Cole, Jordan Hamilton and Alonzo Gee.
• 7/19/16 — Signed Solomon Hill to a four-year, $51.9 million contract, with $3.9 million in unlikely incentives TBD.
• 7/20/16 — Renounced the rights to Kendrick Perkins, Norris Cole, Alonzo Gee and Jordan Hamilton.
• 7/20/16 — Signed Langston Galloway to a two-year, $10.7 million contract, player option on second season.
• 7/21/16 — Signed E’Twaun Moore to a four-year, $34 million contract.
• 7/21/16 — Rescinded qualifying offer to Tim Frazier.
• 7/22/16 — Renounced rights to Tim Frazier.
• 7/22/16 — Signed Cheick Diallo (2016th-33rd) to a three-year, partially-guaranteed $2.5 million contract.
• 7/22/16 — Signed Alonzo Gee to a one-year, $1.4 million contract.
• 7/22/16 — Signed Buddy Hield (2016-6th) to a $15.9 million rookie-scale contract.
• 7/22/16 — Signed Terrence Jones to a one-year, $1.1 million contract.
• 7/22/16 — Signed Tim Frazier to a two-year, $4.1 million contract.
• 8/10/16 — Signed Shawn Dawson to a one-year, non-guaranteed $543,471 summer contract.
• 8/13/16 — Signed Robert Sacre to a one-year, non-guaranteed $1,050,961 summer contract.
• 8/13/16 — Signed Chris Copeland to a one-year, non-guaranteed $1,050,961 summer contract.
• 9/12/16 — Signed Lance Stephenson to a one-year, partially-guaranteed $1,227,286 contract.

Waived Players: Bryce Dejean-Jones (tragedy, 23-year old passed away), Toney Douglas

Traded Players: None

Expired 10-Day Contracts: None

No-Trade: Alonzo Gee (implicit)

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Alvin Gentry (four-year $13.75 million deal starting with the 2015-16 season, final year team option)

Assistants: Darren Erman (associate head coach), Robert Pack, Phil Weber, Fred Vinson, Kevin Hanson, Jamelle McMillan, Elvis Valcarcel

Trainer: Duane Brooks

Basketball Executives

• Dell Demps — general manager
• Danny Ferry — special advisor

Unsigned Draft Picks

• First-rounders: None
• Second-rounders: Latavious Williams (2010-48th)

Pick Swaps

• 2017 — Owed second-rounder from Philadelphia 76ers (Ish Smith).
• 2017 — Owe second-rounder (top-55 protected) to Minnesota Timberwolves (Brad Miller).

Cash Paid ($3.5 million max): $0

Cash Received ($3.5 million max): TBD from Miami HEAT (Luke Babbitt)

Trade Kickers

• Tyreke Evans — 15 percent, but no more than $1 million

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

Free Agents

• None

Amnesty: Expired unused.

D-League Affiliate: None

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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 9/23/16)