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Charlotte Hornets

2024-25
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How much flexibility did the Charlotte Hornets actually have in 2024-25?

CHO 2024-25 carried $167,210,109 of selected player charges (118.9% of the cap), placing it in over cap below tax on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was creation at 15.0% of the cap; highest measured need was shooting and spacing. Exact exception and transaction legality is withheld without team cap-hold and exception-use ledgers.

Current cap position

Current position on selected player charges — not every cap hold or dead-money charge.
SupportedOver the cap, below the tax line, on selected player charges
Selected player charges
$167.2M
Share of cap
119%
Tax line
$3.60M under
First apron
$10.9M under
Second apron
$21.7M under
Exact thresholds
Salary cap: $140,588,000Luxury tax line: $170,814,000First apron: $178,132,000Second apron: $188,931,000Selected player charges: $167,210,109Source-reported payroll: $171,952,448

Option exposure

Optional decisions ahead — reported amounts, not commitments.
Player options (0)
None
Team options (1)
$2.46M

Where the money maps

Which basketball functions the payroll is actually buying — shown beside need, never blended.

The largest contracted function cost is creation at $21.1M; the highest measured need is shooting and spacing.

7 critical-need functions0 underfunded needs0 redundant-cost functionsmapping covers 76% of charges

Acquisition paths

Threshold candidates only — a candidate route is not exact transaction legality.
Bird-rights retention (threshold candidate)Trade salary matching (threshold candidate)Non-taxpayer exception (threshold candidate only)Minimum signing
WithheldExact transaction legality withheld — no exception-usage, cap-hold, and transaction ledger evidence

Cash cost: Withheld — no cash-salary sample.

Selected player charges do not include every cap hold, dead-money charge or roster charge.

Threshold route candidates are not exact transaction legality.

Cash, cap and economic commitment remain separate; no universal flexibility or front-office score.