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Cleveland Cavaliers

2025-26
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How much flexibility do the Cleveland Cavaliers actually have in 2025-26?

CLE 2025-26 carried $210,391,915 of selected player charges (136.0% of the cap), placing it in at or above second apron on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was creation at 0.0% of the cap; highest measured need was creation. 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.
SupportedAt or above the second apron on selected player charges
Selected player charges
$210.4M
Share of cap
136%
Tax line
$22.5M over
First apron
$14.4M over
Second apron
$2.57M over
Exact thresholds
Salary cap: $154,647,000Luxury tax line: $187,895,000First apron: $195,945,000Second apron: $207,824,000Selected player charges: $210,391,915Source-reported payroll: $211,858,381

Option exposure

Optional decisions ahead — reported amounts, not commitments.
Player options (1)
$46.4M
Team options (0)
None

Where the money maps

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

Salary-to-function mapping covers only 0% of charges — no function-level salary conclusion is drawn for this season.

Acquisition paths

Threshold candidates only — a candidate route is not exact transaction legality.
Second apron restricted trade candidateMinimum signingDrafted player retention
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.