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Dallas Mavericks

2016-17
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How much flexibility did the Dallas Mavericks actually have in 2016-17?

DAL 2016-17 carried $98,258,016 of selected player charges (104.4% of the cap), placing it in over cap below tax on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was interior finishing at 19.2% of the cap; highest measured need was interior finishing. 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
$98.3M
Share of cap
104%
Tax line
$15.0M under
First apron
$19.0M under
Second apron
No governed line that season
Exact thresholds
Salary cap: $94,143,000Luxury tax line: $113,287,000First apron: $117,287,000Second apron: —Selected player charges: $98,258,016Source-reported payroll: $102,354,966

Option exposure

Optional decisions ahead — reported amounts, not commitments.
Player options (1)
$2.90M
Team options (0)
None

Where the money maps

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

The largest contracted function cost is interior finishing at $18.1M; the highest measured need is interior finishing.

6 critical-need functions3 underfunded needs3 redundant-cost functionsmapping covers 85% 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.