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Dallas Mavericks

2023-24
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How much flexibility did the Dallas Mavericks actually have in 2023-24?

DAL 2023-24 carried $167,755,884 of selected player charges (123.3% of the cap), placing it in tax to first apron on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was shooting and spacing at 20.1% of the cap; highest measured need was rebounding. 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.
SupportedTax to first apron on selected player charges
Selected player charges
$167.8M
Share of cap
123%
Tax line
$2.46M over
First apron
$4.59M under
Second apron
$15.0M under
Exact thresholds
Salary cap: $136,021,000Luxury tax line: $165,294,000First apron: $172,346,000Second apron: $182,794,000Selected player charges: $167,755,884Source-reported payroll: $167,755,884

Option exposure

Optional decisions ahead — reported amounts, not commitments.
Player options (1)
$2.71M
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 shooting and spacing at $27.3M; the highest measured need is rebounding.

5 critical-need functions3 underfunded needs3 redundant-cost functionsmapping covers 81% 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)Exception eligibility requires team ledgerMinimum 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.