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Indiana Pacers

2023-24
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How much flexibility did the Indiana Pacers actually have in 2023-24?

IND 2023-24 carried $148,722,330 of selected player charges (109.3% of the cap), placing it in over cap below tax on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was interior finishing at 12.6% 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.
SupportedOver the cap, below the tax line, on selected player charges
Selected player charges
$148.7M
Share of cap
109%
Tax line
$16.6M under
First apron
$23.6M under
Second apron
$34.1M under
Exact thresholds
Salary cap: $136,021,000Luxury tax line: $165,294,000First apron: $172,346,000Second apron: $182,794,000Selected player charges: $148,722,330Source-reported payroll: $148,722,330

Option exposure

Optional decisions ahead — reported amounts, not commitments.
Player options (1)
$5.04M
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 $17.1M; the highest measured need is rebounding.

3 critical-need functions0 underfunded needs0 redundant-cost functionsmapping covers 53% 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.