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Memphis Grizzlies
2021-22Latest available releaseLive database
How much flexibility did the Memphis Grizzlies actually have in 2021-22?
MEM 2021-22 carried $98,318,869 of selected player charges (87.5% of the cap), placing it in under cap on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was defensive event creation at 17.6% 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.SupportedUnder cap on selected player charges
Selected player charges
$98.3M
Share of cap
87%
Tax line
$38.3M under
First apron
$44.7M under
Second apron
No governed line that season
Exact thresholds
Salary cap: $112,414,000Luxury tax line: $136,606,000First apron: $143,002,000Second apron: —Selected player charges: $98,318,869
Option exposure
Optional decisions ahead — reported amounts, not commitments.Player options (0)
None
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 defensive event creation at $19.7M; the highest measured need is shooting and spacing.
0 critical-need functions0 underfunded needs7 redundant-cost functionsmapping covers 100% of charges
Acquisition paths
Threshold candidates only — a candidate route is not exact transaction legality.Cap room candidate threshold onlyRoom exception candidate threshold onlyMinimum signing
WithheldExact transaction legality withheld — no exception-usage, cap-hold, and transaction ledger evidence
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.