New Orleans Pelicans
2023-24How much flexibility did the New Orleans Pelicans actually have in 2023-24?
NOP 2023-24 carried $167,403,924 of selected player charges (123.1% of the cap), placing it in tax to first apron on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was passing connectivity at 21.7% 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.Exact thresholds
Option exposure
Optional decisions ahead — reported amounts, not commitments.Where the money maps
Which basketball functions the payroll is actually buying — shown beside need, never blended.The largest contracted function cost is passing connectivity at $29.5M; the highest measured need is interior finishing.
Acquisition paths
Threshold candidates only — a candidate route is not exact transaction legality.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.