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Philadelphia 76ers

2025-26
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How much flexibility do the Philadelphia 76ers actually have in 2025-26?

PHI 2025-26 carried $194,187,301 of selected player charges (125.6% of the cap), placing it in tax to first apron on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was interior finishing at 21.6% of the cap; highest measured need was passing connectivity. 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
$194.2M
Share of cap
126%
Tax line
$6.29M over
First apron
$1.76M under
Second apron
$13.6M under
Exact thresholds
Salary cap: $154,647,000Luxury tax line: $187,895,000First apron: $195,945,000Second apron: $207,824,000Selected player charges: $194,187,301Source-reported payroll: $194,666,722

Option exposure

Optional decisions ahead — reported amounts, not commitments.
Player options (3)
$16.9M
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 $33.4M; the highest measured need is passing connectivity.

0 critical-need functions0 underfunded needs6 redundant-cost functionsmapping covers 100% 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.