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2021-22Latest available releaseLive database
How much flexibility did the Phoenix Suns actually have in 2021-22?
PHX 2021-22 carried $129,977,221 of selected player charges (115.6% of the cap), placing it in over cap below tax on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was passing connectivity at 21.8% of the cap; highest measured need was rim protection. 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
$130.0M
Share of cap
116%
Tax line
$6.63M under
First apron
$13.0M 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: $129,977,221
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 passing connectivity at $24.6M; the highest measured need is rim protection.
2 critical-need functions2 underfunded needs6 redundant-cost functionsmapping covers 87% 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
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.