2019 Salary Cap Calculator

Do your best Dennis Lindsey impression by planning ahead for the 2019 offseason.

The idea of entering an NBA off-season with cap room is great on paper. But turning even a relatively clean salary sheet into actual cap space requires some tough decisions.

This salary tool will estimate the cap space Utah will have in July 2019 depending on the decisions they make between now and then. For the Jazz to create space to go after your favorite free agent or trade target, they’d need to make decisions on existing contracts, non-guaranteed options, free agents and more.

For reference: I’m using a 2019 cap estimate of $109M, which means a max free agent will make a starting salary of roughly $27 million (if he has fewer than 7 years of experience), $33 million (7 to 9 years) or $38 million (10+ years).  

Instructions

Be sure to make a selection on each item and the tool will register your choice. It’s relatively self-explanatory, but just in case:

• For players under a guaranteed contract for 2019-20, you can elect to keep or trade each player in your scenario.
• For the Jazz’s own 2019 free agents, make a selection:
  • If you want the Jazz to keep the rights to re-sign a player over the cap, then the tool will update with the appropriate cap hold for each pending FA.
  • If you select to have the Jazz quickly re-sign the player, you must select a first-year salary using the slider.
  • Otherwise, you can elect to rescind, allow the player to sign elsewhere, or trade the player before the February deadline.
• For players with non-guaranteed salary, you can elect to keep the player or trade/waive him before the salary becomes guaranteed.
• Select whether the Jazz will keep their own 2019 pick, acquire any additional 1st rounders or add players with 2019-20 salary via trade.
  • If you’re adding players by trade (either before the February deadline or around the June draft), use the slider to indicate the total 2018-19 salary of all players acquired. 

The tool will work on mobile devices, but displays a little cleaner on a desktop or laptop. Thanks to Adam Back and Ryan Hess for helping me figure out the coding that makes this tool work.

Enjoy! Feel free to reach out with any questions, either by commenting below or by contacting @danclayt0n on Twitter.

Click to start with (or return to) default selections

Under contract

	Rudy Gobert — Select — Keep Gobert Trade
	Joe Ingles — Select — Keep Ingles Trade
	Dante Exum — Select — Keep Exum Trade
	Jae Crowder — Select — Keep Crowder Trade
	Kyle Korver Note: If Korver retires, Jazz still responsible for $3.44M remaining guaranteed salary (can stretch) — Select — Keep Korver Trade Waive by 7/7 (3.44M guaranteed) Waive by 7/7 & stretch
	Donovan Mitchell — Select — Keep Mitchell Trade
	Grayson Allen — Select — Keep Allen Trade
	Tony Bradley — Select — Keep Bradley Trade

Fully Non-Guaranteed

	Derrick Favors — Select — Keep Favors Trade or waive before 7/6/19
	Raul Neto — Select — Keep Neto Trade or waive before 7/6/19
	Royce O’Neale — Select — Keep O’Neale Trade or waive
	Georges Niang — Select — Keep Niang Trade or waive

Free Agents

	Ricky Rubio — Select — Pending FA (keep rights) Re-signs w/ Jazz Rescind rights/signs elsewhere/trade (If re-signed) Enter 1st yr salary:  $2M  25M
	Thabo Sefolosha — Select — Pending FA (keep rights) Re-signs w/ Jazz Rescind rights/signs elsewhere/trade (If re-signed) Enter 1st yr salary:  $2M  25M
	Ekpe Udoh — Select — Pending FA (keep rights) Re-signs w/ Jazz Rescind rights/signs elsewhere/trade (If re-signed) Enter 1st yr salary:  $2M  25M

Draft and trades

	Will the Jazz keep their 2019 draft pick? — Select — Yes No (Using estimated ’19-20 cap value for #23 as a placeholder)
	Will the Jazz acquire additional 2019 Draft picks via trade? — Select — No 1 additional pick 2 additional picks 3 additional picks (Using No. 20 pick cap value from 2018 as a placeholder)
	Will the Jazz acquire players with 2019-20 salary via trade? — Select — No 1 player acquired 2 players acquired 3 players acquired (If yes) Enter total ’19-20 salary acquired:   $2M  $40M
Roster Cap Holds	Roster charge of $897K (estimated) for empty roster spots up to 12:

Other tools and assets

Based on your selections, will the Jazz operate as an under-the-cap team or as an exceptions team?

Additional assets available based on your selections.

Thanks for visiting Salt City Hoops and playing with our 2018 cap space tool. If you have any questions about the salary rules that go into these calculations, or if you run into any problems, drop a comment in the field below or hit up @danclayt0n on Twitter.