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Do the Orlando Magic have the mid-level exception in 2026-27?

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Only the small one. Over the first apron, the Magic are limited to the taxpayer mid-level: $6.1M for 2026-27 (projected).

Full (non-taxpayer) MLE

$15.1M

Taxpayer MLE

$6.1M

Room MLE

$9.4M

The taxpayer MLE is shorter (up to 2 years) and roughly a third of the full mid-level. Using it hard-caps the team at the second apron ($222.0M).

The rule behind this

The taxpayer mid-level exception is the reduced MLE available to teams above the first apron: a shorter (up to 2 years) and smaller contract than the full mid-level.

What is the taxpayer mid-level exception? →What is the first apron? →What is the hard cap? →

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Numbers come straight from the live Magic cap sheet, recomputed whenever the data updates.