Philadelphia 76ers

Do the Philadelphia 76ers have cap space in 2026-27?

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No. The 76ers are $17.8M over the $165.0M salary cap for 2026-27 (projected) on payroll alone, before any holds.
Salary cap
$165.0M
Team cap salary
$221.4M
Cap space
-$56.4M
Free-agent holds
$35.0M

Their cap salary is $221.4M: $182.8M in active contracts, $0K in dead money, and $38.6M in cap holds for their own free agents and unsigned picks. Even renouncing every free-agent hold would leave them $21.4M over, so cap space is not a realistic path this season.

Being over the cap is normal in the NBA. It means the 76ers build through exceptions instead: their mid-level (if their spending tier allows one), minimum contracts, and Bird rights to re-sign their own players.

The rule behind this

Cap space is how far a team's cap salary sits below the salary cap. It is the most flexible way to add players: cap space can absorb any contract up to its size, with no matching rules.

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Numbers come straight from the live 76ers cap sheet, recomputed whenever the data updates.