{"id":703435,"date":"2026-06-14T11:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/703435\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T11:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:20:21","slug":"examining-spurs-salary-cap-decisions-for-2026-nba-free-agency-after-finals-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/703435\/","title":{"rendered":"Examining Spurs&#8217; Salary Cap, Decisions for 2026 NBA Free Agency after Finals Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">San Antonio possesses one of the NBA&#8217;s more enviable cap situations due to its number of key players on rookie deals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">In addition to Wembanyama at $16.9 million\u2014a pittance, relative to his impact\u2014next season, Dylan Harper ($13 million), Stephon Castle ($10 million), Carter Bryant ($5.1 million) are also on their initial agreements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Keldon Johnson, the league&#8217;s Sixth Man of the Year, is due a modest $17.5 million in the final year of his extension, as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Those contracts are why San Antonio enters the offseason with $151.7 million on the ledger, below the <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2036216759645036724\">projected<\/a> $165 million salary cap\u2014and far under the $201 million luxury tax or restrictive apron levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">De&#8217;Aaron Fox ($51 million) is the highest earner, followed by Devin Vassell ($27 million) on a still-affordable deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio possesses one of the NBA&#8217;s more enviable cap situations due to its number of key players&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-703435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}