New Orleans Pelicans Team Salary

Quick: Over the cap. Under the tax.

Exceptions: Room Exception $2.575 million

Acquisitions: Signed draft picks Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers. Re-signed Eric Gordon to a four-year, $58.4 million contract (last year player option) by matching the Phoenix Suns offer sheet. Sign and trade for Ryan Anderson at $34 million over four years. Traded for Brad Miller, whose $5.1 million contract is only $848k guaranteed. Flipped Miller to the Phoenix Suns with Jerome Dyson for Robin Lopez on a three-year deal ($15.4 million, last two years partial/non-guaranteed), Hakim Warrick, a 2014 second-rounder and cash. Acquired the draft rights to Edin Bavcic. Signed Roger Mason Jr. to a one-year minimum contract. Signed Brian Roberts to a partial/non-guaranteed two-year deal. Signed Darius Miller (46th pick) to a two-year deal (first guaranteed). Traded Hakim Warrick for Matt Carroll. Signed Dominique McGuire to a one-year, partial/non-guaranteed contract at the minimum. Signed Donald Sloan to a 10-day contract. Signed Lou Amundson for the season. Signed Terrel Harris to a pair of 10-day contracts and the remainder of the season.

Waived Players: Dominique Morrison, Solomon Alabi, Chris Wright, Rashard Lewis, Matt Carroll, Dominic McGuire, Donald Sloan

Roster Space: 15 guaranteed

Depth Chart*:
PG: Greivis Vasquez, Brian Roberts, Austin Rivers (injured)
SG: Eric Gordon, Roger Mason, Terrel Harris, Xavier Henry
SF: Al Farouq-Aminu, Darius Miller, Lance Thomas
PF: Anthony Davis, Ryan Anderson, Lou Amundson
C: Robin Lopez, Jason Smith

*Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Free Agents:
The Pelicans renounced all of their free agents to get fully under the cap.

Head Coach: Monty Williams

Unsigned Second-Round Picks: Edin Bavcic.

Amnesty: Left unused. No eligible players.

Pick Swaps:

2013 – Owe second-rounder to Philadelphia 76ers (Marreese Speights, three-way with Memphis Grizzlies).

2014 – Owe second-rounder to Minnesota Timberwolves (Antonio Daniels).

2015 – Owe second-rounder to Washington Wizards (Chris Paul, Nick Young).

2016 – Owed second-rounder (top-55 protected) from Los Angeles Clippers (Rasual Butler).

2016 – Owed second-rounder (top-55 protected) from Sacramento Kings (Hilton Armstrong).

2016 – Owed second-rounder from Minnesota Timberwolves (Brad Miller)

2017 – Owe second-rounder (top-55 protected) to Minnesota Timberwolves (Brad Miller).

Cash Paid ($3.1 million max): $0

Cap Holds
Key: B = Bird Rights; E = Early Bird Rights; BR = Bird/Restricted; NB = Non-Bird;
DF = Declined Option on First-Round Scale; WB = Waived Bird; M = Minimum

Name2014201520162017
TOTAL$884,293$31,413,544$8,010,344$50,598,240
Roger Mason Jr.$884,293-M
Al-Farouq Aminu$9,374,005-B
Xavier Henry$8,003,425-B
Greivis Vasquez$5,375,471-B
Jason Smith$4,750,000-B
Lance Thomas$1,680,157-B
Brian Roberts$1,115,243-Q
Darius Miller$1,115,243-E
Robin Lopez$8,010,344-B
Eric Gordon$16,402,500-B
Anthony Davis$13,668,750-B
Ryan Anderson$12,750,000-B
Austin Rivers$7,776,990-B

What is a cap hold? A cap hold is the amount of space a free agent counts towards a team’s cap. These “cap holds” factor in when a team signs free agents. If they didn’t exist, a team could use their cap space to sign other free agents until the space was gone, and then re-sign their own free agents using the Bird exception. A cap hold cannot exceed the maximum contract offer that player can receive on the open market (as defined by years of experience – indicated in the table above by MAX followed by the years of experience). The cap hold disappears if the team renounces their own free agent, that free agent signs with a new team, or re-signs with the same team.

Notes: A free agent does not become restricted until the team issues a qualifying offer. If a player’s option on a first-round rookie scale contract is declined (DF), the most the team can pay is the amount of the declined option (without using a larger exception or cap room). Should a player allow for their Bird Rights to be waived during the season in trade (WB), the most the team can pay is 120% of their prior salary (without using a larger exception or cap room).

Qualifying offers do not count towards the total team salary for that season and are informational only.

Unsigned first-round picks (UF) are not guaranteed until signed but their salary counts against the cap during the offseason. A typical UF gets a bump of 120% upon signing.

Players with at least three years of experience who are signed to a one-year, vet-min contract are only charged $854,389 to the cap and tax. Actual salary amount, which applies to trades is listed under notes.

“Camp invites” can put a team over the hard cap but the math must be resolved by opening night.

Salary and team data changes quite often. If you notice a discrepancy, please notify HOOPSWORLD Senior Writer Eric Pincus.

(Updated 3/29/2013)