Sixers cap situation?

[LilRip]

A question for all the cap experts on this board! With Embiid, Maxey, Edgecombe and now Jaylen, what does the future of the Sixers cap look like? Surely they can?t afford to pay all their players? And they must be over the tax right? If so, wouldn?t repeater tax and the like start kicking in?

[Roy H.]

A question for all the cap experts on this board! With Embiid, Maxey, Edgecombe and now Jaylen, what does the future of the Sixers cap look like? Surely they can?t afford to pay all their players? And they must be over the tax right? If so, wouldn?t repeater tax and the like start kicking in?

they are above the tax bit below the first apron, similar to us.  They're not subject to the repeater tax as they've been below the tax line in recent seasons.


https://www.spotrac.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/yearly

[LilRip]

So I suppose that means they have this season to contend, then next season will be a bit tricky in terms of finding help to fill out the roster, and then after that season. . . They might need to blow it up? Assuming they don?t want to hit repeater tax territory.

Meaning this and next season are likely their meaningful years of contention before they lose 1-2 of their core four, does that sound correct?

[Roy H.]

So I suppose that means they have this season to contend, then next season will be a bit tricky in terms of finding help to fill out the roster, and then after that season. . . They might need to blow it up? Assuming they don?t want to hit repeater tax territory.

Meaning this and next season are likely their meaningful years of contention before they lose 1-2 of their core four, does that sound correct?

I haven't really looked at their future cap sheets, but "repeater tax" is pretty small potatoes.  For first apron teams, it's an extra $8 million in tax.  It only applies after a team has finished above the tax in 4 out of 5 seasons.