Max Cap Room
$30.2 million, not including their 1st round pick
$8.8 million Room Mid-Level Exception

Potential Free Agents

• Tre Mann ($14.7 million cap hold, $7 million Qualifying Offer, Full Bird Rights, Restricted)

• Vasilije Micic ($8.1 million team option, $10 million cap hold, Early Bird Rights, Restricted)

• Cody Martin ($8.7 million non-guaranteed salary)

• Nick Richards ($5 million non-guaranteed salary)

• Seth Curry ($2.3 million cap hold, Early Bird Rights, Unrestricted)

• Taj Gibson ($2.3 million cap hold, Non-Bird Rights, Unrestricted)

Summary

The Hornets could have roughly $30 million in cap space (not including their first round pick), but retaining or re-signing any of their own potential free agents would cut into that. They also could end up operating over the cap.

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If Martin and Richards are retained, the Hornets will have about $55 million below the luxury tax with 10 players under contract (not including their first round pick), which might be enough to re-sign their own key free agents while still having the $14.1 million Non-Taxpayer MLE and the $5.1 million Bi-Annual Exception to add talent, if they end up operating over the cap.

Potential Free Agency Targets
Perimeter Defense:

• De'Anthony Melton

• Nickeil Alexander-Walker

• Alex Caruso

Wing Depth:

• Kenyon Martin, Jr.

• Bruce Brown

• Taurean Prince

Shooting:

• Bones Hyland

• Luke Kennard

• Bojan Bogdanovic