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Brooklyn Nets
National Basketball Association
Salaries & Contracts
The Nets carry a roughly $150-152M payroll for 2025-26, sitting around the NBA salary cap ($154.6M) and below the luxury-tax line as a rebuilding, cap-flexible team. Their books are headlined by Michael Porter Jr.'s contract, with a roster otherwise tilted toward young players on rookie-scale and modest deals.
$154.647M 2025-26 NBA salary cap · Soft cap.
~$150-152M Nets team payroll · Around the cap line; below the luxury-tax threshold.
Rebuild / flexible Cap posture · Roster weighted toward young, low-cost contracts; positioned to create cap space.
| Player | Pos | Salary | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Porter Jr. | SF/PF | $38.3M | 2025-26 salary; the team's largest cap hit by a wide margin. |
| Nicolas Claxton | C | $25.5M | 2025-26 salary on his multi-year extension. |
| Terance Mann | G/F | $15.5M | 2025-26 salary. |
| Egor Demin | G | $6.9M | 2025-26 rookie-scale salary (2025 lottery pick). |
| Ochai Agbaji | G/F | $6.4M | 2025-26 salary. |
| Day'Ron Sharpe | C | $6.25M | 2025-26 salary. |
| Ziaire Williams | F | $6.25M | 2025-26 salary. |
| Cam Thomas | SG | $6.0M | 2025-26 figure; leading scorer on a comparatively modest number relative to his production. |
| Haywood Highsmith | F | $5.6M | 2025-26 salary. |
| Kobe Bufkin | G | $4.5M | 2025-26 rookie-scale salary. |
As of 2026-05-31. Only the top cap hits are shown, not the full guaranteed/non-guaranteed roster table, since contract databases restrict bulk redistribution. Two-way deals and minimum contracts are omitted, and mid-season trades can shift these figures.
Data notes & gaps
- Tracking-based NBA stats (on/off splits, lineup data, hustle, shot-quality) come from stats.nba.com, which blocks automated access — the ratings & Four Factors here are computed from ESPN box-score totals instead.
Sources
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