Each increase is floor($398 × tier percentage), then added to the prior salary. Player salaries are floored to whole dollars.
Team Summary
Manager
Walson
Validation Status
Illegal
Auction Eligible
No
Bird Rights Used
Yes
Notes
Bird Rights over-cap path requires keeping the full 12-player roster.
Verified Keepers
VerifiedSource: Discord
Player
2026 Salary
Rookie
Bird Rights Eligible
AJ Dybantsa
$1
Yes
No
Bam Adebayo
$122
No
Yes
Caleb Love
$1
No
No
Coby White
$35
No
No
Jaren Jackson Jr.
$98
No
Yes
Jeremiah Fears
$4
No
No
Julius Randle
$62
No
No
Lauri Markkanen
$65
No
No
Stephon Castle
$7
No
No
Tyler Herro
$51
No
No
Discord Confirmation
Kings Landing Kings keeper scenario Keepers (10): AJ Dybantsa $1, Bam Adebayo $122, Caleb Love $1, Lauri Markkanen $65, Coby White $35, Jeremiah Fears $4, Jaren Jackson Jr. $98, Julius Randle $62, Stephon Castle $7, Tyler Herro $51 Total salary: $446 Soft cap room: $-48 Hard cap room: $36 Luxury tax: $4.80 Bird Rights: Bam Adebayo Auction eligible: No Status: Illegal Notes: Over-soft-cap paths require keeping all 12 roster slots.
Current Roster and Keeper Context
Keep
Player
Pos
NBA
2025 Salary
2026 Salary
EoS Rank
Inflation Tier
Bird Rights
Rookie
Notes
AJ Dybantsa
Rookie
—
$1
$1
0.0
rookie_entry_salary
No
Yes
$1 rookie salary; counts as one of 12 roster spots when kept. | Rookie keeper does not count toward the 4 non-rookie minimum.
Aaron Gordon
PF,F,C,Util
—
$31
$31
268.0
no_increase
Yes
No
—
Bam Adebayo
PF,F,C,Util,IL
—
$99
$122
26.0
rank_25_48
Yes
No
—
Caleb Love
PG,SG,G,Util
—
$1
$1
333.0
no_increase
No
No
Waiver bid found: 1 | Yahoo Players OR fallback
Coby White
PG,SG,G,Util
—
$35
$35
262.0
no_increase
No
No
—
Jaren Jackson Jr.
PF,F,C,Util,IL
—
$95
$98
121.0
rank_101_192
Yes
No
—
Jeremiah Fears
PG,SG,G,Util
—
$1
$4
112.0
rank_101_192
No
No
—
Julius Randle
PF,F,C,Util
—
$39
$62
39.0
rank_25_48
No
No
—
Lauri Markkanen
SF,PF,F,Util,IL
—
$54
$65
90.0
rank_81_100
No
No
—
Moses Moody
SG,G,SF,PF,F,Util,IL
—
$0
$4
141.0
rank_101_192
No
No
Minimum salary normalized from $0 to $1. | Waiver/free-agent pickup detected without a recorded bid; minimum salary policy applied. | Yahoo Players OR fallback
Stephon Castle
PG,SG,G,Util
—
$4
$7
127.0
rank_101_192
No
No
—
Tyler Herro
PG,SG,G,Util
—
$51
$51
221.0
no_increase
No
No
—
Wendell Carter Jr.
C,Util
—
$6
$25
62.0
rank_49_80
No
No
—
Warnings and Notes
Severity
Player
Issue
Explanation
Recommended Fix
Error
—
keeper_rule
Bird Rights over-cap path requires keeping the full 12-player roster.
Adjust keeper count, Bird Rights declaration, or salary total.
Info
Dorian Finney-Smith
salary_row_not_on_current_roster
Player has a salary row but is not on the current roster export.
Confirm whether this is an intentional keeper-pool-only row.
Info
Kevin Porter Jr.
salary_row_not_on_current_roster
Player has a salary row but is not on the current roster export.
Confirm whether this is an intentional keeper-pool-only row.