NBA raises salary cap projections for 2027-28, giving cap-strapped teams measure of relief

The NBA has informed teams that its updated salary-cap projections for the 2027-28 season are $2 million higher than previous estimates, with the cap now projected at $176 million and the luxury tax line at $213 million. This reverses a recent trend of downward revisions that had followed a collapse in local TV market revenues, which had reduced annual cap increases to around 5-5.5% instead of the expected 10%. The upward revision provides relief to cap-strapped teams, both for the financial headroom it creates and for the positive directional signal it sends.