Suns Notes: Allen, Beal, Nurkic, Spurs Loss, Schedule
2024/03/suns-notes-allen-beal-nurkic-spurs-loss-schedule.htmlIf he doesn't sign an extension, he'll be an unrestricted free agent, with the Suns holding his Bird rights. … You don’t want to count it, start counting stuff too early before it happens.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Cap Holds
2024/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-cap-holds-8.htmlEach of Indiana's own free agents will be assigned a free agent amount - or "cap hold" - until the player signs a new contract or the Pacers renounce his rights. … Early Bird player: 130% of previous salary.
2024 Free Agent Stock Watch: Central Division
2024/03/2024-free-agent-stock-watch-central-division.htmlThe Pacers will have cap room and Smith's Early Bird rights if they want to bring him back. … The Bulls are in a tricky spot with Williams, whose season ended early when it was announced in February that he would undergo foot surgery that would sideline him for the remainder of '23/24.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Non-Bird Rights
2024/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-non-bird-rights-7.htmlPlayers and teams have to meet certain criteria to earn Bird rights and Early Bird rights, but Non-Bird rights are practically a given. … Even a player who signs a rest-of-season contract right before the regular season finale and spends just a single day with his club would have Non-Bird rights in the offseason.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Early Bird Rights
2024/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-early-bird-rights-7.htmlWhile the Bird exception is for players who have spent three seasons with one club without changing teams as a free agent, Early Bird rights are earned after just two such seasons. … Bird rights offer teams the chance to sign their own free agents without regard to the salary cap, but they don't apply to every player.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Bird Rights
2024/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-bird-rights-6.htmlIf a player who would have been in line for Bird rights at the end of the season is waived and claimed off waivers, he would retain only Early Bird rights. … The most basic way for a player to earn Bird rights is to play for the same team for at least three seasons, either on a long-term deal or on separate one- or two-year contracts.
Atlantic Notes: Hartenstein, Raptors, Springer, Muscala
2024/02/atlantic-notes-hartenstein-raptors-lineup-springer-muscala.htmlThe Knicks hold Early Bird rights on Hartenstein, who will be an unrestricted free agent after the season.
Jazz Trade Simone Fontecchio To Pistons
2024/02/jazz-to-trade-simone-fontecchio-to-pistons.htmlAlthough he's on an expiring contract, the 28-year-old will be eligible for restricted free agency this summer and Detroit will control his Early Bird rights in addition to projecting to have no shortage of cap space, so the club is well positioned to re-sign him. … The Jazz will also receive the rights to Gabriele Procida, the 36th overall pick in the 2022 draft, Wojnarowski adds (via Twitter).
Knicks Notes: Hartenstein, Brunson, Anunoby, Grimes, LeBron
2024/02/knicks-notes-hartenstein-brunson-anunoby-grimes-lebron.htmlAfter signing Hartenstein to a two-year, $16MM deal in 2022, the Knicks own his Early Bird rights and can go over the salary cap to keep him.
Pacers Finalizing Trade For Pascal Siakam
2024/01/pacers-finalizing-three-team-trade-for-pascal-siakam.htmlThe Pacers will hold his Bird rights, giving them the ability to offer up to five years once he becomes a free agent. … The Raptors will now control at least two first-round picks in the 2024 draft, along with an early second-rounder from the Pistons that currently projects to be 31st overall.
Seventeen More Players Become Trade-Eligible
2024/01/seventeen-more-players-become-trade-eligible.htmlHis team was over the cap and used Bird or Early Bird rights to sign him.
Kings Rumors: Siakam, LaVine, Kuzma, Monk, Murray, Ellis
2024/01/kings-rumors-siakam-lavine-kuzma-monk-murray-ellis.htmlThe Kings will hold Early Bird rights on Malik Monk when he reaches free agency this offseason, giving them the ability to offer up to $78MM over four years. … Ham views Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma as a player who might be a better fit for Sacramento, noting that he has a more modest contract and pointing out that the Kings nearly traded Buddy Hield to the Lakers during the 2021 offseason for a package that would've included Kuzma.
New York Notes: Hartenstein, McBride, Nets, Claxton
2024/01/new-york-notes-hartenstein-mcbride-nets-claxton.htmlThe Knicks will hold his Early Bird rights.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: 10-Day Contract
2024/01/hoops-rumors-glossary-10-day-contract.htmlAt the conclusion of the regular season, a player on a hardship 10-day deal would immediately become a free agent, with his team holding no form of Bird rights on him. … During the early part of an NBA season, a team that wants to sign a player to a short-term contract generally does so by agreeing to a non-guaranteed deal, giving the club the flexibility to waive him without paying his full-season salary.
Trade Breakdown: Chris Paul To The Warriors
2023/12/trade-breakdown-chris-paul-to-the-warriors.htmlThat would require a major discount though, as they’ll lose his Bird rights if they waive him -- they’d likely be limited to offering him a minimum-salary deal unless they remove additional salary from their books. … Dealing three young players and marginal draft assets for a future Hall of Famer who is still effective but clearly in the twilight of his career showed that new general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr.
Sixers Notes: Trade Targets, Harden, Maxey, Embiid, Harris, Martin
2023/11/sixers-notes-trade-targets-harden-maxey-embiid-harris-martin.htmlHe points out that Philadelphia has Harris' Bird rights, which will help with his next contract but would eat into the club's cap room. … The Sixers are currently optimistic about keeping him happy, but Pompey warns that another early playoff exit could prompt him to ask for a trade during the offseason.
Trade Breakdown: Bradley Beal To The Suns
2023/10/trade-breakdown-bradley-beal-to-the-suns.htmlThe Wizards acquired Chris Paul; Landry Shamet; the draft rights to Bilal Coulibaly (No. … Clearly, they needed a change of direction, and that had to start with moving Beal, who had been with Washington for all 11 of his NBA seasons.
Players Currently Affected By Trade Restrictions
2023/09/players-currently-affected-by-trade-restrictions-2.htmlThese 18 players all meet a specific set of criteria: Not only did they re-sign with their previous team this offseason, but they got a raise of at least 20%, their salary is worth more than the minimum, and their team was over the cap, using Bird or Early Bird rights to sign them. … It also includes those players who remain unsigned, such as James Nnaji and Tristan Vukcevic, since their draft rights can be traded until they sign their contract.
Heat Notes: Love, Adebayo, Free Agency, Training Camp
2023/09/heat-notes-love-adebayo-free-agency-training-camp.htmlWhen they re-signed him this summer, the Heat used their Non-Bird rights on Love to give him a salary that's 20% above the veteran's minimum, so he'll earn $3,835,738 in 2023/24 instead of $3,196,448. … As Winderman explains, Miami likely assured early free agent additions such as Josh Richardson of a certain role, and adding another free agent at the same position - such as Kelly Oubre - would cut into that role.
Kings Notes: Vezenkov, Monk, McGee
2023/09/kings-notes-vezenkov-monk-mcgee.htmlMonk, who is entering the final year of his deal, will only have Early Bird rights in 2024 after signing a two-year contract with the Kings, and he is not extension-eligible. … Former Olympiacos star Sasha Vezenkov decided to come stateside for the 2023/24 season, signing a three-year, $20MM contract with the Kings, who held his draft rights.
22 Players Remain Eligible For Rookie Scale Extensions
2023/08/22-players-remain-eligible-for-rookie-scale-extensions.htmlOnce they use up their space in '24, they can go over the cap to re-sign Maxey using his Bird rights. … Hornets guard LaMelo Ball, Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, and Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton signed maximum-salary extensions in early July, while Desmond Bane joined them in that first wave on a deal worth a little less than the max.
Players Who Can’t Be Traded Until January 15
2023/08/players-who-cant-be-traded-until-january-15-7.htmlThese players all meet a specific set of criteria: Not only did they re-sign with their previous team this offseason, but they got a raise of at least 20%, their salary is worth more than the minimum, and their team was over the cap, using Bird or Early Bird rights to sign them. … That means that nearly every team has at least one player - and often more than one - who won't become trade-eligible until mid-December.
NBA Players Who Can Veto Trades In 2023/24
2023/08/nba-players-who-can-veto-trades-in-2023-24.htmlIf any player who re-signed for one year approves a trade during the 2023/24 league year, he'll have Non-Bird rights at season's end instead of Early Bird or full Bird rights. … Muscala and Edwards eventually had their team options for '23/24 picked up, so their Bird rights - only lack thereof - didn't come into play this summer.
How New CBA Has Impacted Summer Roster Moves
2023/07/how-new-cba-has-impacted-summer-roster-moves.htmlEven the Suns, Bontemps notes, were impacted a little by those new rules, given that they opted to fill out their roster with minimum-salary players rather than using their Early Bird rights to re-sign some of their own free agents, like Torrey Craig and Jock Landale.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: No-Trade Clause
2023/07/hoops-rumors-glossary-no-trade-clause.htmlA player who meets these criteria and still decides to consent to a trade will lose his Bird or Early Bird rights at the end of the season and will instead be deemed to have Non-Bird rights. … While explicit no-trade clauses in the NBA are rare, these criteria that give players veto rights for a year at a time aren't uncommon at all, and often end up applying to non-stars, giving them a little control over their own professional futures.