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Clippers’ Batum To Decline Option, Become Free Agent

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The Clippers will be well above the luxury tax line next season, but will hold Batum's Early Bird rights, giving them the opportunity to make a competitive offer without using their mid-level exception. … Los Angeles should be able to offer a starting salary up to approximately $11MM using the Early Bird exception.

P.J. Tucker To Become Unrestricted Free Agent

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Miami holds Tucker's Non-Bird rights and could offer him up to four years on a salary starting at 120% of his previous cap hit ($7MM this past season).

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Golden State Warriors

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Golden State has the cap flexibility to make competitive offers to both players - the team holds Looney's Bird rights and Payton's Early Bird rights - but the tax implications of giving either player a sizable raise would be substantial. … The club did well to secure Porter and Nemanja Bjelica to minimum-salary contracts last summer, but Porter in particular will probably get an offer from another team that the Warriors can't realistically match, since they only have his Non-Bird rights.

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Boston Celtics

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We look ahead to the Celtics' offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

Heat Notes: Martin, Strus, Vincent, Q. Jackson

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Miami only holds his Non-Bird rights, which gives the club the ability to offer 20% above the minimum.

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Miami Heat

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Victor Oladipo and Martin are candidates to return and fill a couple of those roster spots, but negotiating a new deal with Martin could be tricky, since Miami only holds his Non-Bird rights. … Since the Heat have Oladipo's Bird rights, they have more flexibility to offer him a raise.

Top 50 NBA Free Agents Of 2022

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Although the Pacers hold Smith's Bird rights, they won't be able to offer him a starting salary higher than $4.67MM, the amount of his declined option. … The Bucks would be limited to offering Portis an Early Bird contract, which would start in the range of $11MM.

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Dallas Mavericks

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The Mavs hold Brunson's Bird rights and could go all the way up to the max if they need to, but they'll pay a penalty for every extra dollar they spend, since their team salary projects to surpass the luxury tax line even without Brunson on the books. … Theo Pinson ($1,941,833 qualifying offer / $1,941,833 cap hold): Non-Bird rights

Raptors Rumors: Anunoby, VanVleet, Boucher, Young, More

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However, Murphy doesn't think there will be a rush to get anything done, since Toronto will hold VanVleet's Bird rights and would be in the driver's seat to re-sign him if he opts out in 2023.

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Phoenix Suns

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We look ahead to the Suns' offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Milwaukee Bucks

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He has earned a raise and the Bucks hold his Bird rights, so they have the cap flexibility to give it to him as long as they're comfortable paying the associated tax penalty. … Holding his Early Bird rights, the Bucks will be able to give Portis a deal starting up to approximately $11MM.

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Memphis Grizzlies

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We look ahead to the Grizzlies' offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Philadelphia 76ers

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We look ahead to the Sixers' offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

New York Notes: Nets, M. James, Knicks, Workouts

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The team still controls his Non-Bird rights and could offer him either a minimum-salary deal or something slightly above it.

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Utah Jazz

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We look ahead to the Jazz's offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Toronto Raptors

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We look ahead to the Raptors' offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Denver Nuggets

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The Nuggets only have his Non-Bird rights. … JaMychal Green ($8,200,000): Early Bird rights

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Chicago Bulls

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We look ahead to the Bulls' offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Minnesota Timberwolves

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We look ahead to the Timberwolves' offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Brooklyn Nets

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The Nets hold his NBA rights.

Stein’s Latest: Portis, J. Howard, Lakers, Celtics, Hornets

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Because he has spent the last two seasons with the Bucks, they now hold his Early Bird rights and would be able to offer him a raise if he opts out. … Assuming the Bucks use Portis' Early Bird rights to re-sign him, they'll have to offer him a deal covering at least two seasons, since Early Bird contracts can't be for just one year.

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