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Free Agent Stock Watch: Nate Robinson

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The Bulls have Robinson's Non-Bird rights, so unless they dip into their mid-level exception, the most they can pay him next season is $1,519,172, an amount equal to 120% of the minimum salary for a player with eight years of experience.

Offseason Outlook: New York Knicks

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Copeland and Prigioni are restricted free agents this summer, and because the Knicks only hold non-Bird rights on both players, the club may have to dip into its MLE to match offers on one or both guys, if it hopes to retain them.

Offseason Outlook: Detroit Pistons

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It just means the team loses whatever non-Bird, Early Bird or full Bird rights it had to go over the salary cap to do so.

Nets Rumors: Dwight, Kidd, Prokhorov, Blatche

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Andray Blatche is hitting free agency after succeeding on his one-year, minimum-salary deal, and it will be hard for the Nets, who only have his Non-Bird rights, to give him much of a raise.

Offseason Outlook: Indiana Pacers

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The Pacers can use his Non-Bird rights to ink him to a four-year deal worth as much as $4.866MM, and while I don't think he'll get a contract that lengthy, a two- or three-year deal with annual salaries in the $1.2MM range sounds about right.

Offseason Outlook: Miami Heat

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The Heat could re-sign Allen to a deal with a starting salary of $3.708MM for as many as four years through Non-Bird rights.

Patty Mills Exercises 2013/14 Player Option

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Mills, 24, signed a two-year contract last summer with the Spurs that started at about $1.09MM, the maximum the team could offer him using the Non-Bird exception.

Several Teams Eyeing J.R. Smith, Chris Copeland

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Copeland is a Non-Bird free agent, and the best the Knicks could do for him would be a four-year deal starting at $3.183MM via the taxpayer's mid-level exception.

Ray Allen Expected To Remain With Heat

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Allen's Non-Bird rights would allow him to sign for up to 120% of his previous salary, meaning he could get a new starting salary worth up to about $3.71MM if the Heat were willing to accommodate that.

Clippers, Matt Barnes Discussing New Deal

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That could make a new deal with Los Angeles tricky, since the club only holds his Non-Bird rights, which doesn't allow for a significant bump in salary.

The Poison Pill Misconception

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Because the player's current team only holds his Non-Bird or Early Bird rights, the club would typically be unable to match a big offer sheet.

Latest On Matt Barnes, Clippers

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only has Barnes' non-Bird rights, but still has the full mid-level exception available as well.

Carl Landry, Clippers In Serious Talks

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I would guess L.A.'s preferred outcome would be to sign Landry using the MLE and Barnes using his non-Bird rights, but if Barnes pushes for a higher salary, the team may be forced to choose between the two players.

Knicks Likely To Re-Sign Prigioni, Not Copeland

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Holding only non-Bird rights on a pair of restricted free agents this summer, the Knicks aren't expected to be able to re-sign both Chris Copeland and Pablo Prigioni unless both players are willing to accept discounts.

Free Agent Rumors: Kirilenko, Andersen, Collison

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Here's more on the latest from around the league: The Wolves and Andrei Kirilenko didn't speak about the notion of a return today, but the team hasn't given up and retains his Non-Bird Rights, as Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN Twin Cities reports via Twitter.

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