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Celtics Notes: Kornet, Holiday, Brown, White

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Boston owns Kornet's Bird rights, but second apron restrictions and a huge projected tax bill will likely limit what the team is willing to offer.

Sixers Notes: Yabusele, Embiid, George, Bailey

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The Sixers only hold Yabusele's Non-Bird rights, so they're limited to offering him a 120% raise above his minimum salary unless they use part of their mid-level exception. … In a recent appearance on the Rights to Ricky Sanchez podcast, Morey was asked if he had a message for Yabusele, who was slated to join the hosts on draft lottery night (hat tip to HoopsHype).

2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Chicago Bulls

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We look ahead to the Bulls' 2025 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

Sixers Rumors: Oubre, Drummond, Gordon, Grimes, Yabusele, Bona

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Yabusele's Non-Bird rights won't allow for much of a raise, so the Sixers will likely have to dip into their mid-level exception to make a competitive offer. … Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey appeared on the Rights To Ricky Sanchez podcast (YouTube link) this week to discuss a number of Sixers-related topics, including the team's lottery pick, Joel Embiid's knee injury, and more.

2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Phoenix Suns

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We look ahead to the Suns' 2025 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

Hoops Rumors Glossary: Cap Holds

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The general purpose of a cap hold is to prevent teams from using room under the cap to sign free agents before using Bird rights to re-sign their own free agents. … Each of Houston's own free agents will be assigned a free agent amount - or "cap hold" - until the player signs a new contract or the Rockets renounce his rights.

2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Brooklyn Nets

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Williams' qualifying offer ($8.35MM) and cap hold ($18.4MM) are quite a bit higher than Thomas' and Sharpe's, so I consider him the least likely candidate to get a QO, but Brooklyn may still want to retain him -- if so, the team would either need to hang onto his Bird rights or set aside a piece of cap space (or the room exception) for his next deal. … The Nets paid a significant price to negate the Rockets' swap rights for their 2025 first-rounder and to reacquire their own 2026 pick, giving up control of four future Suns first-rounders (either outright or via swaps), including one that landed in the '25 lottery.

2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Portland Trail Blazers

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We look ahead to the Trail Blazers' 2025 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Toronto Raptors

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We look ahead to the Raptors' 2025 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

Rockets, VanVleet Push Back Team Option Deadline

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If Houston declines the option, VanVleet would be an unrestricted free agent but the Rockets would hold his Early Bird rights.

Pistons, Malik Beasley Have Mutual Interest In New Deal

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The Pistons got a bargain when they signed Beasley to a one-year, $6MM deal a year ago, but that will limit their ability to make him a competitive offer using his Non-Bird rights -- they'll only be able to go up to a starting salary of $7.2MM using the Non-Bird exception. … On that note, the Pistons also have interest in re-signing Schröder, according to Scotto, who says multiple members of the…

2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Philadelphia 76ers

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The 76ers hold Grimes' Bird rights and face no restrictions in terms of how much money they could offer him. … Kelly Oubre ($8,382,150): Early Bird rights

2025 NBA Offseason Preview: San Antonio Spurs

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We look ahead to the Spurs' 2025 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

Pistons Notes: Cunningham, Bickerstaff, Gores, Beasley

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The 28-year-old shooting guard came to Detroit on a one-year, $6MM contract last summer, and the Pistons only hold his Non-Bird rights.

2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Charlotte Hornets

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We look ahead to the Hornets' 2025 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

2025 NBA Offseason Preview: New Orleans Pelicans

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We look ahead to the Pelicans' 2025 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

NBA Team Option Decisions For 2025/26

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However, team options can be useful at the end of a contract, since turning down that option allows the team to retain some form of Bird rights on the player -- waiving a player with a non-guaranteed salary doesn't present that same opportunity.

2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Utah Jazz

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We look ahead to the Jazz's 2025 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Washington Wizards

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We look ahead to the Wizards' 2025 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.

Sixers Notes: Oubre, Nurse, Yabusele

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An unrestricted free agent this summer, Yabusele is only eligible for a 20% raise on his $2.1MM minimum salary, since he only has Non-Bird rights.

One 2025 Free Agent To Watch From Each NBA Playoff Team

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That won't stop the Pacers from re-signing him -- they hold his Bird rights and can go all the way up to his maximum if they need to.

Pelicans Re-Sign Kylor Kelley

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As of Monday, the 27-year-old big man will once again be a free agent, with New Orleans not holding any form of Bird rights on him entering the offseason.

Sixers Re-Sign Marcus Bagley

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The 76ers won't hold any form of Bird rights on Bagley after the regular season ends, and he'll become a…

Nuggets’ Malone, Teammates Stand By Westbrook After Costly Late-Game Sequence

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If he turns down that option, he'd become an unrestricted free agent and the Nuggets would hold his Non-Bird rights.