Largest Trade Exceptions Available This Season
2023/11/largest-trade-exceptions-available-this-season-2.htmlAs the NBA's 2024 trade deadline approaches, it's worth keeping in mind which teams hold traded player exceptions that could come in handy to grease the wheels on an in-season deal. … Would-be contenders like the Sixers, Celtics, and Suns may consider using their exceptions to try to fortify their benches ahead of the postseason, while a rebuilding team like the Wizards - with nearly $30MM in breathing room below the tax - could be a dumping ground for an unwanted contract -- as long as that contract comes attached to a draft asset or two.
Robert Williams Undergoes Season-Ending Surgery
2023/11/robert-williams-to-undergo-season-ending-surgery.htmlAs Marks observes, Portland could also apply for a disabled player exception, which wouldn't give the team another roster spot but could provide another cap exception to make a trade, signing, or waiver claim later in the season. … They have about $5.3MM in breathing room below the luxury tax line, notes ESPN's Bobby Marks (Twitter link), so they could comfortably sign a free agent to a minimum-salary deal without becoming a taxpayer.
2023/24 NBA Waiver Claims
2023/11/2023-24-nba-waiver-claims.htmlIn order to claim a player off waivers, a team generally must be able to fit the player's entire salary into cap room, a traded player exception, or a disabled player exception. … A restricted free agent this summer, Ryan re-signed with Minnesota on a new two-way contract, but the Timberwolves decided to convert Daishen Nix to a two-way deal before the season began, cutting Ryan to make room.
2023/24 NBA Two-Way Contract Conversions
2023/11/2023-24-nba-two-way-contract-conversions.htmlWhen converting a player from a two-way contract to the standard roster, the team can use cap room or the non-taxpayer mid-level exception to negotiate a deal of up to four years; the room exception for a deal up to three years; or the taxpayer mid-level exception, bi-annual exception, or minimum salary exception for a two-year deal. … Signed using non-taxpayer mid-level exception.
Roster Notes: Grizzlies, Hornets, Clippers, Warriors
2023/11/roster-notes-grizzlies-hornets-clippers-warriors.html19 would be if they qualify at that time for a hardship exception, which grants an extra roster spot to teams with at least four injured players (who meet certain games-missed criteria). … 19, Memphis will have to waive one of its 16 players in order to make room on the roster for him.
2023 NBA Rookie Scale Extension Recap
2023/10/2023-nba-rookie-scale-extension-recap.htmlThe other eight rookie scale extensions signed this year range in average annual value from $7.5MM to $15.5MM, with a handful hovering right around the non-taxpayer mid-level exception. … Maxey is the most noteworthy extension candidate not to sign a new deal, but that didn't come as a surprise -- we've known since June that the Sixers didn't intend to extend him this offseason, preferring to maximize their 2024 cap room.
Rockets Waive Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
2023/10/rockets-to-waive-jeremiah-robinson-earl.htmlUnless a team uses cap room a trade exception to claim Robinson-Earl off waivers, he'll become an unrestricted free agent later this week, free to sign a standard contract with any team except Oklahoma City or a two-way deal with any team besides the Thunder or the Rockets.
Wizards Sign Deni Avdija To Four-Year Extension
2023/10/wizards-deni-avdija-agree-to-four-year-extension.htmlAvdija's new deal is nearly exactly in line with the value of the non-taxpayer mid-level exception. … The contract will cut into Washington's projected cap room for the 2024 offseason, but the club should still be in position to create at least $22MM in space, and potentially more than that, tweets Yossi Gozlan of HoopsHype.
Players Currently Affected By Trade Restrictions
2023/09/players-currently-affected-by-trade-restrictions-2.htmlWhen a team trades for a player via salary-matching or using an exception (ie. … not by absorbing the player into cap room), that team can't "aggregate" the player in another trade for two months.
Teams Limited To Minimum Salary Contract Offers
2023/09/teams-limited-to-minimum-salary-contract-offers.htmlThe Thunder, meanwhile, used their entire room exception, while the Raptors used their non-taxpayer mid-level exception and bi-annual exception. … In addition to being prohibited from using the standard mid-level exception and the bi-annual exception, teams whose salaries are above the second apron aren't permitted to make use of the taxpayer mid-level exception, which is worth $5MM.
The NBA Teams Best Positioned To Make Waiver Claims
2023/09/the-nba-teams-best-positioned-to-make-waiver-claims.htmlIn order to claim a player off waivers, an NBA team must be able to fit the player's current-year salary into either cap room, a traded player exception, or - if the player is in the final year of his contract - a disabled player exception. … Note: This is the maximum amount of cap room the Pacers could create by renouncing the cap holds for their remaining free agents.
Community Shootaround: Nuggets’ Offseason
2023/09/community-shootaround-nuggets-offseason.htmlI didn't love the fact that the Nuggets used their taxpayer mid-level exception on Jackson, but apparently they think he's capable of more than he showed in '22/23. … Green was a key voice in the locker room and averaged 17.2 minutes per night in the playoffs, but he's 37 years old and will carry a $9.6MM cap hit for the Rockets this season.
Only One Team Has Used Its Entire Non-Taxpayer MLE In 2023/24
2023/09/only-one-team-has-used-its-entire-non-taxpayer-mle-in-2023-24.htmlThere are three forms of the mid-level exception: the room exception, the full/non-taxpayer MLE, and the taxpayer MLE. … Our focus today is specifically on the non-taxpayer version of the mid-level exception, which is a bit of a misnomer.
Thunder Waive TyTy Washington Jr.
2023/08/thunder-waive-tyty-washington-jr.htmlA club interested in placing a claim would need to have cap room or a trade exception available to absorb his salary, which eliminates much of the league.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Two-Way Contract
2023/08/hoops-rumors-glossary-two-way-contract.htmlA team gets up to three roster slots for two-way contracts, and doesn’t need to use salary cap room or a cap exception to finalize those deals. … In this scenario, the club would have to use either cap room or a cap exception to accommodate the terms of the deal.
Contract Details: Cissoko, Temple, T. Antetokounmpo, More
2023/08/contract-details-cissoko-temple-t-antetokounmpo-more.htmlBecause the Spurs still had a little cap room available, they signed Cissoko using that room instead of the second-round pick exception, Smith notes, so the third year is simply non-guaranteed instead of being a team option.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Mid-Level Exception
2023/07/hoops-rumors-glossary-mid-level-exception-6.htmlCommonly called the room exception. … The mid-level exception is the most common way for over-the-cap NBA teams to sign free agents from other clubs for more than the minimum salary.
How New CBA Has Impacted Summer Roster Moves
2023/07/how-new-cba-has-impacted-summer-roster-moves.htmlThe Kings and Thunder took advantage of the fact that the room exception for under-the-cap teams was upgraded to allow for a third year (instead of just two) and a much higher starting salary (it got a 30% bump, separate from its year-to-year increase). … The new second-round pick exception looks like a win for both teams and players.
2023/24 NBA Draft-And-Stash Signings
2023/07/2023-24-nba-draft-and-stash-signings.htmlSigned using room exception. … Players who were previously selected in the second round of a draft - or who were first-round picks more than three years ago - are free to sign any type of contract via cap room or exceptions.
Suns Trade Cameron Payne To Spurs
2023/07/suns-to-trade-cameron-payne-to-spurs.htmlAccording to Yossi Gozlan of HoopsHype (via Twitter), the move from Payne to Bol will reduce Phoenix's projected luxury tax penalty by approximately $18MM and will generate a $6.5MM trade exception for the team. … The Spurs, who will absorb Payne's $6.5MM salary into their cap room, will still have a little over $5MM in space available once the trade is official, tweets Gozlan.
NBA Teams With Hard Caps For 2023/24
2023/07/nba-teams-with-hard-caps-for-2023-24.htmlThe NBA salary cap is somewhat malleable, with various exceptions allowing every team to surpass the $136,021,000 threshold once their cap room is used up.
Eight 2023 Draft Picks Have Yet To Sign NBA Contracts
2023/07/eight-2023-draft-picks-have-yet-to-sign-nba-contracts.htmlFirst-round picks signed using the rookie scale exception: 29… Second-round picks signed using the new second-round pick exception: 13
How Teams Are Using 2023/24 Bi-Annual Exceptions
2023/07/how-teams-are-using-2023-24-bi-annual-exceptions.htmlThe bi-annual exception is one of the tools available to NBA teams who are over the cap, giving those clubs the flexibility to offer free agents more than the minimum salary. … Clubs that go below the cap in order to use cap room lose access to the exception.
How Teams Are Using 2023/24 Mid-Level Exceptions
2023/07/how-teams-are-using-2023-24-mid-level-exceptions.htmlA team that goes under the cap to use its available cap room, for instance, receives a form of the MLE known as the room exception. … In addition to receiving approximately $136MM in cap room and being allowed to surpass that threshold in order to sign players using Bird Rights or the minimum salary exception, each NBA team also receives a mid-level exception.
Contract Details: Crowder, Grant, Powell, Green, Lewis
2023/07/contract-details-crowder-grant-powell-green-lewis.htmlThe Lakers signed second-rounder Maxwell Lewis to a standard four-year contract using the new second-round pick exception, reports Khobi Price of The Southern California News Group (Twitter link). … ESPN's Bobby Marks was first to report that the original terms of Green's contract agreement had been amended, with Houston using cap room to sign the veteran forward.