Players Who Can’t Be Traded Until January 15th
2012/12/players-who-cant-be-traded-until-january-15th.htmlIf a team that's over the cap re-signs a player using Bird rights or Early Bird rights and gives him a raise of better than 20%, and the player had been making more than the minimum salary, the team can't trade that player until January 15th or three months after the signing, whichever is later. … That includes training camp invitees who made their teams, like Rasheed Wallace and DeQuan Jones, and early season pickups, such as Josh Howard and Shaun Livingston.
Offseason In Review: Memphis Grizzlies
2012/12/offseason-in-review-memphis-grizzlies-1.htmlSigned via Bird rights. … Mayo, which might have been a mistake given his early-season scoring output for the Mavericks.
Atlantic Notes: Smith, Shumpert, Celtics, Bradley
2013/01/atlantic-notes-smith-shumpert-celtics-bradley.htmlSmith holds a $2.9MM player option with the Knicks for the 2013/14 season, and the team would be able to offer him $5.5MM via early bird rights if he declines it.
Odds & Ends: Blatche, Suns, Wolves, Cavs, Lillard
2013/03/odds-ends-blatche-suns-wolves-cavs-lillard.htmlWithout Bird or even Early Bird rights, The Nets could be in a tricky situation if they want to re-sign Andray Blatche, whom Luke Adams of Hoops Rumors ranked among the best one-year contract signings this season.
Poll: Which Guards Should The Bucks Re-Sign?
2013/03/poll-which-guards-should-the-bucks-re-sign.htmlThe Bucks have Bird rights for all three players, and they can give them all more money over more years than other teams can offer. … Ellis can also elect to become an unrestricted free agent if he invokes the early-termination option on his contract to turn down the $11MM he's due next season.
Free Agent Stock Watch: Paul Millsap
2013/03/free-agent-stock-watch-paul-millsap.htmlIt might have been a hedge against losing West in free agency, since the Pacers will only have Early Bird rights on West this summer, instead of the full Bird rights they would have had on Millsap if they traded for him.
Free Agent Stock Watch: J.J. Hickson
2013/04/free-agent-stock-watch-jj-hickson.htmlState product was frequently mentioned in trade rumors, even though he had the right to veto any swap since he was on a one-year deal and will qualify for full Bird rights with the Blazers this summer. … The Warriors, depending on the decisions made by the four players on their roster who have player or early-termination options, will probably wind up close to the apron, making another pursuit by Golden State tricky.
Lakers Confirm Achilles Tear For Kobe Bryant
2013/04/mri-confirms-achilles-tear-for-kobe-bryant.htmlThat's not likely, according to Marc Stein of ESPN.com, who points out that the Lakers would lose Bryant's Bird rights if they did so (Twitter link). … Vitti told McMenamin and others that the plan is for Bryant to be ready for the 2013/14 season opener, though…
J.R. Smith ‘Would Love To Retire A Knick’
2013/04/jr-smith-would-love-to-retire-a-knick.htmlOther teams will be able to give Smith more money on a new contract than the Knicks could, since the team only possesses Early Bird rights on him, but Smith said on ESPN's SportsCenter today that he would like to stay in New York, as Jared Zwerling and Ian Begley note. … The Knicks have commitments that would almost certainly make them a taxpaying team next season, so the best they could do for Smith would be to use his Early Bird rights to give him 104.5% of this season's average salary.
Early Bird Rights
2013/04/early-bird-rights.htmlWhereas the Bird exception requires a player to spend three seasons with his club without being waived or changing teams as a free agent, Early Bird rights are earned after just two such seasons. … Ideally, if a team is interested in re-signing its own free agent at any cost, the player will have earned Bird rights, allowing his club to offer up to the maximum salary to retain him.
J.R. Smith Likely To Opt Out
2013/04/jr-smith-likely-to-opt-out.htmlAs we explained earlier today, and as Hamilton details in his piece, the Knicks will hold Smith's Early Bird rights this summer, meaning the team will be able to offer him a deal of up to four years, starting at a salary that figures to be in the neighborhood of $5.5MM. … Because New York only held Smith's Non-Bird rights last offseason, the team was only able to sign him to a contract that started at about $2.81MM this season.
Free Agent Stock Watch: J.R. Smith
2013/04/free-agent-stock-watch-jr-smith-2.htmlWe've already mentioned New York's Early Bird rights on Smith, which would allow them to offer at least a two-year contract starting at 104.5% of this year's average salary. … With recent rumblings that Smith is likely to opt out at season's end, the winner of the NBA's 2012-13 Sixth Man of the Year award will undoubtedly enter the summer an entirely different commodity than he did nearly one year ago.
Non-Bird Rights
2013/04/non-bird-rights.htmlNon-Bird rights are earned when a player spends just a single season with his team after having signed as a free agent or being claimed off waivers. … We've outlined how teams can use Bird or Early Bird exceptions to re-sign players who have been on their roster for multiple seasons.
Odds & Ends: J.R. Smith, Celtics, Davis, Jack
2013/04/odds-ends-jr-smith-celtics-davis-jack.htmlWhile Smith's comments suggest he'd favor the Knicks over other teams, New York can't do any better than a four-year deal worth about $25MM, since they only have his Early Bird rights. … Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress already had Giannis Adetokunbo on his list of early entrants for the draft, as did we,…
Kyler On Blatche, Daye, Landry, Pacers, Spurs
2013/04/kyler-on-blatche-daye-landry-pacers-spurs.htmlThe Pacers won't hold full Bird rights on David West, but West's Early Bird rights will be more than enough to make him a competitive offer.
Free Agent Stock Watch: Earl Clark
2013/05/free-agent-stock-watch-earl-clark.htmlThe Lakers have full Bird rights on Clark, but HoopsWorld's Steve Kyler predicts a one-year deal without much of a raise if he elects to return to L.A., given the team's luxury tax constraints. … That would be long enough to give Clark some stable footing in the league, but allow the team a relatively early out if the former lottery pick can't duplicate his midseason success from this year.
Gilbert Arenas Provision
2013/05/gilbert-arenas-provision.htmlTheir previous clubs owned their Non-Bird rights, but the Non-Bird exception certainly wouldn't have been enough to match the twin three-year, $25,123,938 offers they received from the Rockets. … It was named after Gilbert Arenas, an Early Bird free agent for the Warriors in 2003, who signed an offer sheet with the Wizards starting at about $8.5MM.
J.R. Smith To Decline Option, Likely To Re-Sign
2013/06/jr-smith-to-decline-option-likely-to-re-sign.htmlIf Smith had decided to exercise his player option, he'd have earned $2,932,742 in 2013/14 before gaining full Bird rights in the summer of 2014. … Using the Early Bird exception, the Knicks will be eligible to sign Smith to a contract for up to four years, starting at an amount worth 104.5% of the average salary.
Offseason Outlook: New York Knicks
2013/06/offseason-outlook-new-york-knicks.htmlUsing Smith's Early Bird rights, the Knicks could bring him back for up to four years for an amount in excess of $20MM. … 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
2013/06/offseason-outlook-detroit-pistons.htmlMost high-priority players and teams come to agreements during the moratorium and wait to make their deals official once the date passes, but if the former Raptors point guard hesitates to make his decision, the Pistons must give serious consideration to renouncing his rights to make room for other free agents. … Whether the Hall of Fame guard continues his nearly 30-year association with the team for much longer may rest on the outcome of this offseason.
Offseason Outlook: Indiana Pacers
2013/06/offseason-outlook-indiana-pacers.htmlThe 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. … Indiana could clearly use some bench production, and Granger could be a potent sixth man if the team opts to use him in that role.
Offseason Outlook: Miami Heat
2013/06/offseason-outlook-miami-heat.htmlThe 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. … The future of LeBron James promises to be a topic of nearly ceaseless discussion for the next 12 months as he nears…
Several Teams Eyeing J.R. Smith, Chris Copeland
2013/06/bucks-have-strong-interest-in-jr-smith.htmlThe taxpaying Knicks have Early Bird rights on Smith, but that limits them to a four year deal with a starting salary at either 175% of his previous salary, which would be $5,132,298, or 104.5% of the league average salary, whichever is greater. … 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.
Keith Bogans To Get $5MM In 2013/14
2013/06/keith-bogans-to-get-5mm-in-201314.htmlThe early thinking on Bogans' contract is that he is allowed to receive up to the average league salary as a player with bird rights, which comes out to roughly $5.2MM (link).
2013 NBA Free Agency Primer
2013/06/2013-nba-free-agency-primer.htmlAmong them: Bird Rights, Early Bird Rights, Mid-Level Exception, Cap Holds, Sign-And-Trades, and Traded Player Exception.