2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Sacramento Kings
2024/06/2024-nba-offseason-preview-sacramento-kings.htmlFor one, Sacramento only holds the 26-year-old's Early Bird rights, which means the team can offer up to a 75% raise on his previous $9.95MM salary (with 8% annual raises in subsequent years). … Kessler Edwards ($2,409,870 qualifying offer / $2,409,870 cap hold): Early Bird rights
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Houston Rockets
2024/06/2024-nba-offseason-preview-houston-rockets.htmlHouston also owns Brooklyn’s unprotected 2026 first-rounder and has swap rights in 2025 and 2027.
OG Anunoby To Hear Rival Offers In Free Agency?
2024/05/og-anunoby-to-hear-rival-offers-in-free-agency.htmlAnunoby retained his Bird rights when he was traded from Toronto to New York at the end of December.
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Chicago Bulls
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-chicago-bulls.htmlWe look ahead to the Bulls' 2024 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Atlanta Hawks
2024/06/2024-nba-offseason-preview-atlanta-hawks.htmlAtlanta will definitely be hoping it doesn't win the lottery again in any of the next three years -- as part of the Dejounte Murray deal, the Spurs control Atlanta's unprotected first-round picks in 2025 and 2027 and they have swap rights with the Hawks in '26.
Southwest Notes: Doncic, Jones, Irving, Murphy
2024/05/southwest-notes-doncic-kidd-irving-murphy.htmlDallas will only hold the forward's Non-Bird rights, limiting the team's ability to offer a raise.
Suns Notes: Budenholzer, O’Neale, Eubanks, Gordon, Okogie
2024/05/suns-notes-budenholzer-oneale-eubanks-gordon-okogie.htmlPhoenix holds Early Bird rights on Okogie, so Smith sees a new contract in the $5-8MM range as another way to create tradable salary.
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Utah Jazz
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-utah-jazz.htmlWe look ahead to the Jazz's 2024 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Memphis Grizzlies
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-memphis-grizzlies.htmlThe Knicks could just use their Early Bird rights on Isaiah Hartenstein to outbid Memphis if the Grizzlies offer him the full MLE. … Yuta Watanabe ($2,654,644): Non-Bird rights
Mavericks Notes: Jones, Doncic, Irving, Lively
2024/05/mavericks-notes-jones-doncic-irving-lively.htmlThe Mavericks will only hold Jones' Non-Bird rights, which allow for a raise of just 20% above his minimum, so they may have to dip into their mid-level exception to make him a competitive offer.
Jack White Signs With Melbourne United
2024/05/jack-white-signs-with-melbourne-united.htmlWhite signed with the Grizzlies during the final days of the regular season, but because it was a hardship contract, it expired immediately after Memphis' final regular season game and didn't give the team any form of Bird rights on him. … Travers just finished the first season of his three-year contract with Melbourne, but his NBA rights are held by the…
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: San Antonio Spurs
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-san-antonio-spurs.html8 overall pick after the Raptors slid down two spots -- Toronto would have kept the selection if it had landed in the top six (San Antonio acquired the rights to the pick in last year's Jakob Poeltl trade).
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Toronto Raptors
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-toronto-raptors.htmlNon-Bird rights aren't worth much for a player coming off a minimum or near-minimum salary, but due to his oversized 2023/24 cap hit, Brown's Non-Bird rights could accommodate a starting salary worth up to $26.4MM. … The versatile wing had plenty of suitors in the range of the full mid-level (approximately $12-13MM) last season -- it's possible the Raptors could use their Non-Bird rights to give him a multiyear deal in that neighborhood and sign-and-trade him to an over-the-cap team intent on using its MLE on someone else.
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Portland Trail Blazers
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-portland-trail-blazers.htmlWe look ahead to the Trail Blazers' 2024 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Charlotte Hornets
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-charlotte-hornets.htmlWe look ahead to the Hornets' 2024 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Washington Wizards
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-washington-wizards.htmlBut New York also only has Hartenstein's Early Bird rights and is limited to offering him a deal that starts at about $16MM per year. … Richaun Holmes ($12,876,780): Bird rights
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Detroit Pistons
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-detroit-pistons.htmlAfter using up that room, they'd be able to go over the cap to re-sign Fontecchio using his Early Bird rights, which I expect they'll do. … Evan Fournier ($19,000,000): Bird rights
Knicks Notes: Hart, Rotation, Hartenstein, Brunson, DiVincenzo
2024/05/knicks-notes-hart-rotation-hartenstein-brunson-divincenzo.htmlHolding Hartenstein's Early Bird rights, the Knicks will be able to offer him a starting salary worth up to approximately $16MM.
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Brooklyn Nets
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-brooklyn-nets.html3 overall) and 2026, along with swap rights in 2025 and 2027.
Pacific Notes: Harden, Leonard, Russell, Huerter
2024/04/pacific-notes-harden-leonard-russell-huerter.htmlThe Clippers will hold his full Bird rights though, putting them in a good position to bring him back.
Heat Notes: Martin, Highsmith, Shooting, Adjustments, Butler
2024/04/heat-notes-martin-highsmith-shooting-playoff-adjustments-butler.htmlJackson notes that while the Heat own the Bird rights for both players, re-signing both, or either, would put them over or extremely close to the restrictive second tax apron.
Nets’ Fernandez, Marks Call Re-Signing Claxton Top Offseason Priority
2024/04/nets-fernandez-marks-call-re-signing-claxton-top-offseason-priority.htmlAlthough his previous contract only covered two seasons, Claxton was with the Nets for three years before that, so the team will have his full Bird rights.
NBA Team Option Decisions For 2024/25
2024/04/nba-team-option-decisions-for-2024-25.htmlHowever, 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.
Kings Notes: Monk, Brown, Ranadive, Offseason, Vezenkov
2024/04/kings-notes-monk-brown-ranadive-offseason-vezenkov.htmlSacramento holds Monk's Early Bird rights, so the team is somewhat limited in what it can offer him this summer.
Spurs Notes: Wembanyama, T. Jones, Paul, Young, Questions
2024/04/spurs-notes-wembanyama-t-jones-paul-young-questions.htmlWhile both Chris Paul and the Warriors have said they have mutual interest in a reunion, that's far from a lock, since they'll lose his Bird rights if they waive his non-guaranteed $30MM salary for next season.