Sixers Notes: Oubre, Nurse, Yabusele
2025/04/sixers-notes-oubre-nurse-yabusele.htmlAn 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
2025/04/one-2025-free-agent-to-watch-from-each-nba-playoff-team.htmlThat 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
2025/04/pelicans-re-sign-kylor-kelley.htmlAs 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
2025/04/sixers-re-sign-marcus-bagley.htmlThe 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
2025/04/nuggets-malone-teammates-stand-by-westbrook-after-costly-late-game-sequence.htmlIf he turns down that option, he'd become an unrestricted free agent and the Nuggets would hold his Non-Bird rights.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Non-Bird Rights
2025/04/hoops-rumors-glossary-non-bird-rights-8.htmlPlayers and teams have to meet certain criteria to earn Bird rights and Early Bird rights, but Non-Bird rights are practically a given. … Even a player who signs a rest-of-season contract right before the regular season finale and spends just a single day with his club would have Non-Bird rights in the offseason.
Checking In On Starter Criteria, Traded Draft Picks, Mavs’ Two-Ways, More
2025/03/checking-in-on-starter-criteria-traded-draft-picks-mavs-two-ways-more.htmlBut would sacrificing Exum's Early Bird rights be worth it in order to get Edwards or Williams on the roster for what might only be one regular season game and one play-in game? I'm not sure there's an easy answer to that question -- it might come down to whether Dallas can get Edwards and Williams to agree to team-friendly multiyear deals.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Early Bird Rights
2025/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-early-bird-rights-8.htmlBird rights offer teams the chance to sign their own free agents without regard to the salary cap, but they don't apply to every player. … Other salary cap exceptions are available for teams to keep players who don’t qualify for Bird rights.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Bird Rights
2025/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-bird-rights-7.htmlThe most basic way for a player to earn Bird rights is to play for the same team for at least three seasons, either on a long-term deal or on separate one- or two-year contracts. … For instance, the Hawks will hold Caris LeVert's Bird rights when he reaches free agency this offseason, despite just acquiring him in February.
And-Ones: Rebuilding Teams, Free Agency, Flagg, NBL
2025/03/and-ones-rebuilding-teams-free-agency-flagg-nbl.htmlMany of those clubs will be limited in what they can offer their free agents, either due to a lack of full Bird rights or tax/apron concerns.
10 Players Having Career Years Ahead Of Free Agency
2025/03/10-players-having-career-years-ahead-of-free-agency.htmlWhile the Sixers' hold Grimes' Bird rights, they'll only have Non-Bird rights on Yabusele, limiting their ability to make the unrestricted free agent a competitive offer unless they dip into their mid-level exception. … will hold his Early Bird rights this summer, so the team could go well beyond the veteran minimum, if necessary,…
Central Notes: Dosunmu, Walker, Jerome, Pistons
2025/03/central-notes-dosunmu-walker-jerome-pistons.htmlAs Fedor writes, the Cavs are headed into apron territory next season, but will have the ability to make Jerome a competitive offer using his Early Bird rights if they're comfortable further increasing their team salary.
Morey: Sixers ‘Feel Very Good’ About Re-Signing Yabusele
2025/02/morey-sixers-feel-very-good-about-re-signing-yabusele.htmlWhile it doesn't affect what the club can offer Yabusele using his Non-Bird rights (up to 120% of his minimum), moving Martin off the books will generate some extra breathing room below the projected first tax apron in 2025/26 to potentially free up the non-taxpayer mid-level exception, which will be worth up to $14.1MM, rather than the taxpayer MLE, which will be worth up to $5.7MM.
Raptors Notes: Ingram, Temple, Tucker, Barnes, Battle
2025/02/raptors-notes-ingram-temple-tucker-barnes-battle.htmlIngram will be an unrestricted free agent at season's end, but the Raptors now hold his Bird rights and could even extend him before he reaches free agency.
Raptors Acquire Brandon Ingram From Pelicans
2025/02/raptors-to-acquire-brandon-ingram-from-pelicans.htmlMarks adds that the Raptors inherit Ingram's Bird rights and can exceed the cap to sign him to a new deal in July when they will be roughly $50MM below the tax line.
Bulls Reluctant To Trade Lonzo Ball?
2025/02/bulls-reluctant-to-trade-lonzo-ball.htmlIt's easy to make a case that hanging onto Ball's Bird rights and re-signing him in the offseason (for far less than the four years and $80MM he got back in 2021) would be better for the Bulls in the long run than adding a second-round pick or two.
Atlantic Notes: Anunoby, Robinson, Yabusele, Raptors
2025/02/atlantic-notes-anunoby-robinson-yabusele-raptors.htmlI’m still a Sixers player, and I hope to stay a Sixers player.” Yabusele’s $2.09MM salary expires this offseason and the Sixers only hold his Non-Bird rights, so they’re limited in what they can offer him unless they use their mid-level exception — they’ll likely only have the taxpayer form of the MLE.
Raptors Considering Major Deals Ahead Of Trade Deadline
2025/02/raptors-considering-major-deals-ahead-of-trade-deadline.htmlThey would hold his Bird rights in the offseason if they trade for him at the deadline.
Celtics, Knicks, Nuggets Among Teams Registering Interest In Yabusele
2025/01/celtics-knicks-nuggets-among-teams-registering-interest-in-guerschon-yabusele.htmlThe Sixers only hold his Non-Bird rights, so they're limited in what they can offer him unless they use their mid-level exception -- they'll likely only have the taxpayer form of the MLE.
Pistons Notes: Beasley, Ivey, Hypothetical Trades, Duren, Stewart
2025/01/pistons-notes-beasley-ivey-hypothetical-trades-duren-stewart.htmlThe Pistons will hold Beasley's Non-Bird rights, which will limit them to offering a starting salary up to $7.2MM if they don't use cap room or another form of cap exception.
Kings Expected To Entertain Trading De’Aaron Fox
2025/01/kings-expected-to-entertain-trading-deaaron-fox.htmlBut if Fox gets dealt to that team - along with his Bird rights - prior to 2026, he could sign a far more lucrative contract, worth up to a projected $296MM over five years instead of $219MM over four.
Sixers Rumors: Yabusele, Gordon, Embiid, George, Edwards
2025/01/sixers-rumors-yabusele-gordon-embiid-george-edwards.htmlThe Sixers will only hold his Non-Bird rights, which will prevent them from offering more than 20% above his minimum salary unless use another cap exception.
Raptors Rumors: Olynyk, Boucher, Poeltl, Brown
2025/01/raptors-rumors-olynyk-boucher-poeltl-brown.htmlThere's a sense that the Raptors might be open to discussing a buyout for Brown if he's not moved at the deadline, but it's unclear if he'd actively seek one, Lewenberg writes, since it would mean giving up his Early Bird rights.
Eighteen More Players Become Trade-Eligible
2025/01/eighteen-more-players-become-trade-eligible.htmlHis team was over the cap and used Bird or Early Bird rights to sign him.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Hard Cap
2025/01/hoops-rumors-glossary-hard-cap-4.htmlOnce a team uses up all of its cap room, it can use a series of "exceptions" - including the mid-level, bi-annual, and various forms of Bird rights - to exceed the cap.