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Cavs Notes: D-League, Deng

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Since it appears unlikely that Deng will stay with Cleveland beyond this season, Kennedy thinks buyers would see value in obtaining him now, while he still has his Bird Rights, to have a leg up on signing him to a long-term contract extension.

Luol Deng Unlikely To Re-Sign With Cavs

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The Cavs will have his Bird Rights, meaning they can sign him to a five-year deal with slightly higher raises than the four-year contract he could get from another team.

Central Notes: Stephenson, Bulls

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The Bulls own the rights to Mirotic, who is currently playing in Spain. … The guard, enjoying a breakout season, was told by team president Larry Bird that an extension was on the way.

Poll: Should Knicks Trade Carmelo Anthony?

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They own his Bird Rights, and can offer him the most money in a new deal.

Wizards Eye New Deal With Marcin Gortat

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Gortat would figure to come more easily, since he's already in Washington and the Wizards have his Bird Rights.

Atlantic Notes: Woodson, Brown, Noel

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Since the team would likely have to give a max contract under his Bird Rights, they would be committing to over $26MM a year for one player through his early thirties.

Dwight Howard Promised Trade To Nets

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If Howard had been traded to the Nets, Brooklyn would have held his Bird Rights and been able to offer him a larger and longer contract than any other team this summer.

Players Eligible To Be Traded As Of Today

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Players who received a raise of better than 20% this summer when they re-signed via Bird or Early Bird rights with a team that was over the cap weren't eligible to be traded until today, as long as they were making more than the minimum salary last season.

Jerryd Bayless Wants To Remain With Celtics

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The Celtics have his Early Bird rights, so they can re-sign him for up to four years with a starting salary in the neighborhood of $5.5MM.

Poll: Will Luol Deng Remain With Cavs?

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Cleveland, by rule, can do whatever it takes to keep Deng, since the team has his Bird rights and can give him a deal for up to the max. … Still, Cleveland has the built-in advantage of Deng's Bird rights and nearly four months to make an impression.

Cavs Hope To Keep Luol Deng Long-Term

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With Deng's Bird rights in hand though, Cleveland is now invested in finding a workable deal for the former Bull,…

Cavaliers Acquire Luol Deng For Bynum, Picks

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While the Cavs' dream scenario for the summer of 2014 is believed to revolve around bringing LeBron back to Cleveland, the team will now have a very viable alternative in Deng, with his Bird rights in hand heading into free agency. … The Bulls will also have the rights to swap first-rounders with the Cavs in 2015, but only if Cleveland's pick doesn't fall in the lottery, tweets Lloyd.

Trade Candidate: Andrew Bynum

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It would also make Gasol or Deng very unlikely to return to the Lakers or Bulls, respectively, in the summer of 2014, since their current teams would no longer hold their Bird rights.

Hoops Rumors Originals

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Jonathan also brings us the players signed through bird rights. … Here's a breakdown of early bird and non-bird exception signings put together by Jonathan Nehring.

How They Were Signed: Early Bird & Non-Bird Exception

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As we discussed previously, in order for a player to earn their Bird rights they need to play for their NBA team for at least three seasons. … However, a player can earn their Early Bird rights after playing for a team for only two seasons.

Wesley Johnson Hopes For Long-Term Stay With Lakers

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will also hold Johnson's Non-Bird rights at year's end, which would allow the club to pay him slightly more than the minimum on a contract up to four years.

Trade Candidate: Ryan Anderson

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Still, the Pelicans would have the right to match offers for Turner, and they'd have full Bird rights on both players.

Poll: Is This Gasol’s Final Season With Lakers?

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The Lakers have Gasol's Bird Rights, so they can go over the cap to re-sign him if they want, but unless Gasol agrees to a pay cut soon after free agency begins, the Lakers would have to sacrifice those Bird rights in order to clear the cap space necessary to sign another team's superstar. … Gasol could make as much as $20,250,143 next season, so that salary will remain as a cap hold on the Lakers' books until they either re-sign him at a cheaper salary or renounce his rights.

Offseason In Review: Dallas Mavericks

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Signed via Early Bird rights. … Acquired a fully unprotected 2016 second-round pick from the Grizzlies in exchange for the rights to Nick Calathes.

Offseason In Review: New Orleans Pelicans

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Signed via Bird rights. … Acquired Tyreke Evans from the Kings and the rights to Jeff Withey from the Trail Blazers in exchange for Greivis Vasquez (to Kings), Robin Lopez (to Blazers), and Terrel Harris (to Blazers).

Offseason In Review: Memphis Grizzlies

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Signed via Bird rights. … Signed via Early Bird rights.

Offseason In Review: Houston Rockets

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Brooks and Garcia were clearly players Morey still wanted, and he managed to re-sign them to minimum-salary deals, even after taking the additional step of renouncing Garcia's Bird rights. … Acquired the rights to Kostas Papanikolaou, the rights to Marko Todorovic, the Timberwolves’ 2015 second-round pick, and the Trail Blazers' own 2017 second-round pick from the Blazers in exchange for Thomas Robinson.

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