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Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Lakers

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

Lakers May Pursue Ryan Anderson In Gasol Deal

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Most offseason signees are eligible to be traded beginning December 15th, but because Anderson received a raise of better than 20% and re-signed via Bird Rights with the Magic, who were over the cap, I believe he can't be traded until January 15th, even though he went to New Orleans in the sign-and-trade.

Offseason In Review: Miami Heat

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Though they brought Harris back without a guarantee and for slightly less than they could have offered him via Non-Bird rights, the undrafted guard's inclusion on the roster is a strong indication of the club's confidence in him, as well as the need for Miami to develop young talent going forward.

Offseason In Review: Atlanta Hawks

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Signed via Non-Bird rights. … Acquired the draft rights to Sofoklis Schortsanitis from the Clippers in exchange for Willie Green.

Offseason In Review: Orlando Magic

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Signed via Bird rights. … Signed via Non-Bird rights.

Important NBA In-Season Dates

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15: Players with Bird or Early Bird rights that re-signed with their own over-the-cap team (on or before October 15th) and received at least at 20% raise can be traded.

Offseason In Review: San Antonio Spurs

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

Players Who Can’t Be Traded Until January 15th

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If 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.

Offseason In Review: Memphis Grizzlies

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Signed via Bird rights. … Signed via Bird rights.

Trade Candidate: Kris Humphries

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With the Nets well over the cap, it only made sense for the team to bring back another player whose Bird rights it held: Kris Humphries.

Atlantic Notes: Smith, Shumpert, Celtics, Bradley

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Smith 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.

Trade Candidate: Tyreke Evans

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There are a few other teams who could find Evans' expiring deal attractive, such as the Mavericks -- if the Mavs could put together a package for Evans, they'd hold his Bird Rights, giving them the option of re-signing him in the summer if they don't land one of their bigger free agent targets.

J.J. Hickson Drawing Trade Interest

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Teams are checking in with Miller first because Hickson is a Bird Rights player on a one-year, $4MM deal and he has the power to veto any trade that is proposed. … The big man will lose his Bird Rights if he signs off on any deal, meaning that it would have…

Nets Interested In Paul Millsap?

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Acquiring Millsap at the deadline could be risky, as he could leave as a free agent, but trading for him would give the Nets his Bird rights, which would allow them to re-sign him despite their lack of space under the cap.

Finnan On Cavs, Varejao, Draft Targets, Speights

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Due to his ability to veto his inclusion in a trade, Speights lost his Bird Rights, which essentially prevents Cleveland from being able to exceed the cap to re-sign him.

Nets, Bobcats Discussing Gordon, Humphries

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But as I noted in my examination of the big man's trade candidacy, Brooklyn was likely motivated by the fact that it held Humphries' Bird Rights and could potentially use him as a trade chip, rather than by a strong fondness for his on-court contributions.

Suns Interested In Al Jefferson, Gordon Hayward

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Although Jefferson is set to be an unrestricted free agent at season's end, his Bird Rights would come along with him in any trade, giving his new team a bit of a leg up in re-signing him this summer.

Nets Interested In J.J. Hickson?

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While that would typically make him a much-discussed trade candidate, Hickson also has the ability to veto any trade, since he would lose his Bird Rights if he's dealt.

Bobcats Discussed Timofey Mozgov, J.J. Hickson

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Meanwhile, Hickson has the ability to veto any trade, so it's probably unlikely that he'd be willing to give up his Bird Rights to be sent to the NBA's worst team.

Magic Still Mulling Possible J.J. Redick Deal

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He'll be an unrestricted free agent this summer, so if any team trades for him, it could merely be a rental, though the team would acquire his Bird rights.

J.J. Hickson Likely To Remain With Blazers

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Hickson didn't negotiate a no-trade clause into his contract like Kevin Garnett, but because he re-signed with the Trail Blazers on a one-year pact and would lose his Bird Rights if he were moved, the big man can block a deal. … As Joe Freeman of the Oregonian observed while speaking to Hickson, it doesn't make a ton of sense for the 24-year-old to approve a deal that would strip him of his Bird Rights, reducing his leverage in free agency as he enjoys a career year.

Mavs Notes: Deadline, Morrow, Howard, Future

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As MacMahon notes, trading for Morrow, who is friends with Dwight Howard, doesn't improve the Mavericks' chances of signing Howard this summer, since the club would have to renounce Morrow's Bird Rights to make a bid for D12.

Max Contract Scenarios For 2013 Free Agents

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Because they kept Howard through the trade deadline, the Lakers retain D12's Bird Rights, meaning they're allowed to offer him up to five years, with 7.5% raises.

Bucks Will Make Strong Bid To Re-Sign Redick

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In that case, the Bucks figure to re-sign either Jennings or Ellis, along with Redick, according to Wojnarowski, who says that if the former Blue Devil leaves the Bucks, "he'll have to take less money -- probably a lot." With Redick's Bird Rights in hand, the Bucks are in good position to outbid rival suitors.

Odds & Ends: Blatche, Suns, Wolves, Cavs, Lillard

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Without 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.