Draft Notes: Wolves, Oladipo, Muhammad, Nets
2013/05/draft-notes-2-2.htmlThey'll likely be targeting players that can help them immediately since they have no cap room and their mini mid-level exception will be used on Bojan Bogdanovic.
Offseason Outlook: Atlanta Hawks
2013/05/offseason-outlook-atlanta-hawks.htmlThe Hawks enter the offseason with as much of a clean slate as any team can have, with the exception of an expansion franchise. … Atlanta will have enough room for a pair of max-contract free agents, even if they're Dwight Howard and Chris Paul, whose maximum salaries are the largest of any free agents on the market this summer.
Offseason Outlook: Chicago Bulls
2013/05/offseason-outlook-chicago-bulls.htmlThe Bulls have Non-Bird rights on both, allowing them to go no more than 120% over their salaries from this past season to re-sign them, unless Chicago dips into its mid-level exception. … Still, if the Bulls are confident Boozer can produce in the postseason, they're probably better off keeping him, since amnestying him wouldn't create enough cap room to replace him with a player who's likely to do any better.
Offseason Outlook: Toronto Raptors
2013/05/offseason-outlook-toronto-raptors.htmlIf Toronto is able to trade him and get a decent power forward in return (say, Carlos Boozer or Kris Humphries), the team could pursue a backup point guard with its mid-level exception. … And the lack of cap room can be attributed at least in part to a blockbuster in-season trade that sent Ed Davis and Jose Calderon's big expiring contract to the Grizzlies and Pistons, respectively, in exchange for Rudy Gay.
Rockets Shopping Robinson For More Cap Space
2013/05/rockets-shopping-robinson-for-more-cap-space.htmlIn addition to targeting teams with cap space, Wojnarowski adds that Houston is seeking a trade package that could include assets in the form of a trade exception, draft pick, or non-guaranteed contracts that could be unloaded. … Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports reports that the Rockets are trying to deal Thomas Robinson in an effort to clear more cap room for a run at Dwight Howard.
Free Agent Stock Watch: Nate Robinson
2013/06/free-agent-stock-watch-nate-robinson.htmlThe Bulls have Robinson's Non-Bird rights, so unless they dip into their mid-level exception, the most they can pay him next season is $1,519,172, an amount equal to 120% of the minimum salary for a player with eight years of experience. … That doesn't leave much room for Robinson.
Implications Of Projected ’13/14 Cap, Tax Figures
2013/06/implications-of-a-possible-585mm-salary-cap.htmlThat would mean that teams acquiring a player via sign-and-trade, using the bi-annual exception, or using more than $3,182,700 in first-year mid-level exception money wouldn't be able to exceed that $75.6MM hard cap for the remainder of the season. … With a $58.5MM cap, each team would have to make at least one trade to clear the room necessary for Howard's max first-year salary (about $20.51MM).
Offseason Outlook: New York Knicks
2013/06/offseason-outlook-new-york-knicks.htmlFor taxpaying teams, there are generally four ways to attempt to improve the roster, outside of simply signing players to minimum-salary deals: Drafting players, making trades (though sign-and-trades are no longer an option), using the taxpayer mid-level exception to sign free agents, and using some form of Bird exception to re-sign your own free agents. … When added to a team salary that already includes massive, eight-figure annual salaries for Carmelo Anthony, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Tyson Chandler, those deals don't leave a whole little of wiggle room to make further upgrades.
Offseason Outlook: Charlotte Bobcats
2013/06/offseason-outlook-charlotte-bobcats.htmlI don't expect him to warrant an annual salary for much more than his approximately $4.5MM qualifying offer, but I could see him winding up with a three- or four-year offer equivalent to the value of the full mid-level exception, with a starting salary of $5.15MM. … The team could amnesty Tyrus Thomas, who has two years and $18,082,645 left on his contract, to create more cap room.
Offseason Outlook: San Antonio Spurs
2013/06/offseason-outlook-san-antonio-spurs.htmlIf Splitter gets such a deal from the Spurs, and Neal receives a modest raise to return, the team won't have any cap space, and will have to use its mid-level exception to add another rotation player. … Agreeing to a new deal with him early on in the offseason will allow the Spurs to reduce that big cap hit to his new salary, potentially something below $5MM, giving the team room to pursue other players.
Cavs, Bulls, Spurs Talking Thomas Robinson
2013/06/rockets-in-advanced-talks-for-thomas-robinson.htmlThe Bulls would be able to accommodate such a deal, since Chicago has a $5MM trade exception that could absorb Robinson's salary. … It's not clear whether the Cavs have quite enough room to take on Robinson's salary this week, since 2012/13 salaries still apply up until June 30th, but they'll have plenty of cap space available in July, so they could reach an agreement with Houston this week and make it official next month.
Nate Robinson Likely To Part Ways With Bulls
2013/06/nate-robinson-likely-to-part-ways-with-bulls.htmlWhen Chuck Myron of Hoops Rumors examined Robinson's free agent stock earlier this month, he noted that there wouldn't be much room for the 29-year-old in the Bulls backcourt, and suggested that a contending team looking to spend part or all of its mid-level exception on a backup point guard might be a fit.
Wizards Eyeing Webster, Jamison, Maynor
2013/07/wizards-eyeing-webster-jamison-maynor.htmlAccording to Aldridge, Washington would probably use part, but not all, of its mid-level exception to bring back Webster (Twitter links). … 2:30pm: The Wizards view Webster as a "great locker-room voice" and are hoping to get him locked up quickly, says TNT's David Aldridge.
Bird Rights For Millsap, Jack To Be Renounced
2013/07/bird-rights-for-millsap-jack-to-be-renounced.htmlThat means that the Jazz could no longer offer Millsap more than the $2.65MM room exception to re-sign in Utah. … Like Millsap, Jack now won't be eligible for more than the $2.65MM room exception if he hopes to re-sign with his former team.
Paul Millsap, Hawks In Serious Discussions
2013/07/paul-millsap-hawks-in-serious-discussions.htmlThe Jazz renounced their rights to Millsap earlier today, limiting Utah to re-signing him for no more than their $2.65MM room exception. … Conversely, the Hawks have plenty of cap room to sign the power forward to a much larger deal.
The Warriors And The Salary Cap
2013/07/the-warriors-and-the-salary-cap.htmlThe Warriors would also lose access to their full $5.15MM mid-level exception, gaining instead the much more modest $2.65MM room exception assigned to under-the-cap teams. … On top of that, Golden State would have to renounce three significant traded player exceptions acquired in the deal with the Jazz, worth the equivalent of Jefferson's, Biedrins', and Rush's salaries.
Blazers Waive Sasha Pavlovic
2013/07/blazers-waive-sasha-pavlovic.htmlPavlovic was set to earn close to $1.4MM this season and nearly $1.5MM in 2014/15, so his release figures to give the Blazers a little more wiggle room under the cap.
Wizards Sign Otto Porter, Glen Rice Jr.
2013/07/wizards-sign-otto-porter-glen-rice-jr.htmlThe terms of Rice's deal aren't known, but the Wizards are believed to have committed their mid-level exception to Martell Webster and their bi-annual exception to Eric Maynor. … If that's the case, it would leave room for just a minimum-salary contract for Rice.
Spurs Made Run At Andrei Kirilenko
2013/07/spurs-made-run-at-andrei-kirilenko.htmlAlthough San Antonio seriously considered a multiyear offer for Kirilenko, the club doesn't have the cap space or exception room to add the Russian forward without a sign-and-trade.
Trail Blazers Sign Allen Crabbe
2013/07/trail-blazers-to-sign-allen-crabbe.htmlIf Crabbe receives more than the minimum, Portland can use either its cap space or a portion of its room exception for the deal.
Bucks Exploring Luke Ridnour Trade
2013/07/bucks-exploring-luke-ridnour-trade.htmlAccording to Stein (Twitter link), the Thunder are willing to participate in a Martin sign-and-trade in order to acquire a trade exception, but perhaps they'll acquire a small-salary player like Chris Johnson from the Wolves in the proposed deal as well. … As the Timberwolves continue to explore ways to create enough room to bring aboard Corey Brewer, the Bucks have emerged as a potential destination for trade candidate Luke Ridnour, according to ESPN.com's Marc Stein.
Clippers Re-Sign Matt Barnes
2013/07/clippers-to-re-sign-matt-barnes.htmlSpears of Yahoo! Sports (via Twitter), which means the Clippers appear to be using a portion of their mid-level exception to get it done. … still has room to sign another veteran for more than the minimum, though the player would have to come fairly cheap.
Cavs May Make Run At Andrei Kirilenko
2013/07/cavs-may-make-run-at-andrei-kirilenko.htmlIf the Cavs are out of cap space, they could use their $2.652MM room exception, so either way, they don't have much room to give Kirilenko a salary that comes close to what he turned down from Minnesota. … Bob Finnan tweets that the Bynum deal exhausted the Cavs' cap room, though I believe they'll still have about $3MM left once Bynum signs his contract.
Renounced Players: Wednesday
2013/07/pelicans-pistons-clippers-renounce-players.htmlOnce a player is renounced, his previous team has no more claim to him that any other team -- he could still be re-signed, but it would have to be done using cap space or an exception. … In order to clear cap room for their signings, the Pistons renounced Will Bynum, Jose Calderon, Vernon Macklin, Corey Maggette, Jason Maxiell, and Ben Wallace, according to RealGM's transactions log.
Spurs Sign Marco Belinelli To Two-Year Deal
2013/07/spurs-to-sign-marco-belinelli-to-three-year-deal.htmlThe 27-year-old signed for the bi-annual exception last summer, and will receive a slight raise this year. … Alternately, Belinelli could be signed using cap room if the club decides to amnesty Matt Bonner and let Gary Neal walk, but I think that scenario is probably less likely.