Sixers Rumors: Maxey, Reed, Offseason Targets, Harris, Hield, Oubre
2024/05/sixers-rumors-maxey-reed-offseason-targets-harris-hield-oubre.htmlAfter using up their cap room, the 76ers will be able to go over the cap to lock him up to a maximum-salary deal that projects to be worth at least $35MM in 2024/25 -- or up to $42.3MM if Maxey makes an All-NBA team. … For one, guard Tyrese Maxey showed this season that he's an impact player capable of becoming a legitimate second star alongside center Joel Embiid, according to Gina Mizell of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Tim Bontemps of ESPN.
And-Ones: All-In Teams, Second Apron, Paris, Larkin
2024/05/and-ones-all-in-teams-second-apron-paris-larkin.htmlHere's more from around the basketball world:salary cap… The games in France's capital will be held on January 23 and January 25, 2025.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Minimum Salary Exception
2024/05/hoops-rumors-glossary-minimum-salary-exception-4.htmlUnder the NBA's current Collective Bargaining Agreement, the minimum salary is adjusted each season to reflect the year-to-year salary cap change. … The minimum salary exception is something of a last resort for capped-out teams looking to add players, as well as for players seeking NBA contracts, but it's one of the most commonly used cap exceptions.
Southeast Notes: Jaquez, Aller, Harrel, Redick
2024/04/southeast-notes-jaquez-aller-harrel-redick.htmlAller, who has already been contacted by Charlotte, has been instrumental in salary cap strategy, general strategy and contract structure for New York.
Suns Notes: Booker, Durant, Offseason, Vogel
2024/04/suns-notes-booker-durant-offseason-vogel.htmlThe salary cap issues will make it difficult for the Suns to acquire a true starting point guard and improve one of the shallowest benches in the league without creating other holes, ESPN's Brian Windhorst opines.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Qualifying Offer
2024/04/hoops-rumors-glossary-qualifying-offer.htmlChristie's projected minimum could vary a little depending on where exactly the 2024/25 salary cap ends up, but it's a safe bet his QO will be determined based on that amount rather rather than the 125% figure. … His minimum salary, plus $200K.
Nets’ Fernandez, Marks Call Re-Signing Claxton Top Offseason Priority
2024/04/nets-fernandez-marks-call-re-signing-claxton-top-offseason-priority.htmlThat gives the front office the ability to go over the cap, all the way up to the maximum salary, to re-sign him. … The 25-year-old was ninth in Defensive Player of the Year voting a year ago and Fernandez believes he's capable of finishing much higher than that.
NBA Player Option Decisions For 2024/25
2024/04/nba-player-option-decisions-for-2024-25.htmlThe state of the NBA's salary cap also often becomes a necessary consideration for players weighing their decisions. … The value of the option salary is obviously crucial, as is the player's performance in the season leading up to his decision.
Hawks Notes: Young, Agent, Murray, Saleh
2024/04/hawks-notes-young-agent-murray-saleh.htmlStill, Young might not have as much trade value as Atlanta hopes, Stein observes, since he's on a maximum-salary rookie scale extension and isn't exactly known for his defense. … According to Stein, Saleh was a "highly regarded salary-cap specialist" with the Warriors.
Kings Notes: Offseason, Monk, Year In Review
2024/04/kings-notes-offseason-monk-year-in-review.htmlTeams with cap space could outbid the Kings, and even if they are able to re-sign him, his $17.4MM projected first-year salary would send Sacramento into the luxury tax. … 13/14 pick (pending tiebreaker), Keegan Murray's growth, trades, and various cap exceptions.
Bulls Notes: DeRozan, LaVine, Offseason, Ball, Roster
2024/04/bulls-notes-derozan-lavine-offseason-ball-roster.htmlAs Marks observes, if Ball's injury is deemed career ending, Chicago would be allowed to remove his $21.9MM salary (player option) from the books. … Finding a taker for LaVine's $43MM salary could be difficult, but the Bulls could benefit if a team with cap space strikes out in free agency.
Yuta Watanabe Plans To Play In Japan In 2024/25
2024/04/yuta-watanabe-plans-to-play-in-japan-in-2024-25.htmlWatanabe's solid showing with the Nets earned him a two-year, minimum-salary contract from the Suns last summer, but he ended up not playing a major role in Phoenix, averaging just 13.2 minutes per game in 29 appearances before being traded to Memphis in February as part of the three-team deadline deal that sent Royce O'Neale and David Roddy to the Suns. … Assuming he goes through with that move, it'll create a little extra cap and roster flexibility for the Grizzlies, who…
Key 2024 NBA Offseason Dates, Deadlines
2024/04/key-2024-nba-offseason-dates-deadlines.htmlTeams can begin signing players to one- or two-year minimum-salary contracts. … Players signed using the second-round pick exception begin to count against a team's cap.
Suns Sign Grayson Allen To Four-Year, $70MM Extension
2024/04/suns-signing-grayson-allen-to-four-year-70mm-extension.htmlWith Phoenix already well above the salary cap, the team would have faced few options for replacing Allen if he had signed elsewhere.
Raptors Notes: Trent, Quickley, Porter, Draft Pick, More
2024/04/raptors-notes-trent-quickley-porter-draft-pick-more.htmlAccording to Grange, it appears both sides are open to extending the relationship, but they'll have to agree on a salary and a role, with the latter perhaps representing the more difficult discussion. … He's wrapping up a three-year, $52MM deal that paid him approximately $18.6MM in 2023/24, and the Raptors will hold his Bird rights in the offseason, giving them the ability to go over the cap to re-sign him or to sign-and-trade him to a new team.
Sixers Sign Ricky Council IV To Four-Year Contract
2024/04/sixers-converting-ricky-council-iv-to-standard-contract.htmlHowever, it's unlikely to include much, if any, guaranteed money beyond this season, given that the Sixers are preserving cap flexibility for the summer and are giving the rookie a substantial salary for the final two days of this season.
Celtics Sign Jrue Holiday To Four-Year Extension
2024/04/celtics-jrue-holiday-agree-to-four-year-extension.htmlAs Wojnarowski writes, Holiday is declining his $37.3MM player option for 2024/25 in order to sign a long-term deal with Boston that will save the team "several million dollars" toward next season's salary cap. … The old Collective Bargaining Agreement did not permit players to decline an option and replace it with a lower salary via an extension, making Holiday the first player to utilize the change in the new CBA, notes cap expert Yossi Gozlan (via Twitter).
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Starter Criteria
2024/04/hoops-rumors-glossary-starter-criteria-4.htmlInformation from Larry Coon’s Salary Cap FAQ was used in the creation of this post.
How Starter Criteria Will Impact QOs For Potential 2024 RFAs
2024/04/how-starter-criteria-will-impact-qos-for-potential-2024-rfas.htmlFor instance, since the Sixers will almost certainly sign Tyrese Maxey to a long-term, maximum-salary contract this summer, it doesn't really matter that he has bumped the value of his qualifying offer a little by meeting the starter criteria. … But the Pistons will have a ton of cap room this offseason -- maybe they'd be comfortable bringing back Wiseman for one more year and trying again to unlock his full potential if the price is just $7.7MM instead of $15.8MM.
Celtics Notes: Brown, 15th Roster Spot, Holiday
2024/04/celtics-notes-brown-15th-roster-spot-holiday.htmlIf the two sides don't work out a multiyear agreement, Holiday will have to make a decision in June on a 2024/25 player option worth over $37MM in base salary, plus incentives. … That bonus was considered likely because Holiday played at least 66 games last season, so it won't have an impact on Holiday's cap hit or the Celtics' tax bill.
And-Ones: K. Smith, NBL, Salary Cap, Ishbia, Gilbert
2024/04/and-ones-k-smith-nbl-salary-cap-ishbia-gilbert.htmlThe NBA shared new salary cap projections for 2024/25 with its teams this week, but the estimated figures haven't changed since January's update, reports ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski (via Twitter). … As Wojnarowski relays, the cap is still projected to be $141MM next season.
Haliburton, Adebayo Now Eligible For Postseason Awards
2024/04/haliburton-adebayo-now-eligible-for-postseason-awards.htmlThat deal, which begins in 2024/25, features Rose rule language -- if he makes one of the three All-NBA teams, he'll earn 30% of next season's salary cap instead of 25%.
Celtics Notes: Williams, White, Brown, Hauser
2024/04/celtics-notes-williams-white-brown-hauser.htmlThe bonus was deemed unlikely before the season, so Boston will have an additional $500K charged toward its team salary. … White's cap hit for 2024/25 is now adjusted to $20,071,429.
Latest On Clippers, Paul George
2024/03/latest-on-clippers-paul-george.htmlWindhorst noted that a handful of teams -- including the Sixers -- could have the cap room necessary to sign George to a maximum-salary deal in free agency.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Proration
2024/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-proration-3.htmlLarry Coon’s Salary Cap FAQ was used in the creation of this post. … In the NBA, the most common examples of proration apply to players on non-guaranteed contracts who are waived before their salaries become guaranteed, or players who sign minimum-salary contracts partway through the season.