Players Signed Now Won’t Be Trade-Eligible This Season
Due to CBA rules, players signed between now and the end of the 2017/18 season won’t become eligible to be traded during the season.
The NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement allows players who sign contracts as free agents to be traded three months after signing, or on December 15, whichever comes later. For certain players, that restriction extends to January 15.
Because the league moved up its trade deadline by two weeks for 2018, any player who signs an NBA contract on November 9 or later can’t be traded this season, since three months won’t have passed by the time the February 8 deadline arrives.
Although this restriction has technically been in place since last Thursday, no players have signed new NBA contracts since then, so it doesn’t yet apply to any specific players. But any player who signs a contract now won’t be eligible to be included in trades on or before February 8 — he’ll become trade-eligible after the 2017/18 season.
The one exception is for two-way players, since the same trade rules don’t apply to them. A player who signs a two-way contract can be moved 30 days after signing his deal. So far though, we haven’t seen any NBA teams complete a trade involving a two-way player.
For a full breakdown of which players are currently facing trade restrictions, check out the following lists:
Community Shootaround: 2017 Draft Class
This year’s top overall draft pick, Markelle Fultz, caught the Sixers’ injury bug at the start of his rookie campaign. Fultz is sidelined indefinitely with a shoulder injury, continuing Philadelphia’s tough-luck run with lottery picks.
Despite Fultz’s injury, the 2017 draft class has quickly made its mark. Numerous first-round selections have made major impacts in just a few short weeks.
The second overall pick, Lonzo Ball, may have a broken jumper (31.4%) but he’s lived up to his billing as a prolific distributor (7.4 APG) and surprisingly strong rebounder (6.8 RPG). Ball’s teammate, power forward Kyle Kuzma, has already proven to be a steal with the No. 27 overall pick. Kuzma leads the draft class in scoring (15.2 PPG) and field-goal percentage (51.6%) while tying Ball for third in rebounding (6.8 RPG).
Bulls forward Lauri Markkanen took full advantage of additional playing time due to the Nikola Mirotic–Bobby Portis dust-up. He ranks third among 2017 draft picks in scoring (14.5 PPG) and first in rebounding (7.8 RPG).
The third overall pick, Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, saw his role expand in the wake of Gordon Hayward‘s season-ending injury. He’s provided immediate help (13.6 PPG, 5.8 RPG). The rebuilding Hawks have thrown power forward John Collins into the fire and he’s responded by ranking second to Markkanen in rebounding (7.3) and second in blocks (1.15) while also delivering double-digit scoring (1o.2 PPG).
Ball is far from the only guard in the draft class to show poise beyond his years. Jazz combo guard Donovan Mitchell (13.9 PPG) has earned a starting spot. Dennis Smith (14.8 PPG, 4.9 APG) has been one of the Mavericks’ few bright spots. The Kings’ De’Aaron Fox (11.9 PPG, 5.2 APG) looks like their long-term solution at the position.
Several others, such as the Suns’ Josh Jackson and the Knicks’ Frank Ntilikina, have shined at times.
This brings us to our question of the day: Which 2017 draft pick has impressed you the most during the first few weeks of the season? What has made him a standout?
Please take to the comments section to weigh in on this topic. We look forward to hearing your opinion on this subject.
Current NBA Waiver Order
Waiver claims don’t happen very often in the NBA. During the 2016/17 league year, for instance, only six players were claimed off waivers. So far in 2017/18, four players – David Nwaba, Nicolas Brussino, Kay Felder, and DeAndre Liggins – have been claimed off waivers.
Nwaba, Brussino, Felder, and Liggins have something in common; they’re all on minimum salary contracts. While a player earning more than the minimum can also be claimed off waivers, not every NBA team has the ability to claim any waived player. In fact, there are only a few instances when teams can claim a player who is earning more than the minimum salary, which is one reason why waiver claims rarely happen.
A team placing a waiver claim on a player earning more than the minimum must have one of the following to accommodate the player’s salary:
- Cap room
- A trade exception
- A disabled player exception
As I noted on Sunday, a player like Mindaugas Kuzminskas is a candidate to be claimed, but his odds of being snatched up before reaching free agency would be much higher if he were on a minimum salary contract. Teams will be reluctant to take on his $3MM salary, and only half the NBA’s teams are even eligible to place a claim on him.
When considering which teams might place a claim on a waived player, it’s also worth noting that waiver priority is determined by record — the worst teams get first dibs on each waived player. Prior to December 1, waiver order is currently determined by last year’s record. That will change in a few weeks, but for now, a team’s 2016/17 record determines its waiver priority.
Taking all the details above into account, the current NBA waiver order is listed below. We’ve also noted which teams can place a claim on a player earning more than the minimum salary. If two teams that finished 2016/17 with identical records place a waiver claim on the same player, their head-to-head records would determine which team gets priority. If they split their head-to-head matchups, a coin flip determines which team gets priority.
Here’s the full list of teams, in order of current waiver priority:
- Brooklyn Nets ($3,396,169; cap room)
- Phoenix Suns ($8,948,187; cap room)
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Philadelphia 76ers ($15,120,873; cap room)
- Orlando Magic
- Minnesota Timberwolves
(tie) New York Knicks ($2,381,964; TPE) - Sacramento Kings ($4,254,216; cap room)
- Dallas Mavericks ($12,526,578; cap room)
- Note: Mavericks would need to renounce their exceptions to use cap room.
- New Orleans Pelicans ($3,853,931; TPE)
- Charlotte Hornets
- Detroit Pistons
- Denver Nuggets
- Miami Heat
(tie) Portland Trail Blazers ($12,969,502; TPE)
(tie) Chicago Bulls ($11,457,398; TPE)- Note: Bulls could get up to $15,046,009 in cap room by renouncing exceptions.
- Indiana Pacers ($6,126,114; cap room)
(tie) Milwaukee Bucks ($5,000,000; TPE) - Atlanta Hawks
(tie) Memphis Grizzlies ($3,408,520; TPE) - Oklahoma City Thunder
- Washington Wizards
- Cleveland Cavaliers ($5,811,114; TPE)
(tie) Los Angeles Clippers ($7,273,631; TPE)
(tie) Toronto Raptors ($11,800,000; TPE)
(tie) Utah Jazz - Boston Celtics ($8,406,000; DPE)
- Houston Rockets
- San Antonio Spurs
- Golden State Warriors
Salary information from Basketball Insiders used in the creation of this post.
2018 Salary Cap Outlook: Atlantic Division
NBA rosters will undergo some changes over the course of the 2017/18 season, particularly around the trade deadline, and those changes may have an impact on teams’ cap sheets for future seasons. Based on the NBA’s current rosters, however, we can identify which teams are most or least likely to have cap room in the summer of 2018, which will dictate the type of moves those clubs can make in the offseason.
We’ll be taking a closer look at each of the NBA’s 30 teams by division over the next week. Today, we’re starting with the Atlantic division. With the help of salary information compiled by Basketball Insiders, here’s how the summer of 2018 is shaping up for the five Atlantic teams:
Toronto Raptors
Guaranteed 2018/19 team salary: $124,628,430
Projection: Over the cap and into the tax
The Raptors have nearly $125MM in guaranteed money on their books for the 2018/19 season, easily the most of any Atlantic teams. If Toronto can’t clear any of that money of its cap, the club would almost certainly surpass the tax threshold, based on the latest cap projections from the NBA.
The most obvious way for the Raptors to create a bit of breathing room would be to find a taker for Jonas Valanciunas, who is due a $16.5MM salary next year. Still, Toronto has reportedly explored potential Valanciunas trades before and hasn’t found any viable options, so it won’t necessarily be easy for the Raps to move his salary. And even if they do, it would take more than that to get under the cap.
Boston Celtics
Guaranteed 2018/19 team salary: $104,650,766
Projection: Over the cap
The Celtics currently project to be a little over a $101MM cap, and they’d go even further beyond that threshold if they want to re-sign Marcus Smart or Aron Baynes, or retain non-guaranteed players like Daniel Theis. Even if Boston is willing to let those players go, there’s no obvious path to carving out a chunk of cap room, so the C’s figure to be an over-the-cap team.
Brooklyn Nets
Guaranteed 2018/19 team salary: $68,601,762
Projection: Up to approximately $28MM in cap room
Our cap projection for the Nets assume that the team hangs onto Spencer Dinwiddie, who has a non-guaranteed salary. However, it also assumes that Jeremy Lin will turn down his $12MM+ player option. Considering Lin will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, there’s actually a good chance that he’ll play it safe and pick up his player option rather than taking his chances on the open market. In that scenario, Brooklyn’s cap space would be cut nearly in half.
New York Knicks
Guaranteed 2018/19 team salary: $68,004,397
Projection: Up to approximately $12MM in cap room
Why do we have the Knicks projected to have far less cap room than the Nets, despite both teams having nearly equal guaranteed salary? We’re assuming that Enes Kanter will exercise his $18MM+ player option for next season, as was reported back in August. Of course, nothing is official yet, and a big season for the Knicks could change the landscape for Kanter. But for now, it seems unrealistic to expect him to opt out.
New York’s projected cap room will be reduced further if Ron Baker and/or Kyle O’Quinn exercise player options of their own, which are worth about $4.5MM and $4.3MM, respectively.
Philadelphia 76ers
Guaranteed 2018/19 team salary: $56,928,155
Projection: Up to approximately $39MM in cap room
Even if we count on the Sixers exercising team options for T.J. McConnell and Richaun Holmes, the team should have a ton of flexibility. A Robert Covington extension would cut into that flexibility, but should still leave up to about $25MM in cap room. If the 76ers want to create enough space to sign a player to a maximum salary, finding a taker for Jerryd Bayless‘ expiring $8.6MM contract would likely be the first step.
Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.
2017/18 In-Season NBA Trades
As we did with this year’s offseason trades and the in-season swaps from 2016/17, we’ll be keeping track of all the trades from this season as they become official, updating this post with each transaction. This post can be found anytime throughout the season on our desktop sidebar under “Hoops Rumors Features,” or in our mobile menu under “Features.”
Trades are listed here in reverse chronological order, with the latest on top. So, if a player has been dealt multiple times, the first team listed as having acquired him is the one that ended up with him. For more details on each trade, click the date above it.
For more information on the specific conditions dictating if and when draft picks involved in these deals will actually change hands, be sure to check out RealGM.com’s breakdown of the details on traded picks.
Here’s the full list of the trades completed during the 2017/18 NBA season:
- Kings acquire Bruno Caboclo.
- Raptors acquire Malachi Richardson.
- Suns acquire Elfrid Payton.
- Magic acquire the second-most favorable of the Grizzlies’, Hornets’, and Heat’s 2018 second-round picks.
- Pistons acquire James Ennis.
- Grizzlies acquire Brice Johnson and the less favorable of the Bulls’ and Pistons’ 2022 second-round picks.
- Cavaliers acquire George Hill, Rodney Hood, and the draft rights to Arturas Gudaitis.
- Jazz acquire Jae Crowder, Derrick Rose, and the right to swap 2024 second-round picks with the Cavaliers.
- Kings acquire Iman Shumpert, Joe Johnson, the Heat’s 2020 second-round pick (from Cavaliers), cash ($2.1MM from Cavaliers; $1.1MM from Jazz), and the draft rights to Dimitrios Agravanis.
- Knicks acquire Emmanuel Mudiay.
- Nuggets acquire Devin Harris and the less favorable of the Clippers’ and Knicks’ 2018 second-round picks (from Knicks).
- Mavericks acquire Doug McDermott and the less favorable of the Kings’ and Trail Blazers’ 2018 second-round picks (from Nuggets).
- Bulls acquire Noah Vonleh and cash ($2.6MM).
- Trail Blazers acquire the draft rights to Milovan Rakovic.
- Hawks acquire Sheldon Mac and cash ($687,389).
- Wizards acquire the Hawks’ 2019 second-round pick (top-55 protected).
- Heat acquire Dwyane Wade.
- Cavaliers acquire the Heat’s 2024 second-round pick (top-55 protected).
- Nets acquire Dante Cunningham.
- Pelicans acquire Rashad Vaughn.
- Pistons acquire Jameer Nelson.
- Bulls acquire Willie Reed and the right to swap 2022 second-round picks with the Pistons.
- Heat acquire Luke Babbitt.
- Hawks acquire Okaro White.
- Lakers acquire Isaiah Thomas, Channing Frye, and the Cavaliers’ 2018 first-round pick (top-3 protected).
- Cavaliers acquire Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr.
- Hornets acquire Willy Hernangomez.
- Knicks acquire Johnny O’Bryant, the Hornets 2020 second-round pick, and the Hornets’ 2021 second-round pick.
- Bucks acquire Tyler Zeller.
- Nets acquire Rashad Vaughn and the Bucks’ 2018 second-round pick (if it falls between 31-47).
- Pelicans acquire Nikola Mirotic and their own 2018 second-round pick (previously sent to Bulls).
- Bulls acquire Omer Asik, Tony Allen, Jameer Nelson, the Pelicans’ 2018 first-round pick (top-5 protected), and the right to swap 2021 second-round picks with the Pelicans.
- Pistons acquire Blake Griffin, Willie Reed, and Brice Johnson.
- Clippers acquire Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic, the Pistons’ 2018 first-round pick (top-4 protected), and a 2019 second-round pick.
- Nets acquire Jahlil Okafor, Nik Stauskas, and the Knicks’ 2019 second-round pick.
- Sixers acquire Trevor Booker.
- Bucks acquire Eric Bledsoe.
- Suns acquire Greg Monroe, the Bucks’ 2018 first-round pick (top-10 and 17-30 protections), and the Bucks’ 2018 second-round pick (top-47 protected).
Trade archives:
Hoops Rumors Originals: 11/4/17 – 11/11/17
Every week, the writing team at Hoops Rumors creates original content to complement our news feed. Here are our segments and features from the last 7 days:
- In several different Community Shootaround posts, we asked:
- Has the beginning of this season changed your opinion about some of the bigger offseason transactions?
- Is the Pistons‘ fast start for real or will the team fall back to earth?
- Is there anybody currently on the Bulls‘ roster who will be good enough to play in the Chicago-hosted 2020 NBA All-Star Game?
- Two former top ten picks are on the trading block. What team is the best fit for Jahlil Okafor? What about for Greg Monroe?
- Are the Thunder a contender in the Western Conference or has the beginning of this season unmasked too many flaws?
- In response to the trade that sent Eric Bledsoe to the Bucks, we polled our readers as to how they believe the trade will impact Milwaukee’s playoff chances and beyond this season.
- We analyzed the advent of the two-way contract by exploring how teams are and/or will be using these new contracts. As of today, 59 out of the 60 possible two-way positions are filled, with the Timberwolves being the lone franchise still with an open two-way slot.
- We took a look at the players eligible for veteran extensions until June 30, 2018.
- We explored five likely trade candidates whose contracts may make it difficult for them to be moved.
- Finally, we tallied up the NBA’s 40 highest-paid players (via salary only) in the league this season, led by Stephen Curry, who is making a mind-blowing $34.7MM this year.
NBA’s Top 40 Highest-Paid Players For 2017/18
While many of the NBA’s highest-paid players are on contracts considered maximum-salary deals, only one of those players is actually earning the largest allowable salary for the 2017/18 season. That’s Stephen Curry, whose $34,682,550 salary is the ’17/18 maximum for a player with 10+ years of NBA experience — or one like Curry who has qualified for a Designated Veteran Extension.
Every other player on a maximum-salary deal is either earning the maximum allowable salary for a player with less NBA experience (like Gordon Hayward, whose $29,727,900 salary is the max for a player with 7-9 years of experience) or signed his max contract in a previous season.
When a player signs a maximum-salary deal, he doesn’t necessarily the NBA max for each season of that contract — he earns it for year one, then gets a series of identical annual raises. That’s why a player like Kyrie Irving, who signed his maximum-salary contract several years ago, isn’t even among the NBA’s 40 highest-paid players, despite technically still being on a max deal.
Listed below, with the help of salary data from Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders, are those top 40 highest-paid NBA players for the 2017/18 season. Why 40? That’s the number of players who are earning at least $20MM this season.
The players on this list don’t necessarily have the contracts with the largest overall value. J.J. Redick‘s $23MM salary, for instance, places him among the highest-paid players for this season, but the overall value of his deal is modest, since it’s just a one-year contract. The list below only considers salaries for 2017/18.
Additionally, we’ve noted players who could potentially increase their earnings via incentives or trade bonuses. We didn’t add those notes for players like Curry and Hayward – who have trade bonuses but are already earning the max – since their salaries for this season can’t increase.
Here are the NBA’s 40 highest-paid players for the 2017/18 season:
- Stephen Curry, Warriors: $34,682,550
- LeBron James, Cavaliers: $33,285,709 (15% trade bonus)
- Paul Millsap, Nuggets: $31,269,231 (plus incentives)
- Gordon Hayward, Celtics: $29,727,900
- Blake Griffin, Clippers: $29,512,900 (15% trade bonus)
- Kyle Lowry, Raptors: $28,703,704 (plus incentives)
- Russell Westbrook, Thunder: $28,530,608 (15% trade bonus)
- Mike Conley, Grizzlies: $28,530,608
- James Harden, Rockets: $28,299,399
- DeMar DeRozan, Raptors: $27,739,975
- Al Horford, Celtics: $27,734,405 (15% trade bonus)
- Carmelo Anthony, Thunder: $26,243,760
- Damian Lillard, Trail Blazers: $26,153,057
- Jrue Holiday, Pelicans: $25,686,667 (plus incentives)
- Kevin Durant, Warriors: $25,000,000 (15% trade bonus)
- Otto Porter, Wizards: $24,773,250
- Chris Paul, Rockets: $24,599,495
- C.J. McCollum, Trail Blazers: $23,962,573
- Andre Drummond, Pistons: $23,775,506 (8% trade bonus)
- Bradley Beal, Wizards: $23,775,506
- Anthony Davis, Pelicans: $23,775,506 *
- Hassan Whiteside, Heat: $23,775,506
- Dwight Howard, Hornets: $23,500,000
- Harrison Barnes, Mavericks: $23,112,004 (8% trade bonus)
- Chandler Parsons, Grizzlies: $23,112,004
- J.J. Redick, Sixers: $23,000,000 *
- Marc Gasol, Grizzlies: $22,642,350 (15% trade bonus)
- DeAndre Jordan, Clippers: $22,642,350 (15% trade bonus)
- Brook Lopez, Lakers: $22,642,350
- Kevin Love, Cavaliers: $22,642,350
- Steven Adams, Thunder: $22,471,911 (7.5% trade bonus)
- Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks: $22,471,911
- Nicolas Batum, Hornets: $22,434,783
- Rudy Gobert, Jazz: $21,974,719 (plus incentives)
- LaMarcus Aldridge, Spurs: $21,461,010 (15% trade bonus)
- Victor Oladipo, Pacers: $21,000,000 (plus incentives)
- Danilo Gallinari, Clippers: $20,559,599
- Enes Kanter, Knicks: $20,566,802
- Serge Ibaka, Raptors: $20,061,729
- George Hill, Kings: $20,000,000
* Reports have suggested Davis and Redick have 15% trade bonuses, but they’re not noted by Basketball Insiders.
Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.
Community Shootaround: Bulls In 2020 All-Star Game
An announcement is expected to come on Friday saying that the city of Chicago will host the 2020 NBA All-Star Game. The occasion will mark the first time since 1988 that mid-season festivities were held in the Windy City. That year, of course, it was Michael Jordan who was named MVP of the contest (and dunk champion, for that matter).
The Bulls are in a considerably different position today than they were at the onset of Jordan’s heyday. So Tim Goldrick of NBC Sports Chicago asks if any of the Bulls’ current roster could conceivably be named All-Stars when the game unfolds in Illinois. While Goldrick goes through much of the roster on a case-by-case basis, there really are only a few individuals worth serious consideration given the track records.
The safest bets to be named to the squad, per Goldrick, are rookie Lauri Markkanen and guard Zach LaVine. The former has impressed over the course of his first month in the NBA averaging 15.8 points and 8.2 boards per contest.
By the time February 2020 roles along, Markkanen would be 22 years old and presumably an even larger part of the team’s offense so it’s not unreasonable to imagine him earning a genuine spot on the roster.
LaVine is a unique case given his popularity as a dunk contest legend. In February 2020, LaVine will be just 25 years old, a staggering realization considering that it feels as though he’s already been in the NBA forever (really it’s just been three seasons).
Will LaVine get enough of an opportunity to showcase himself as more than just a dunker in Chicago? The high flyer has yet to officially suit up in Bulls gear after coming over from the Timberwolves, so nobody can really say for sure what he’s capable of as an offensive focal point.
Beyond LaVine and Markkanen, there are a few dark horse candidates that could see their impacts rise significantly in the next two to three seasons, Kris Dunn, Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic chief among them.
Do you agree with this assessment of the young assets on the Bulls roster? If you had to rank the top five Bulls players most likely to earn a spot in the game in 2020, how would you order them? Weigh in below.
Five Trade Candidates Who May Be Difficult To Move
While trade rumors generally don’t gain a ton of steam until a little closer to the deadline, several candidates to be moved have emerged in the opening weeks of the 2017/18 season. Eric Bledsoe was the first to be dealt, with the Suns finding a taker for him more than three months before this season’s trade deadline.
However, with Bledsoe off the board, teams may find it difficult to find viable deals involving several of the other players on the trade block around the NBA. Several of the most noteworthy current trade candidates either have undesirable contracts or haven’t shown enough on-court value to make them worthwhile investments — or both.
Here’s a breakdown of five players who teams may have trouble moving – or at least finding fair value for – in advance of the 2018 trade deadline:
- Luol Deng, Lakers: Deng is in the second year of a four-year contract worth $72MM, one of the least team-friendly deals in the league. Deng is unhappy with his lack of a role in Los Angeles, and the Lakers – who want to clear enough cap room to make a run at multiple maximum-salary free agents in 2018, would love to accommodate a change of scenery for the veteran forward. As we heard earlier this week, the two sides are exploring trade or buyout possibilities. But trade interest is unsurprisingly “non-existent” and Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders suggests the Lakers don’t want to go the buyout route at this point unless Deng takes a huge discount, which his camp seems unwilling to do. So this situation remains in a holding pattern for now.
- Greg Monroe, Suns: Although Monroe can still be a productive player, he wasn’t a part of this week’s Bledsoe trade because of his on-court abilities — he was included because of his expiring contract. The Suns are reportedly unlikely to keep him through the season, but flipping him won’t be easy. Monroe is earning nearly $18MM this season, and it’s tricky to move a salary of that size without taking back a multiyear contract, something Phoenix isn’t all that interested in doing. There simply aren’t many teams that have a need for a player like Monroe and would have the ability to match up with what the Suns would want out of a deal.
- Tyson Chandler, Suns: If the Suns can’t find a viable deal for Monroe, finding one for Chandler won’t be any simpler. Chandler is a little more affordable than Monroe, at $13MM this season, but he has one more guaranteed year on his contract for 2018/19. A team desperate for rim protection and veteran leadership could be willing to take on his contract, but the Suns may need to sweeten the deal with a draft pick or another asset. Considering Chandler isn’t unhappy in Phoenix, it may make more sense to just be patient and wait until the offseason to seriously attempt to move him.
- Nikola Mirotic, Bulls: Forced to take sides in the Mirotic/Bobby Portis altercation, the Bulls’ locker room and front office appear to be united — they’re with Portis. It may seem counter-intuitive that the player on the receiving end of a punch that caused multiple facial fractures is now on the outs, but Portis has seemingly said and done all the right things since delivering that blow, and his dedication and work ethic are highly valued in the Bulls’ locker room. Understandably, Mirotic no longer wants any part of the situation, but he can’t be traded until January 15. And even when he becomes trade-eligible, the 26-year-old may not have a lot of value — he’s earning $12.5MM, and has provided inconsistent production throughout his first three NBA seasons. Plus, if he’s truly as culpable in the incident with Portis as the Bulls have suggested, suitors may have personality concerns.
- Jahlil Okafor, Sixers: Unlike the other players on this list, Okafor isn’t expensive — he’s earning just $5MM this season. He also isn’t past his prime, like Deng and Chandler. In fact, at age 21, he almost certainly hasn’t reached his prime yet. For those reasons, Okafor may not be difficult to trade, but the Sixers will have a very hard time extracting what they perceive to be fair value for 2015’s third overall pick. Okafor can’t crack Philadelphia’s rotation, and there are serious concerns about his defensive ability, limiting his appeal. Because the Sixers declined his $6.3MM option for 2018/19, Okafor also can’t receive a contract offer worth more than $6.3MM from the team that acquires him, and he’ll be an unrestricted free agent, meaning he may just end up being a rental. A club is unlikely to surrender much for that.
Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.
Hoops Rumors Seeking Android App Developer
Our Trade Rumors app for Android has been downloaded over 70,000 times and receives strong reviews. However, the app has developed some bugs and we are seeking a new Android app developer to step in and take care of the issues.
We are seeking an individual who is able to work on the app as needed on an hourly or daily basis, hopefully over the long-term. While we may explore new features in 2018, the immediate work will focus on fixing bugs.
If you have experience as an Android app developer, please email mlbtrandroid@gmail.com and explain your background. Please include your expected pay rate in the email.
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