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Hoops Rumors Glossary: Hardship Provision

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Lengthy suspensions also give teams the ability to do so, and that happened twice last season, when the Grizzlies signed Kalin Lucas and Hassan Whiteside to move to 16 men while Nick Calathes was serving a league suspension, and when the Sixers traded for Jared Cunningham, who was briefly their 16th man while Andrei Kirilenko was on a team suspension.

Where Are They Now?: Ex-Sixers From Hinkie Era

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This list of ex-Sixers who've appeared on the team's regular season roster during Hinkie's tenure includes players who never actually suited up for the team, like Andrei Kirilenko, but it doesn't include camp invitees or players who passed through the team's hands during the offseason.

Slow Roster Churn Not Unprecedented For Hinkie

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December 11th: Traded Brandon Davies to the Nets for Andrei Kirilenko and Jorge Gutierrez.

Jorge Gutierrez Joins Cavs D-League Team

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Friday is the one-year anniversary of the trade that sent him, along with Andrei Kirilenko, from Brooklyn to Philadelphia, but the Sixers waived Gutierrez the next day, reportedly while he was sitting on the team bus and even though they'd assured him that they'd keep him.

Trade Exceptions Set To Expire For Three Teams

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Their exception worth more than $3.3MM, a vestige of the trade that sent Andrei Kirilenko to the Sixers last year, expires December 11th, four days before dozens of players will become trade-eligible.

Timeline Of Moves That Gave Teams 16 Players

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Teams have the power to do so to compensate for the loss of players on lengthy suspensions, and that's what the Sixers did on numerous occasions last season after they suspended Andrei Kirilenko for failing to report after a trade.

Atlantic Notes: Knicks, Sullinger, Tokoto

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Alternatively, they could have taken Blake into the $3,326,235 Andrei Kirilenko exception and reduced its value to $1,969,155, a move the Nets might have preferred because the Kirilenko exception expires more than two months sooner than the Garnett exception does.

Week In Review 6/7/15-6/13/15

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Andrei Kirilenko is expected to retire this offseason.

Andrei Kirilenko Retires

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JUNE 23RD, 9:06am: Kirilenko has made a final decision to retire, as he told Russia's Sportexpress (translation via Sportando's Emiliano Carchia).

Week In Review 5/31/15-6/6/15

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Andrei Kirilenko is reportedly leaning toward retiring this summer.

Draft History: Billy King

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Notable players available at draft slot or passed over: Andrei Kirilenko (No.

Bucks Sign Jorge Gutierrez To Multiyear Deal

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This was shortly after Philadelphia had acquired him from the Nets in the deal for Andrei Kirilenko.

Week In Review 3/22/15-3/28/15

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Andrei Kirilenko plans to retire at the end of this season.

Andrei Kirilenko Likely To Retire After Season

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Andrei Kirilenko, who recently signed to play with CSKA Moscow in his native Russia, is planning to make this season his last in professional basketball, as he said to Canal Plus, a French television outlet, and as Eurohoops.net shares online (YouTube link; hat tip to Sportando's Emiliano Carchia).

Eastern Notes: Ferry, Brand, Kirilenko, Heat, C’s

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It appears that Andrei Kirilenko's departure from the Sixers constituted a buyout deal, as his salary was reduced from $3,326,235 to $2,328,365, according to Eric Pincus, who reports via Twitter and shows more detail on his Sixers salary page at Basketball Insiders.

NBA Teams With 16 Players In 2014/15

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The Sixers traded for Andrei Kirilenko on December 11th, but he never reported to the team.

Eastern Notes: Sixers, Anthony, Bulls

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Out of this group that includes Jared Cunningham, Eric Maynor, Ronny Turiaf, Marquis Teague, Chris Johnson, Jorge Gutierrez and Andrei Kirilenko, only McGee has actually appeared in a game for Philly this season, Smallwood adds.

‘Buyout Season’ Recap

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February 21st: Andrei Kirilenko, Sixers — It's unclear if Kirilenko gave up the rest of his salary to secure his release, though he was already on an unpaid suspension.

Atlantic Notes: Celtics, Robinson, Jackson

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Hinkie was at odds with Nets GM Billy King over the handling of Andrei Kirilenko, who was traded from Brooklyn to Philly with the belief that he would be bought out.

Eastern Notes: Kirilenko, Perkins, Young

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Recently released Sixers forward Andrei Kirilenko hinted that his NBA career is over in comments he made after joining CSKA Moscow, as Nikos Varlas of Eurohoops.net relays.

Atlantic Notes: AK47, Prince, Blatche, Bass

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Andrei Kirilenko said he doesn't understand why the Sixers kept him for more than two months, waiving him only this weekend instead of cutting him soon after they traded for him in December, as he told Pavel Osipov of Sport-Express (translation via Aris Barkas of Eurohoops.net).

Andrei Kirilenko Signs With CSKA Moscow

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MONDAY, 4:55pm: Kirilenko has cleared waivers, as Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today hears (Twitter link).

Sixers Waive Andrei Kirilenko

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10:30pm: Kirilenko may play in Europe if he clears waivers, which is expected, tweets Marc Stein of ESPN.

Week In Review: 2/16/15 – 2/22/15

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Andrei Kirilenko will sign with CSKA Moscow once he clears waivers.