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Teams typically fly their draft picks in and show them off to fans and the media in the first few days after they’re selected. Still, those incoming prospects often remain unsigned for weeks, if not months. That’s especially true for second-rounders, many of whom never sign. Just 20 of the 30 second-round picks in 2012 played in the NBA this past season.

Many second-rounders have competed in summer league for their respective teams without a formal agreement for next season, furthering the point that in many cases, all the pick amounts to is an invitation to try out.

That’s not so for first-rounders, whose contracts are guaranteed by rule for at least two years once they sign. Negotiations with first-round picks are usually easy for teams, since almost all of them receive 120% of their rookie-scale amounts. Luke Adams of Hoops Rumors recently ran down the likely starting salary for each first-round pick. The predetermined salary structure is one of the reasons why first-rounders come to terms more quickly than their second-round counterparts, as evidenced by this year’s draft-pick signings.

Here, we have a roundup of which picks have been signed and which remain without a contract. Each player is listed with the team that currently owns his rights, which in many cases isn’t the team that originally drafted him, given the volume of trades we saw on draft night and the weeks since. The first-rounders who signed presumably did so for 120% of their rookie-scale amounts (unless otherwise noted), but since there’s no established structure for contracts given to second-rounders, we’ve provided detail where available.

Updated 10-21-13

1. Cleveland Cavaliers: Anthony Bennett — signed
2. Orlando Magic: Victor Oladipo — signed
3. Washington Wizards: Otto Porter — signed
4. Charlotte Bobcats: Cody Zeller — signed
5. Phoenix Suns: Alex Len — signed
6. Philadelphia 76ers: Nerlens Noel — signed
7. Sacramento Kings: Ben McLemore — signed
8. Detroit Pistons: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope — signed
9. Utah Jazz: Trey Burke — signed
10. Portland Trail Blazers: C.J. McCollum — signed
11. Philadelphia 76ers: Michael Carter-Williams — signed
12. Oklahoma City Thunder: Steven Adams — signed
13. Boston Celtics: Kelly Olynyk — signed
14. Minnesota Timberwolves: Shabazz Muhammad — signed
15. Milwaukee Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo — signed
16. Atlanta Hawks: Lucas Nogueira — playing overseas
17. Atlanta Hawks: Dennis Schröder — signed
18. Dallas Mavericks: Shane Larkin — signed
19. Cleveland Cavaliers: Sergey Karasev — signed
20. Chicago Bulls: Tony Snell — signed
21. Minnesota Timberwolves: Gorgui Dieng — signed
22. Brooklyn Nets: Mason Plumlee — signed
23. Indiana Pacers: Solomon Hill — signed
24. New York Knicks: Tim Hardaway Jr. — signed
25. Los Angeles Clippers: Reggie Bullock — signed
26. Oklahoma City Thunder: Andre Roberson — signed, with a starting salary at 80% of the rookie scale
27. Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert — signed
28. San Antonio Spurs: Livio Jean-Charles — playing overseas
29. Phoenix Suns: Archie Goodwin — signed
30. Golden State Warriors: Nemanja Nedovic — signed

Round Two:

31. Portland Trail Blazers: Allen Crabbe — signed to a three-year deal with a team option for the final season.
32. Oklahoma City Thunder: Alex Abrines — playing overseas
33. Cleveland Cavaliers: Carrick Felix — signed to a four-year deal with a non-guaranteed season in year four.
34. Houston Rockets: Isaiah Canaan — signed to a three-year deal with a team option for the final season.
35. Washington Wizards: Glen Rice Jr. — signed to a two-year deal with a partial guarantee on year two.
36. Sacramento Kings: Ray McCallum — signed to a three-year guaranteed deal.
37. Detroit Pistons: Tony Mitchell — signed to a three-year deal with a non-guaranteed third season.
38. Milwaukee Bucks: Nate Wolters — signed to a three-year deal worth $2,263,758. Only the first two seasons are fully guaranteed.
39. New Orleans Pelicans: Jeff Withey — signed to a two-year deal with a non-guaranteed second season.
40. Oklahoma City Thunder: Grant Jerrett — will play in D-League
41. Memphis Grizzlies: Jamaal Franklin — signed to a three-year deal with a non-guaranteed third season.
42. New Orleans Pelicans: Pierre Jackson — unsigned
43. Dallas Mavericks: Ricky Ledo — signed to a four-year deal which is guaranteed for two years.
44. Atlanta Hawks: Mike Muscala — playing overseas
45. Houston Rockets: Marko Todorovic — playing overseas
46. Denver Nuggets: Erick Green — playing overseas
47. Utah Jazz: Raul Neto — playing overseas
48. Los Angeles Lakers: Ryan Kelly — signed to a one-year, non-guaranteed deal for the minimum salary.
49. Chicago Bulls: Erik Murphy — signed to a two-year, non-guaranteed deal for the minimum salary.
50. Miami Heat: James Ennis — playing overseas (deal includes NBA out)
51. Orlando Magic: Romero Osby — receiving camp invite
52. Minnesota Timberwolves: Lorenzo Brown — signed
53. Boston Celtics: Colton Iverson — playing overseas
54. Philadelphia 76ers: Arsalan Kazemi — playing overseas
55. Denver Nuggets: Joffrey Lauvergne — playing overseas
56. Detroit Pistons: Peyton Siva — signed to a two-year, non-guaranteed deal for the minimum salary.
57. Phoenix Suns: Alex Oriakhi — playing overseas
58. San Antonio Spurs: Deshaun Thomas — playing overseas
59. Minnesota Timberwolves: Bojan Dubljevic — playing overseas
60. Memphis Grizzlies: Janis Timma — playing overseas

Tuesday night marked the last chance this offseason for eligible teams to exercise the amnesty clause, which allows them to waive a player and remove his name from their books for salary-cap and luxury-tax purposes (while continuing to pay him).  Amnesty week started on July 10, and while the 2013 period wasn't as busy as last season, there were still five teams that chose to take advantage of the clause, including three today.  As a reminder, amnestied players are placed on waivers, but the rules are a little different than usual, as we outlined in our 2013 Amnesty Primer.

As of 11:00pm CT tonight, teams that had yet to utilize the amnesty provision won't get another chance to do so until next July.  With the deadline now behind us, here's the complete list of players who were amnestied this offseason, along with the teams and players that are still amnesty-eligible, and the teams that will not be able to utilize the provision:

Amnestied:

• Charlotte Bobcats: Tyrus Thomas
• Los Angeles Lakers: Metta World Peace
• Miami Heat: Mike Miller
• Milwaukee Bucks: Drew Gooden
• Toronto Raptors: Linas Kleiza

Remaining amnesty-eligible teams and players:

• Atlanta Hawks: Al Horford
• Boston Celtics: Rajon Rondo
  
• Chicago Bulls: Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer
• Memphis Grizzlies: Zach Randolph, Mike Conley
• Oklahoma City Thunder: Kevin Durant, Kendrick Perkins, Nick Collison
• Sacramento Kings: John Salmons
• San Antonio Spurs: Tony Parker

Amnesty-eligible teams without amnesty-eligible players (cannot use clause):

• Detroit Pistons
• New Orleans Pelicans
• Utah Jazz

Dozens of this summer's free agents have already signed with teams, or at least reached agreements on new contracts. But that doesn't mean that all the useful rotation players are all off the market. There are still a number of intriguing names out there, including a handful of restricted free agents, led by Brandon Jennings and Nikola Pekovic. Here's a breakdown of some of the notable free agents that remain unsigned….

Guards

Brandon Jennings (rumors)
Few, if any, of this year's remaining free agents have been surrounded by as many rumors and as much drama as Jennings, who is reportedly seeking $12MM annually but isn't interested in playing for the Bucks. A sign-and-trade to the Hawks looked possible, but when Atlanta elected to match Milwaukee's offer sheet for Jeff Teague, it likely took a major suitor for Jennings out of the mix, and signaled to the point guard that two teams preferred Teague to him. As Tom Ziller of SBNation.com wrote yesterday, Jennings' options are dwindling, and accepting his one-year qualifying offer isn't entirely out of the question.

Nate Robinson (rumors)
After a memorable postseason performance with the Bulls, Robinson looked to be in line for a nice payday this summer, but so far that hasn't materialized. He's been linked to plenty of teams, including the Nuggets, Wizards, Bucks, Mavericks, Lakers, and Knicks, but most of those clubs don't have the flexibility to make him a significant offer. I still think Robinson will sign for more than the minimum, but it's certainly not the lock it once seemed to be.

D.J. Augustin (rumors)
Aaron Brooks (rumors)
Devin Harris (rumors)
Mo Williams (rumors)
Delonte West (rumors)

Wings

Gerald Henderson (rumors)
Although a report surfaced indicating that the Bobcats were exploring sign-and-trade options involving Henderson, that appears to have just been a case of due diligence. Although Charlotte is wary of overpaying, the team still wants to bring back Henderson, prefering that option to a sign-and-trade. It's unclear what other teams may make a play for the restricted free agent — the Timberwolves were said to have "heavy interest" at one point, but signed Kevin Martin instead.

Gary Neal (rumors)
The Spurs' signing of Marco Belinelli initially made it seem as if Neal might be expendable, but I think the team would still like to re-sign him. Like Henderson, Neal is a restricted free agent, so the Spurs won't want to bid against themselves, instead letting the market set the price for the 28-year-old. Last week, a report suggested the Bucks were one of four teams interested in Neal, but it's not clear how many of those potential suitors have gone in another direction since then.

Alan Anderson (rumors)
Daequan Cook (rumors)
Richard Hamilton (rumors)
Stephen Jackson (rumors)
Dahntay Jones (rumors)

Bigs

Nikola Pekovic (rumors)
All signs continue to point to a reunion between Pekovic and the Timberwolves. Both sides have repeatedly expressed interest in continuing the relationship, and we haven't heard reports of any other clubs making a push for the restricted free agent big man. The latest word on Pekovic is that the Wolves have a contract offer on the table for him, perhaps for four years and $50MM. It sounds as if Pekovic's representatives are making sure there aren't any better offers out there — if and when they decide that's the case, they'll probably circle back and accept Minnesota's proposal.

Greg Oden (rumors)
For a player who hasn't appeared in an NBA game since 2009, Oden is certainly receiving plenty of headlines this July. While the Mavericks, Kings, Pelicans, and others have entered the mix recently, it still appears that the Heat and Spurs are the frontrunners. Comments made by Mike Conley Sr., Oden's agent, suggest to me that Oden's top choice is Miami, so assuming the Heat extend a fair offer, that's my best guess for where the former No. 1 pick ends up.

DeJuan Blair (rumors)
Samuel Dalembert (rumors)
Antawn Jamison (rumors)
Timofey Mozgov (rumors)
Byron Mullens (rumors)
Lamar Odom (rumors)
Brandan Wright (rumors)

If you haven't done so yet, be sure to check out Hoops Rumors' 2013 Free Agent Tracker. Using our tracker, you can quickly browse the offseason's contract agreements, sorting by team, position, contract length, total salary, and a handful of other variables.

For instance, if you want to see all the Clippers' summer signings, you can sort by team and find all of the club's free agent additions listed here. If you're curious to see how many players signed contracts of four years or more, you can sort by contract length and bring up that list right here.

A few additional notes on the tracker:

• Not all of the agreements listed in the tracker are finalized yet. As signings become official, we'll continue to update and modify the data as needed. This also means that many of the dollar figures listed in the tracker won't be 100% accurate yet.
• Contract amounts aren't necessarily fully guaranteed, and are based on what's been reported to date.
• A restricted free agent who has agreed to an offer sheet won't be listed as "signed" until his current team decides whether to match the offer. For instance, if Gary Neal were to sign an offer sheet with a rival team, he wouldn't be listed as "signed" until we heard whether or not the Spurs had matched the offer.

Our Free Agent Tracker can be found anytime on the right sidebar under "Hoops Rumors Features" or at the top of the page in the "Tools" menu. It will be updated throughout the offseason, so be sure to check back for the latest info. If you have any corrections, please let us know right here.

The Nets were close to bringing 2011 second-round draft pick Bojan Bogdanovic aboard this summer, but their deal fell through. Still, it seems Bogdanovic is destined to arrive in the NBA at some point, unlike many players like him. The Magic took Spain's Fran Vazquez 10th overall in 2005, at the height of the boom in international draftees. Vazquez hasn't played a minute in the NBA, and the Magic's use of a lottery pick on him represents perhaps the most prominent and unsuccessful example of the so-called "draft-and-stash" strategy in NBA history.

The decision to draft a player from overseas and allow him to develop outside the NBA doesn't always bear fruit, but sometimes teams come away with a gem. That's what happened to the Spurs when they took Manu Ginobili with the next-to-last pick in the 1999 draft and let him play elsewhere for three years. Three championships, two All-Star Games and a Sixth Man of the Year award later, the arrangement appears to have worked out just fine for San Antonio.

Often, teams trade their rights to those "draft-and-stash" players, and sometimes those prospects are sent in lieu of future draft picks to clubs unwilling to take on salary as part of the exchange. That happened at the trade deadline this year, when the Grizzlies sent Ricky Sanchez to the Heat. Teams continue to deal their draft rights to overseas players, with Kostas Papanikolaou heading from the Blazers to the Rockets, and Houston sending Furkan Aldemir to the Sixers in deals that were finalized this week.

NBA teams can keep the draft rights to players in perpetuity, and some prospects who were drafted more than a decade ago still remain tied to NBA teams despite never having played stateside. It's possible that one of those long-unsigned draftees will eventually make it to the NBA, but it certainly doesn't seem likely for anyone taken before 2005, when the the Magic spent a lottery pick on Vazquez. So, we'll use 2005 as the cutoff point on our list of "draft-and-stash" players to whom teams hold rights. They're listed by team, with details on how their NBA clubs acquired their rights, as well as their whereabouts during the 2012/13 season. 

76ers

• Furkan Aldemir: Drafted 53rd by the Clippers in 2012; traded to the Rockets on June 29th, 2012. Sixers have an agreement in place to acquire him from the Rockets. Spent 2012/13 with Galatasaray in Turkey.

Bobcats

• None

Bucks

• None

Bulls

• Vladimir Veremeenko: Drafted 48th by the Wizards in 2006; traded to the Bulls on July 8th, 2010. Spent 2012/13 with UNICS Kazan in Russia.
• Nikola Mirotic: Drafted 23rd by the Rockets in 2011; traded to the Timberwolves on June 24th, 2011; traded to the Bulls on June 24th, 2011. Spent 2012/13 with Real Madrid in Spain.

Cavaliers

• Ejike Ugboaja: Drafted 55th by the Cavaliers in 2006. Spent 2012/13 with Juventus in Lithuania.
• Milan Macvan: Drafted 54th by the Cavaliers in 2011. Spent 2012/13 with Galatasaray in Turkey.

Celtics

• None

Clippers

• None

Grizzlies

• None

Hawks

• Cenk Akyol: Drafted 59th by the Hawks in 2005. Spent 2012/13 with Galatasaray in Turkey.
• Sergiy Gladyr: Drafted 49th by the Hawks in 2009. Spent 2012/13 with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada in Spain.

Heat

• Ricky Sanchez: Drafted 35th by the Trail Blazers in 2005; traded to the Nuggets on June 28th, 2005; traded to the Sixers on September 10th, 2007; traded to the Grizzlies on March 15th, 2012; traded to the Heat on February 21st, 2013. Split 2012/13 between Cangrejeros de Santurce in Puerto Rico and Libertad in Argentina.

Jazz

• Ante Tomic: Drafted 44th by the Jazz in 2008. Spent 2012/13 with FC Barcelona Regal in Spain.

Kings

• None

Knicks

• None

Lakers

• None

Magic

• Fran Vazquez: Drafted 11th by the Magic in 2005. Spent 2012/13 with Unicaja Malaga in Spain.
• Milovan Rakovic: Drafted 60th by the Mavericks in 2007; traded to the Magic on June 28th, 2007. Spent 2012/13 with Bilbao Basket in Spain.

Mavericks

• Petteri Koponen: Drafted 30th by the Sixers in 2007; traded to the Trail Blazers on June 28th, 2007; traded to the Mavericks on June 23rd, 2011. Spent 2012/13 with Khimki BC.
• Renaldas Seibutis: Drafted 50th by the Mavericks in 2007. Spent 2012/13 with Lietuvos Rytas.
• Tadija Dragicevic: Drafted 53rd by the Jazz in 2008; traded to the Mavericks on June 29th, 2012. Spent 2012/13 with Azovmash Mariupol in Ukraine.

Nets

• Bojan Bogdanovic: Drafted 31st by the Heat in 2011; traded to the Timberwolves on June 24th, 2011; traded to the Nets on June 24th, 2011. Spent 2012/13 with Fenerbahce Ulker in Turkey.
• Ilkan Karaman: Drafted 57th by the Nets in 2012. Spent 2012/13 with Fenerbahce Ulker in Turkey.

Nuggets

• Chukwudiebere Maduabum: Drafted 56th by the Lakers in 2011; traded to the Nuggets on June 23rd, 2011. Did not play in 2012/13.
• Izzet Turkyilmaz: Drafted 50th by the Nuggets in 2012. Spent 2012/13 with Banvitspor in Turkey.

Pacers

• Stanko Barac: Drafted 39th by the Heat in 2007; traded to the Pacers on June 28th, 2007. Spent 2012/13 with Anadolu Efes in Turkey.

Pelicans

• Edin Bavcic: Drafted 56th by the Raptors in 2006; traded to the Sixers on June 28th, 2006; traded to the Pelicans on July 11th, 2012. Split 2012/13 between KAOD-BC in Greece and CSP Limoges in France.
  

Pistons

• None

Raptors

• Tomislav Zubcic: Drafted 56th by the Raptors in 2012. Split 2012/13 between Lietuvos Rytas in Lithuania and KK Cibona in Croatia.

Rockets

• Axel Hervelle: Drafted 52nd by the Nuggets in 2005; traded to the Rockets on September 22nd, 2009. Spent 2012/13 with Bilbao Basket in Spain.
• Brad Newley: Drafted 54th by the Rockets in 2007. Spent 2012/13 with CB Gran Canaria in Spain. 
• Sergio Llull: Drafted 34th by the Nuggets in 2009; traded to the Rockets on June 25th, 2009. Spent 2012/13 with Real Madrid in Spain.
• Kostas Papanikolaou: Drafted 48th by the Knicks in 2012; traded to the Trail Blazers on July 16th, 2012; traded to the Rockets on July 10th, 2013. Spent 2012/13 with Olympiacos in Greece.

Spurs

• Erazem Lorbek: Drafted 46th by the Pacers in 2005; traded to the Spurs on June 23rd, 2011. Spent 2012/13 with FC Barcelona Regal in Spain. 
• Ryan Richards: Drafted 49th by the Spurs in 2010. Split 2012/13 between BC Vienna in Austria and Asseco Prokom Gdynia in Poland.
• Davis Bertans: Drafted 42nd by the Pacers in 2011; traded to the Spurs on June 23rd, 2011. Spent 2012/13 with KK Partizan in Serbia.
• Adam Hanga: Drafted 59th by the Spurs in 2011. Spent 2012/13 with Assignia Manresa in Spain.

Suns

• None

Thunder

• Yotam Halperin: Drafted 53rd by the then-SuperSonics in 2006. Spent 2012/13 with FC Bayern Muenchen in Germany.
• Giorgos Printezis: Drafted 58th by the Spurs in 2007; traded to the Raptors on June 28th, 2007; traded to the Mavericks on January 4th, 2011; traded to the Knicks on December 10th, 2011; traded to the Thunder on February 21st, 2013. Spent 2012/13 with Olympiacos in Greece.
• Tibor Pleiss: Drafted 31st by the Nets in 2010; traded to the Hawks on June 24th, 2010; traded to the Thunder on June 24th, 2010. Spent 2012/13 with Caja Laboral in Spain.

Timberwolves

• Loukas Mavrokefalidis: Drafted 57th by the Timberwolves in 2006. Split 2012/13 between Spartak St. Petersburg in Russia and FC Barcelona Regal in Spain.
• Lior Eliyahu: Drafted 44th by the Hawks in 2006; traded to the Rockets on June 28th, 2006; traded to the Timberwolves on June 26th, 2012. Spent 2012/13 with Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel.
• Henk Norel: Drafted 47th by the Timberwolves in 2009. Spent 2012/13 with CAI Zaragoza in Spain.
• Nemanja Bjelica: Drafted 35th by the Wizards in 2010; traded to the Timberwolves on June 24, 2010. Spent 2012/13 with Caja Laboral in Spain.
• Paulao Prestes: Drafted 45th by the Timberwolves in 2010. Split 2012/13 between Uniceub-BRB-Brasilia in Brazil and CB Gran Canaria in Spain.
• Tanguy Ngombo: Drafted 57th by the Mavericks in 2011; traded to the Trail Blazers on June 23rd, 2011; traded to the Timberwolves on June 27th, 2011. Did not play in 2012/13.

Trail Blazers

• None

Warriors

• Ognjen Kuzmic: Drafted 52nd by the Warriors in 2012. Spent 2012/13 with FIATC Mutua Joventut in Spain

Wizards

• Tomas Satoransky: Drafted 32nd by the Wizards in 2012. Spent 2012/13 with Cajasol Banca Civica in Spain.
• Emir Preldzic: Drafted 57th by the Suns in 2009; traded to the Cavaliers on June 26th, 2009; traded to the Wizards on February 17th, 2010. Spent 2012/13 with Fenerbahce Ulker in Turkey.

RealGM.com was used in the creation of this post.

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The league has announced a new salary cap of $58.679MM, according to several NBA reporters, including the Boston Globe's Gary Washburn. The luxury tax will be $71.748MM. 

Both figures are up from last season, when the salary cap was $58.044MM and the luxury tax was $70.307MM. Larry Coon of ESPN.com's twitter timeline is full of new information with regards to how the tax and cap affect exceptions and maximum and minimum salaries.

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With another free agency period underway, the phrase "poison pill" has popped up again in NBA discussions, but in many cases, the term is being misused or misunderstood. Here's a quick recap on what the "poison pill provision" actually refers to, how it's misinterpreted, and where it's applicable:

As outlined in Hoops Rumors' glossary, the poison pill provision is actually a concept that arises when a team decides to trade a player after signing him to a rookie-scale extension, but before that extension officially takes effect. For instance, if the Raptors had decided to trade DeMar DeRozan in a deal for Eric Bledsoe on draft night, the poison pill provision would have been in play, since DeRozan's new extension (signed last October) wasn't set to begin until July 1st.

Typically, however, the phrase "poison pill" is used to refer to a component of the Gilbert Arenas provision, which is also explained in our glossary. The Arenas provision arises when a player who has been in the league for one or two years hits restricted free agency. Because the player's current team only holds his Non-Bird or Early Bird rights, the club would typically be unable to match a big offer sheet. However, the Arenas rule limits the amount a rival suitor can offer in the first two seasons of a deal, allowing the player's current team to match an offer using the full mid-level exception or the Early Bird exception.

The catch? While a rival team's offer can't exceed the MLE amount for the first two years, a huge salary bump is permitted for the third year, as long as that rival team can fit the average annual salary of the whole offer into its cap space. This is what we saw last summer from the Rockets, when Houston took advantage of the Arenas provision to sign Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik to three-year offer sheets that the Knicks and Bulls decided not to match. Both offers included a maximum raise in year three, which was referred to as the "poison pill."

This year, however, the Arenas rule and that so-called "poison poll" are unlikely to be a factor in free agency. As our free agent tracker shows, of the 12 restricted free agents on the market this summer, only three have just one or two years of experience: Robert Sacre, Pablo Prigioni, and Chris Copeland. Of those three, Sacre and Prigioni are unlikely to get the kind of huge offers that would trigger the Arenas provision.

Could Copeland get one of those offers? It's possible, but so far, his price tag has been rumored to be in the four-year, $16MM range. Since the Knicks don't hold Copeland's Early Bird rights and don't have the full MLE available, the team won't be able to match an offer that starts at more than $3.18MM (the taxpayer MLE), making the need for a so-called third-year "poison pill" unnecessary.

Meanwhile, circling back to Lin and Asik, that third-year "poison pill" in their deals has been discussed again recently, as they've surfaced as potential trade candidates. However, once the Knicks and Bulls decided not to match their respective offer sheets, those third-year raises became less of a factor. While the duo will still be paid significantly more in 2014/15 (about $14.9MM, compared to $5.2MM in '13/14), the cap hit for each player will be the same for both seasons — about $8.37MM. So for a team acquiring either player via trade, a big third-year cap hit wouldn't be a concern.

Essentially, if you read about a poison pill offer or contract this summer, take it with a grain of salt. Neither the actual poison pill provision nor the Gilbert Arenas provision should be a real factor this July.

There were 13 players from overseas selected in this year's draft, the most in six years. Time will tell if this marks the start of a trend, but the influx of international talent has largely been in decline for the last several years, at least when it comes to players drafted directly from overseas.

A record 12 players born outside the U.S. were drafted in the first round on Thursday, as USA Today's Jeff Zillgitt notes, but five of them went to college in the states before coming to the NBA. Anthony Bennett became the first Canadian to go No. 1 overall in the draft, and Andrew Wiggins seems the odds-on favorite to become the second next year, but Bennett was the seventh straight college player to be taken first overall. Andrea Bargnani was the last No. 1 pick to come directly from overseas, in 2006. Giannis Antetokounmpo was the first direct-from-overseas prospect to come off the board this year, at No. 15. The Nuggets took France's Evan Fournier with the 20th pick in 2012; the last time before then that 19 picks went by without a team taking someone directly from overseas was 1994, when Andrei Fetisov went at No. 36 to the Celtics. 

Twenty-one years ago this month, all 54 players selected in the 1992 draft had attended a U.S. college, high school or both. Sasha Danilovic, the 43rd pick, was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but he went to high school in Cookeville, Tennessee. Every draft since has featured at least one player directly from overseas, as the table below chronicles. From 1993 to 2001, there was a gradual upturn in both the number of international players taken and the positions at which they were drafted. Then the Rockets took China's Yao Ming first overall in 2002, and a record 20 foreign players were drafted in 2003. The international boom continued through 2006, when the Raptors made the Bargnani pick. The flow of players from overseas has ebbed ever since. Last year's average draft position for internationals, 46.9, is the lowest on the chart.

A couple notes on the list: It doesn’t include Americans, like Brandon Jennings, who played overseas before they were drafted, and D-League entrants, like Chukwudiebere Maduabum, who comes from Nigeria but played in the D-League before he was drafted 56th overall in 2011.

As we've outlined before, there are a number of different ways to follow Hoops Rumors via Facebook, Twitter, and RSS. If you don't want to follow all the site's updates, you can follow team-specific or transaction-only Facebook, Twitter, and RSS feeds. Although we don't have Facebook pages or Twitter feeds for specific players, you can also easily follow all our updates on your favorite player.

If, for instance, you want to keep track of all the latest news and rumors on Josh Smith during his free agency, you can visit this page. If you're interested in keeping tabs on what the Clippers will decide to do with trade candidate Eric Bledsoe this offseason, you can find his page right here.

Every player we've written about has his own rumors page. You can find your player of choice by using our search box (located in the right sidebar); by clicking his tag at the bottom of a post where he's discussed; or, by simply typing his name in your address bar after hoopsrumors.com, substituting dashes for spaces. For example, Smith's page is located at hoopsrumors.com/josh-smith.

In addition to players and teams, there are a number of other subjects you can track by clicking on the tags we use at the bottom of posts. Items related to the 2016 Olympics, for instance, can be found on this rumors page. If you want to continue to follow updates on Seattle's attempts to bring an NBA team back to the city, those are all available here.