List Of Signed Offer Sheets Since 2008

Teams have a variety of avenues to retain their restricted free agents. They can wait for other teams to sign them to an offer sheet and match or negotiate their own long-term deal with the player. They can even convince the player to sign for his qualifying offer, though few restricted free agents have done that throughout the years, as we've documented.

With all the different means available for teams to re-sign their own players, restricted free agency usually tilts in favor of a player's original team, but once an offer sheet is signed, it's basically a 50-50 proposition whether the team will match, as recent data shows. So far this year, five players have signed offer sheets, two of which have been matched. Of the 26 offer sheets signed since 2008, 12 of them have been matched. Here’s a year-by-year look at those offer sheets, with the ones that teams declined to match in bold. 

2012
5 signed offer sheets, 2 matched

• Omer Asik signed with the Rockets for three years, $25.1MM. The Bulls declined to match. 
• Nicolas Batum signed with the Timberwolves for four years, $45.5MM. Trail Blazers matched.
• Jeremy Lin signed with the Rockets for three years, $25.1MM. The Knicks declined to match.
• Landry Fields signed with the Raptors for three years, $18.7MM. The Knicks declined to match.
• Eric Gordon signed with the Suns for four years, $58.37MM. The Hornets matched. 

2011
4 signed offer sheets, 2 matched

• Dante Cunningham signed with the Grizzlies for three years, $6.27MM. The Bobcats declined to match.
• DeAndre Jordan signed with the Warriors for four years, $43.04MM. The Clippers matched.
• Luc Mbah a Moute signed with the Nuggets for four years, $18.77MM. The Bucks matched.
• Gary Forbes signed with the Raptors four three years, $4.5MM. The Nuggets declined to match.

2010
4 signed offer sheets, 2 matched

• Kyle Lowry signed with the Cavaliers for four years, $23.5MM. The Rockets matched.
• Wesley Matthews signed with the Trail Blazers for five years, $32.53. The Jazz declined to match.
• J.J. Redick signed with the Bulls for three years, $20.19MM. The Magic matched.
• Linas Kleiza signed with the Raptors for four years, $18.8MM. The Nuggets declined to match.

2009
6 signed offer sheets, 2 matched

• Ramon Sessions signed with the Timberwolves for four years, $16.44MM. The Bucks declined to match.
• Ryan Hollins signed with the Timberwolves for three years, $7MM. The Mavericks declined to match.
• Jamario Moon signed with the Cavaliers for two years, $6MM. The Heat declined to match.
• Jarrett Jack signed with the Raptors for four years, $20MM. The Pacers declined to match.
• Paul Millsap signed with the Trail Blazers for four years, $32MM. The Jazz matched.
• Marcin Gortat signed with the Mavericks for five years, $33.95MM. The Magic matched.

2008
7 signed offer sheets, 4 matched

• Nenad Krstic signed with the Thunder for three years, $15.48MM. The Nets declined to match.
• Carl Landry signed with the Bobcats for three years, $9MM. The Rockets matched.
• Josh Smith signed with the Grizzlies for five years, $58MM. The Hawks matched.
• C.J. Miles signed with the Thunder for four years, $14.8MM. The Jazz matched.
• Kelenna Azubuike signed with the Clippers for three years, $9.3MM. The Warriors matched.
• Dee Brown signed with the Wizards for two years, $1.54MM. The Jazz declined to match.
• Ronny Turiaf signed with the Warriors for four years, $17MM. The Lakers declined to match.

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