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