The Cavaliers won’t be issuing a qualifying offer to free agent big man Moses Brown, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). A qualifying offer for Brown would have been worth $2,076,674, but Cleveland will instead let him become an unrestricted free agent.
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Brown has bounced around the league since debuting in 2019, appearing in games for Portland, Oklahoma City, Dallas, and Cleveland. He has flashed some potential, averaging 6.0 PPG and 5.8 RPG in just 14.1 MPG in 92 career appearances, and could catch on with a new team this summer.
Here are a few more updates on qualifying offer decisions from around the NBA:
- Clippers wing Amir Coffey has received a qualifying offer after earning a promotion to the team’s standard roster in 2021/22, per RealGM’s official NBA transactions log. Coffey’s QO projects to be worth $2,076,674 based on a $122MM salary cap and makes him a restricted free agent.
- The Mavericks have issued two-way player Theo Pinson a qualifying offer, making him a restricted free agent, according to RealGM’s transactions log. Because Pinson is ineligible to sign another two-way contract, his QO will be worth his minimum salary (projected to be $1,941,833), including a small partial guarantee of $86,946. Dallas reportedly wants to have him on its 15-man roster this season.
- The following players coming off two-way contracts have received qualifying offers and are now restricted free agents, according to RealGM’s transactions log: Hawks guard Sharife Cooper, Bulls forward Malcolm Hill, and Kings big man Neemias Queta. Those QOs would all be for new two-way deals, with partial guarantees worth $50K.
- The Warriors extended a qualifying offer to former guard Nico Mannion, per RealGM. Mannion played for Virtus Bologna in Italy in 2021/22 after leaving the NBA last summer, but Golden State continues to hold his rights in the event that he returns stateside. He received a two-way qualifying offer with a $50K partial guarantee.
Moses Brown plays hard, and for that reason he will continue to get opportunities for a long time. He reminds me of a Hassan Whiteside that actually cares. He needs to foul less, and do a better job making decisions, and those things on their own would be a big improvement
The Warriors signed one two-way player, and gave a two-way QO to Weatherspoon. Now they gave one to Mannion too? How many can they give out? If they both sign them they have 3 two-way players.
A bunch of teams did this last year too, and the Raptors have already given QOs to both of their two-way FAs this year despite having reached a two-way deal with Ron Harper Jr.
Those reported two-way signings with UDFA aren’t official yet, so in a scenario where both two-way FAs accept their QOs, one would eventually be waived or promoted to the standard roster to make room for the new guy. There won’t be a scenario where three guys are on two-way contracts at once.
Thanks, Luke, I sort of assumed they would be limited to two QOs. It’s a good deal for Nico, he signs and picks up 50k when they waive him.
The QO to Mannion was just to retain his rights on a restricted FA basis. He still has one year left on his contract in Italy that pays him much more than the Warriors partial guarantee. There is no way he opts out of his contract in Italy to take that offer.
I didn’t know he had a year left. I wonder how that works. Per the CBA the Warriors can’t buy out an international contract without signing him to a standard NBA contract (not a two-way) how can they even offer a two-way QO. Seems like a disconnect there.
The QO is just a procedural placeholder to retain his rights going forward, like the Raptors do every year with Nando De Colo. They wouldn’t expect him to accept it this year.
His contract allows him to opt out of the second year so it wouldn’t be a buy out situation.
Thanks for the info.