2021 NBA Offseason Preview: Houston Rockets
2021/06/2021-nba-offseason-preview-houston-rockets.htmlDavid Nwaba ($1,669,178): Early Bird rights… It's possible Houston will make a trade or two to reduce team salary and generate cap room, but for the time being, we're assuming the club will operate over the cap, which would allow the front office to keep its various exceptions and to retain Olynyk's Bird rights.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Cap Holds
2021/06/hoops-rumors-glossary-cap-holds-5.htmlEach of Cleveland's own free agents will be assigned a free agent amount - or "cap hold" - until the player signs a new contract or the Cavaliers renounce his rights. … Early Bird player: 130% of previous salary.
Pacific Notes: CP3, Holmes, Warriors, Lakers
2021/05/pacific-notes-cp3-warriors-vogel-holmes.htmlHe's an integral part of the team.” The club does have Early Bird rights for Holmes, meaning Sacramento can extend Holmes to the projected $11MM league average, with 8% increases each season.
Free Agency Rumors: Holmes, Hardaway, Powell, More
2021/05/free-agency-rumors-holmes-hardaway-powell-more.htmlHowever, since the Kings only have Holmes' Early Bird rights and don't project to have a huge chunk of cap room, their ability to make a competitive offer may be limited if his price gets anywhere near as high as Fischer's sources believed it could.
Atlantic Notes: Siakam, Bullock, Sixers, Bruce Brown
2021/05/atlantic-notes-siakam-bullock-sixers-b-brown.htmlThe club will hold Bullock's Early Bird rights during the upcoming 2021 offseason.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Non-Bird Rights
2021/04/hoops-rumors-glossary-non-bird-rights-5.htmlPlayers and teams have to meet certain criteria to earn Bird rights and Early Bird rights, but Non-Bird rights are practically a given. … Even a player who signs on the last day of the regular season and spends just one day with his club would have Non-Bird rights in the offseason.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Early Bird Rights
2021/04/hoops-rumors-glossary-early-bird-rights-5.htmlWhile the Bird exception is for players who have spent three seasons with one club without changing teams as a free agent, Early Bird rights are earned after just two such seasons. … Bird rights offer teams the chance to sign their own free agents without regard to the salary cap, but they don't apply to every player.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Bird Rights
2021/04/hoops-rumors-glossary-bird-rights-4.htmlIf a player who would have been in line for Bird rights at the end of the season is waived and claimed off waivers, he would retain only Early Bird rights. … The most basic way for a player to earn Bird rights is to play for the same team for at least three seasons, either on a long-term deal or on separate one- or two-year contracts.
Seventeen More NBA Players Become Trade-Eligible
2021/03/seventeen-more-nba-players-become-trade-eligible.htmlThese players all met a specific set of criteria: Not only did they re-sign with their previous team during the offseason, but they got a raise of at least 20%, their salary is worth more than the minimum, and their team was over the cap, using Bird or Early Bird rights to sign them.
Pistons Interested In Spencer Dinwiddie
2021/02/pistons-interested-in-spencer-dinwiddie.htmlThe Pistons project to have cap room this summer, so Dinwiddie's Bird rights wouldn't necessarily be as valuable to them as they would be to some other clubs. … Dinwiddie, 27, is currently sidelined with a partially torn ACL, having undergone ACL reconstruction surgery in early January.
Eastern Notes: Dinwiddie, T. Harris, Markkanen, Sampson
2021/02/eastern-notes-dinwiddie-t-harris-markkanen-sampson.htmlSince he has the ability to opt out of his contract and become an unrestricted free agent at season's end, his appeal on the trade market would be limited, but the opportunity to acquire his Bird rights may intrigue certain clubs, and his $11.45MM cap hit could be useful for salary-matching. … Sixers forward Tobias Harris left Thursday's game early after hurting his left knee, but he appears to have avoided a serious injury.
Knicks Trade DSJ, Second-Rounder To Pistons For Derrick Rose
2021/02/knicks-to-reunite-with-derrick-rose-in-trade.htmlThe Pistons will have his full Bird rights, while the Knicks will have Rose's Early Bird rights.
Latest On A Potential Derrick Rose Trade
2021/02/latest-on-a-potential-derrick-rose-trade.htmlThe Knicks would own his Early Bird rights and could offer a contract ranging from two to four years with a starting salary up to $13.4MM or a one-year deal for as much as $9.2MM.
Richaun Holmes Hopes To Re-Sign With Kings
2021/01/richaun-holmes-hopes-to-re-sign-with-kings.htmlSacramento will hold the 27-year-old's Early Bird rights, giving the team the ability to offer a starting salary up to 105% of the NBA's previous average salary.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Gilbert Arenas Provision
2021/01/hoops-rumors-glossary-gilbert-arenas-provision-3.htmlAt the time, the Warriors only had Early Bird rights on Arenas, who signed an offer sheet with the Wizards starting at about $8.5MM. … The Heat had Early Bird rights on Johnson, who had only been in the NBA for two seasons.
Eastern Notes: Pistons, Wood, Durant, Zeller
2021/01/eastern-notes-pistons-wood-durant-zeller.htmlWithout dipping into their cap space, the Pistons had the ability to use Wood's Early Bird rights to offer him a contract that started at $10.05MM, and - according to The Athletic's duo - they didn't go over that amount.
Rockets Trade James Harden To Nets
2021/01/rockets-to-trade-james-harden-to-nets.htmlIn their press release announcing the deal, the Cavs noted that they also acquired the draft rights to 2017 second-round pick Aleksandar Vezenkov from the Nets. … The Rockets are clearly betting that some of those draft assets will become valuable, opting for a package heavy on picks rather than pushing to complete a trade with the Sixers for Ben Simmons, as was rumored earlier today.
Pacific Notes: Clippers, Horton-Tucker, Williams, Wiggins
2021/01/california-notes-clippers-horton-tucker-williams-wiggins.htmlLos Angeles possesses Horton-Tucker's Early Bird rights.
NBA Maximum Salary Projections For 2021/22
2020/12/nba-maximum-salary-projections-for-202122.htmlThe third column also reflects what Kawhi Leonard could get in free agency if he opts out in 2021, though he won't have full Bird rights yet, preventing him from signing for more than four years. … Listed below are the early maximum-salary projections for 2021/22, based on a $112,414,200 cap.
Players Who Can’t Be Traded Until March 3
2020/12/players-who-cant-be-traded-until-march-3.htmlThese players all meet a specific set of criteria: Not only did they re-sign with their previous team this offseason, but they got a raise of at least 20%, their salary is worth more than the minimum, and their team was over the cap, using Bird or Early Bird rights to sign them. … As a result, nearly every team is carrying at least one player - and generally a handful - who won't become trade-eligible until early February.
NBA Players Who Can Veto Trades In 2020/21
2020/12/nba-players-who-can-veto-trades-in-202021.htmlThat's what happened to James Ennis last season -- he would have had Early Bird rights at season's end if he hadn't approved a trade from Philadelphia to Orlando. … If any player who re-signed for one year approves a trade during the 2020/21 league year, he'll have Non-Bird rights at season's end instead of Early Bird or full Bird rights.
Grizzlies Re-Sign De’Anthony Melton To Four-Year Deal
2020/11/grizzlies-to-re-sign-deanthony-melton-to-four-year-deal.htmlThe Grizzlies held Early Bird rights on Melton and will be able to re-sign him using those rights, so the deal won't affect the team's mid-level exception, which remains available.
Bucks Re-Sign Pat Connaughton
2020/11/bucks-agree-to-re-sign-pat-connaughton.htmlNow the Bucks will be able to use their Early Bird rights on Connaughton while using their mid-level on D.J. … The Bucks held Early Bird rights on Connaughton, allowing them to re-sign him without dipping into their mid-level or another exception.
Wizards Re-Sign Davis Bertans To Five-Year Deal
2020/11/wizards-davis-bertans-agree-to-five-year-deal.htmlBy retaining him, they held his Bird rights, giving Washington the ability to exceed the cap to re-sign him. … Bertans' new contract will include an early termination option for year five, per Wojnarowski.
Latest On NBA’s Updated Dates, Deadlines, Details
2020/11/latest-on-nbas-updated-dates-deadlines-details.htmlFree agents signed this offseason can't be traded before February 6, while players who meet certain criteria (re-signed with their own over-the-cap team via Bird or Early Bird rights and got a raise of at least 20%) can't be traded until March 3, per Pincus (Twitter link).