2020/21 Salary Cap Preview: Brooklyn Nets
2020/04/202021-salary-cap-preview-brooklyn-nets.htmlSalary information from Basketball Insiders and Early Bird Rights was used in the creation of this post. … Chris Chiozza (two-way qualifying offer / $1,445,697 cap hold): Non-Bird rights
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Mid-Level Exception
2020/04/hoops-rumors-glossary-mid-level-exception-4.htmlPlus, if Roby plays out his full four-year contract, he'll have full Bird rights rather than just the Early Bird rights he'd have following a two-year deal.
2020/21 Salary Cap Preview: Boston Celtics
2020/04/202021-salary-cap-preview-boston-celtics.htmlSalary information from Basketball Insiders and Early Bird Rights was used in the creation of this post. … Tacko Fall (two-way qualifying offer / $1,445,697 cap hold): Non-Bird rights
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Cap Holds
2020/04/hoops-rumors-glossary-cap-holds-4.htmlEach of Los Angeles' own free agents will be assigned a free agent amount - or "cap hold" - until the player signs a new contract or the Lakers renounce his rights. … Early Bird player: 130% of previous salary.
2020/21 Salary Cap Preview: Atlanta Hawks
2020/04/202021-salary-cap-preview-atlanta-hawks.htmlSalary information from Basketball Insiders and Early Bird Rights was used in the creation of this post. … DeAndre' Bembry ($3,752,338 qualifying offer / $7,811,946 cap hold): Bird rights
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Non-Bird Rights
2020/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-non-bird-rights-4.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 Originals: 3/22/20 – 3/28/20
2020/03/hoops-rumors-originals-32220-32820.htmlFor our Hoops Rumors Glossary entries this week, Adams defined Bird Rights and Early Bird Rights. … Luke Adams supplied a helpful list of the NBA draft's early entrants.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Early Bird Rights
2020/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-early-bird-rights-4.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
2020/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-bird-rights-3.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 multiyear deal or separate one-year contracts.
Christian Wood Among Knicks’ Potential Offseason Targets
2020/03/christian-wood-among-knicks-potential-offseason-targets.htmlThe Pistons, who will hold Wood's Early Bird rights, are expected to make an effort to lock him up when…
Pistons Claim Jordan McRae Off Waivers
2020/03/pistons-to-claim-jordan-mcrae-off-waivers.htmlBy claiming McRae off waivers, the Pistons will get his Early Bird rights, which will give them added flexibility to re-sign him this summer.
Western Notes: Conley, Turner, Howard, Suns
2020/03/western-notes-conley-turner-howard-suns.htmlNBA fans interested in the league's salary cap minutiae will enjoy Jeff Siegel's latest article at Early Bird Rights, which details the unusual case of the Kings' buyout agreement with Anthony Tolliver and explains why it could indirectly cost the Trail Blazers a little money.
Buyout Details: Crabbe, McRae, Tolliver
2020/03/buyout-details-crabbe-mcrae-tolliver.htmlAllen Crabbe surrendered $681,544 in his buyout agreement with the Timberwolves, according to reports from Dane Moore of ZoneCoverage.com and Jeff Siegel of Early Bird Rights (Twitter links).
Suns Intend To Claim Jordan McRae
2020/03/suns-intend-to-claim-jordan-mcrae.htmlDoing so will give the team his Early Bird rights at season's end, and won't cost any extra money, since Phoenix will only have to pay the prorated salary left on his deal.
Jordan McRae Agrees To Buyout With Nuggets, Expected To Join Suns
2020/03/jordan-mcrae-agrees-to-buyout-with-nuggets-expected-to-join-suns.htmlIf the Suns are planning to sign McRae, they have the option of claiming him off waivers to obtain his Early Bird rights, adds ESPN's Bobby Marks (Twitter link).
Thunder Notes: Gallinari, CP3, Dort, Roberson
2020/02/thunder-notes-gallinari-cp3-dort-roberson.htmlStill, with so little league-wide cap room available, there's a chance that Gallinari's Bird rights will put the Thunder in the driver's seat to hang onto the Italian forward. … Roberson, who has spent multiple seasons battling knee injuries had relocated to Los Angeles in early December for rehab purposes.
Lakers, Cousins Have Mutual Interest In Offseason Deal
2020/02/lakers-cousins-have-mutual-interest-in-offseason-deal.htmlIt's worth noting that if Cousins were to sign a new one-year contract with the Lakers in July and play out that deal, the club would hold his Early Bird rights in the summer of 2021. … Because they've waived him, the Lakers will no longer have Cousins' Non-Bird rights this offseason, but after so many major injuries - and with so many teams lacking cap flexibility - he's unlikely to command significant offers on the open market.
Free Agent Stock Watch 2020: Northwest Division
2020/02/free-agent-stock-watch-2020-northwest-division-2.htmlThe Nuggets possess his Early Bird rights, which increases the possibility of re-signing him if they like what they see.
Cavs Notes: Drummond, Sexton, McKinnie, Bolden
2020/02/cavs-notes-drummond-sexton-mckinnie-bolden.htmlAlfonzo McKinnie's new four-year contract with the Cavaliers includes a $1.5MM guaranteed salary for the 2019/20 season, according to Jeff Siegel of Early Bird Rights (Twitter link).
Bucks Officially Sign Marvin Williams
2020/02/bucks-officially-sign-marvin-williams.htmlWilliams' new minimum-salary deal with the Bucks will pay him $956,348 for the final 66 days of the regular season -- that's the exact amount he gave up in his buyout with the Hornets, per Jeff Siegel of the Early Bird Rights (Twitter link).
Southeast Notes: Hornets, MKG, Toliver, Brooks
2020/02/southeast-notes-hornets-mkg-toliver-brooks.htmlWilliams' fellow Hornets vet Michael Kidd-Gilchrist returned the minimum salary he will make in his next landing spot (the Mavericks have been rumored to be in the mix for his services) in his buyout arrangement with Charlotte, per Jeff Siegel of Early Bird Rights (Twitter link).
23 Trade Exceptions Generated In Deadline Deals
2020/02/23-trade-exceptions-generated-in-deadline-deals.htmlA number of the traded player exceptions created at the 2019 trade deadline expired this week without being used, but nearly two dozen new TPEs were generated as a result of the trades completed at this year's deadline.
Heat Notes: Gallinari, Olynyk, Jones, Iguodala
2020/02/heat-notes-gallinari-olynyk-jones-iguodala.htmlJeff Siegel of Early Bird Rights provides some new info on Iguodala's extension with the Heat, tweeting that the two-year, $30MM deal - which is worth a flat $15MM per year with a team option on year two - features a 7.5% trade kicker.
Nuggets Trade Napier To Wizards For McRae
2020/02/nuggets-to-trade-napier-to-wizards-for-mcrae.htmlBoth players have expiring contracts ($1.6MM for McRae and $1.8MM for Napier), and the Nuggets will get early Bird rights when McRae hits free agency this summer, tweets Bobby Marks of ESPN.
Rockets, Grizzlies Swap Jordan Bell, Bruno Caboclo
2020/02/rockets-grizzlies-to-swap-jordan-bell-bruno-caboclo.htmlBoth teams will generate trade exceptions for their outgoing players and add their incoming players under the minimum exception, tweets Jeff Siegel of Early Bird Rights.