2018 NBA Offseason Salary Cap Digest: San Antonio Spurs
2018/05/2018-nba-offseason-salary-cap-digest-san-antonio-spurs.htmlA look at the San Antonio Spurs' salary cap situation heading into the 2018 offseason.
2018 NBA Offseason Salary Cap Digest: Milwaukee Bucks
2018/05/2018-nba-offseason-salary-cap-digest-milwaukee-bucks.htmlJabari Parker ($4,333,931 qualifying offer / $20,347,176 cap hold): Bird rights…
2018 NBA Offseason Salary Cap Digest: Miami Heat
2018/05/2018-nba-offseason-salary-cap-digest-miami-heat.htmlLuke Babbitt ($1,499,698): Non-Bird rights…
2018 NBA Offseason Salary Cap Digest: Detroit Pistons
2018/05/2018-nba-offseason-salary-cap-digest-detroit-pistons.htmlAnthony Tolliver ($3,948,000): Non-Bird rights…
2018 NBA Offseason Salary Cap Digest: Charlotte Hornets
2018/05/2018-nba-offseason-salary-cap-digest-charlotte-hornets.htmlMichael Carter-Williams ($3,240,000): Non-Bird rights…
2018 NBA Offseason Salary Cap Digest: Los Angeles Lakers
2018/05/2018-nba-offseason-salary-cap-digest-los-angeles-lakers.htmlJulius Randle ($5,564,134 qualifying offer / $12,447,726 cap hold): Bird rights… Travis Wear ($1,699,698 qualifying offer / $1,699,698 cap hold): Non-Bird rights
2018 NBA Offseason Salary Cap Digest: Brooklyn Nets
2018/05/2018-nba-offseason-salary-cap-digest-brooklyn-nets.htmlA look at the Brooklyn Nets' salary cap situation heading into the 2018 offseason.
2018 NBA Offseason Salary Cap Digest: Chicago Bulls
2018/04/2018-nba-offseason-salary-cap-digest-chicago-bulls.htmlNoah Vonleh ($4,333,931 qualifying offer / $10,515,698 cap hold): Bird rights… Trading Mirotic and benching some veterans helped keep the Bulls' win total in check as they continued their rebuild, but that early-season hot streak means they'll need some draft-lottery luck to nab a top-five pick.
2018 NBA Offseason Salary Cap Digest: Atlanta Hawks
2018/04/2018-nba-offseason-salary-cap-digest-atlanta-hawks.htmlDamion Lee ($1,537,872 qualifying offer / $1,537,872 cap hold): Non-Bird rights… As a result, Atlanta's win total dipped by nearly 20 games in 2017/18, as the team finished with a 24-58 record, tied for the NBA's third-worst mark.
2018 Offseason Salary Cap Digest: Dallas Mavericks
2018/04/2018-offseason-salary-cap-digest-dallas-mavericks.htmlThrow in six cap charges for empty roster spots and the team's projected salary is $71,384,298, leaving nearly $30MM to work with.
Heat Notes: Whiteside, Wade, Ellington
2018/04/heat-notes-whiteside-wade-ellington.htmlThe Heat own Early Bird Rights on Ellington as he heads into free agency, allowing them to offer a four-year contract starting at $10.9MM with raises up to 8%.
Kevin Durant Plans To Opt Out, Sign New Deal With Warriors
2018/04/kevin-durant-plans-to-opt-out-sign-new-deal-with-warriors.htmlIn that scenario, the Warriors would have to use Non-Bird rights rather than Early Bird rights to re-sign Durant, since Early Bird deals must cover at least two seasons, not including option years.
Wild Cards For Lakers’ 2018 Cap Room Projections
2018/03/wild-cards-for-lakers-2018-cap-room-projections.htmlThe Lakers will have Thomas' Bird rights, which would allow them to go over the cap to re-sign him. … The latest cap projections from the NBA pegged the 2018/19 cap at $101MM, but those projections are now nearly six months old.
Kevin Durant Confirms He’s Not Going Anywhere In Free Agency
2018/03/kevin-durant-confirms-hes-not-going-anywhere-in-free-agency.htmlGolden State will have Durant's Early Bird rights this coming offseason, giving the franchise a little more flexibility to lock up the former No.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Gilbert Arenas Provision
2018/02/hoops-rumors-glossary-gilbert-arenas-provision.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.
Southwest Notes: Evans, McDermott, Randle, Rockets
2018/02/southwest-notes-evans-mcdermott-randle-rockets.htmlHe doesn't have them now because he joined the Grizzlies on a one-year contract, but he can get Early Bird rights if signs with Memphis for one more season or full Bird rights if he stays two more. … Memphis won't be able to offer Evans more than the MLE this offseason, but he may find that enticing as a way to build up Bird rights, which allow teams to exceed the cap to re-sign their own players.
Cap Details On Nikola Mirotic Trade
2018/02/cap-details-on-nikola-mirotic-trade.htmlWhile most players don't lose their Bird or Early Bird rights when they're traded, a player in Mirotic's situation would have. … That way, a team couldn't re-sign a player it doesn't intend to keep, trading him a few months later and allowing his new team to use his Bird rights to sign him to a longer-term deal when his one-year contract ends.
Grizzlies To Sit Tyreke Evans
2018/01/grizzlies-to-sit-tyreke-evans.htmlMarks also tweets that teams interested in trading for Evans are being cautious due in part to Evans not having either Bird or Early Bird Rights this offseason, meaning a team over the apron (i.e.
Heat Notes: Ellington, Trade Deadline, Jones, Whiteside
2018/01/heat-notes-ellington-trade-deadline-jones-whiteside.htmlMiami has early Bird rights on Ellington, which means it can go over the cap to pay him 175% of the $6.23MM he is making this season. … Whiteside tops the Miami payroll at nearly $23.8MM and Winderman lists a few salary matches in potential trades, including Kevin Love, Harrison Barnes, C.J.
George: Westbrook Making Free Agency Decision Easier
2018/01/george-westbrook-making-free-agency-decision-easier.htmlStill, Oklahoma City will have George's Bird rights, giving the team the ability to offer more years and more money than rival suitors, and the front office has to be encouraged by the relationship between its star forward and star point guard. … Although George sounds today like a man ready to stick with the Thunder when his current contract expires, plenty could change in the next five months -- an early playoff exit, for instance, could hurt the team's offseason recruiting pitch.
Five Trade Candidates Who Can Veto Deals
2018/01/five-trade-candidates-who-can-veto-deals.htmlIf one of those players is dealt, he'd lose his Bird or Early Bird rights, which is a key reason he must approve a move. … The union between Noel and the Mavericks has been a rocky one, and it seems unlikely to turn into a long-term relationship, so if Dallas finds a taker for the 23-year-old, I expect he'd sign off, even if it means losing his Bird rights -- those Bird rights probably won't matter much this offseason if the Mavs don't plan to retain him.
Seven Southwest Trade Candidates To Watch
2018/01/seven-southwest-trade-candidates-to-watch.htmlHe's affordable ($4.19MM) and still very young (23 years old), so a team in need of an athletic frontcourt player may be willing to roll the dice, as long as Noel is willing to OK a trade -- he has the ability to veto a move, since he'd lose his Bird rights if he's dealt. … Currently sidelined with a thumb injury, Noel may be back in early February, which would give potential suitors a chance to get one more look at him before the February 8 deadline.
Nikola Mirotic, 15 Others Become Trade-Eligible
2018/01/nikola-mirotic-15-others-become-trade-eligible.htmlThe 16 players whose trade restrictions lift today meet a specific set of criteria: Not only did they re-sign with their previous teams this offseason, but they received raises of at least 20%, their salaries are worth more than the minimum, and their teams were over the cap, using Bird or Early Bird rights to sign them. … With three and a half weeks left until this season's February 8 trade deadline, nearly all of the NBA's players are now eligible to be dealt.
Nerlens Noel On Track For Early February Return?
2018/01/nerlens-noel-on-track-for-early-february-return.htmlNoel would lose his Bird rights if he's traded, so potential suitors may simply prefer to pursue him in July,…… According to Carlisle, if Noel doesn't experience any setbacks, he could get back on the court in early February.
Teams Eyeing Patrick McCaw As Free Agent Target?
2017/12/teams-eyeing-patrick-mccaw-as-free-agent-target.htmlThe Warriors own McCaw's Early Bird rights because of the two-year contract he signed back in 2016.