Cavaliers Sign Richard Jefferson
2015/08/cavaliers-sign-richard-jefferson.htmlJefferson will also be eligible only for Non-Bird rights with the Cavs next summer, instead of the Early Bird rights…
Update On Restricted Free Agents
2015/07/update-restricted-free-agents.htmlIf a player gives his permission after the deadline passes, the team loses his Bird rights. … Matthew Dellavedova — The Cavs and their own backup guard seemingly made progress early in free agency, but the movement seemed to stall, and while GM David Griffin recently reiterated his interest in keeping Dellavedova, the undrafted gem is apparently seeking $4MM annual salaries on a multiyear deal.
Clippers Expect To Re-Sign Glen Davis
2015/07/clippers-expect-to-re-sign-glen-davis.htmlThe Clips have Early Bird rights on Davis to pay him up to about $6MM, though it's unlikely he'll command quite that much after playing last season on the minimum salary.
Wizards Re-Sign Drew Gooden
2015/07/wizards-to-re-sign-drew-gooden.htmlHe'd lose his Bird rights if he approved any swap.… Gooden had expressed his desire to return to Washington back in early June.
Bulls Sign Aaron Brooks
2015/07/bulls-aaron-brooks-agree-to-deal.htmlThe disadvantage of the one-year deal is that Chicago can't trade him without his consent, as he'd lose his Early…… Brooks could have signed for 20% more than the minimum via Non-Bird rights, but Chicago gets a break as its poised to pay the tax thanks in large measure to its deals with Jimmy Butler and Mike Dunleavy.
Mavs Re-Sign Charlie Villanueva
2015/08/mavs-to-re-sign-charlie-villanueva.htmlThe Mavs can't trade him without his consent since he re-signed for only one year, and thus would lose his…
Wolves Pull Qualifying Offer To Robbie Hummel
2015/07/wolves-pull-qualifying-offer-to-robbie-hummel.htmlThe Wolves don't appear to be renouncing Hummel's Early Bird rights, so they can still exceed the cap to re-sign him for up to the average salary, likely around $6MM, if they want.
Rockets Re-Sign Corey Brewer
2015/07/rockets-to-re-sign-corey-brewer.htmlBrewer had waived his player option upon the completion of the trade that sent him to Houston this past season with the thought that the Rockets would use Early Bird rights to re-sign him, noted Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle.
Kings Sign Marco Belinelli
2015/07/kings-to-sign-marco-belinelli.htmlThey were armed with Early Bird rights to bring him back on a deal comparable to the one he's getting from the Kings, but they're in hot pursuit of LaMarcus Aldridge, and may well have had to renounce Belinelli's rights to squeeze Aldridge under the cap.
Latest On Corey Brewer
2015/07/latest-on-corey-brewer.htmlBrewer waived his player option upon the trade that sent him to Houston this past season with the thought that the Rockets would use Early Bird rights to re-sign him, Feigen writes. … Houston can pay him up to nearly $8.23MM without using cap room, but it appears as though the Rockets haven't offered him an amount close to that figure, as Feigen indicates.
Hawks Re-Sign Paul Millsap
2015/07/hawks-sign-millsap.htmlAtlanta will presumably use cap space to ink the veteran and not his Early Bird rights.
Pelicans Re-Sign Alexis Ajinca
2015/07/pelicans-sign-alexis-ajinca.htmlThe Pelicans, who are above the cap, can use Early Bird rights on the center.
Paul Millsap Deciding Between Magic, Hawks
2015/07/millsap-deciding-between.htmlAtlanta, armed with only Early Bird rights on the two of them, had been losing faith in the idea of re-signing them both. … Orlando's play for Millsap is a significant development for the club that's been in a rebuilding phase since trading Dwight Howard nearly three years ago, and if the Magic land Millsap and turn away from fellow forward Tobias Harris as a result, it could well have implications for the restricted free agency market, tweets Marc Stein of ESPN.com.
Bulls Re-Sign Mike Dunleavy
2015/07/bulls-dunleavy-close.htmlChicago has Early Bird rights on Dunleavy, and it would seem they're putting them to use here.
Hornets, Warriors Interested In Marco Belinelli
2015/06/warriors-interested-belinelli.htmlThe Spurs can pay up to about $6MM next season to bring him back if they retain his Early Bird rights, though it seems a strong possibility they will renounce those rights to clear cap room for LaMarcus Aldridge or another star free agent. … Golden State already has nearly $82.6MM on the books for next season, about $1MM more than the projected tax line, and that's without a new deal for Draymond Green.
Cavs, Wizards Pursue Mike Dunleavy
2015/06/lebron-wants-dunleavy.htmlThe Bulls have Early Bird rights to Dunleavy, so they'll likely be able to pay him as much as about…
Southwest Notes: Chandler, Ginobili, Brewer, Gasol
2015/06/southwest-chandler-ginobili.htmlHouston has early Bird rights on Brewer and can offer him a deal starting at an estimated $8.2MM per year. … The team has full Bird rights on Terry.
League OKs Tony Ressler’s Purchase Of Hawks
2015/06/league-resslers-purchase.htmlRessler and the front office face a challenge this summer to retain both Paul Millsap and DeMarre Carroll with only Early Bird rights on them and perhaps not enough cap space to meet their collective market price, as I examined in our Offseason Outlook for the team.
Hawks Losing Faith In Re-Signing Millsap, Carroll
2015/06/signing-millsap-carroll.htmlThat's in large measure because Atlanta has only Early Bird rights with both of them, restraining their ability to go over the cap to re-sign them.
Jazz To Pursue Paul Millsap
2015/06/jazz-pursue-millsap.htmlCompetition will no doubt be stiff for the leading scorer from a 60-win Hawks team this season, and the Hawks face a stiff financial challenge to re-sign Millsap and fellow impending free agent DeMarre Carroll with only Early Bird Rights on both, as I examined when I looked at Atlanta's offseason.
Offseason Outlook: Miami Heat
2015/06/offseason-outlook-miami-heat-3.html2 overall pick has had with Miami, as doing so would at least allow the Heat to keep his Non-Bird rights, but the increased flexibility is probably the Heat's priority with so much else uncertain. … But in the absence of another team willing to pay dearly for Wade, the Heat may be best advised to let the market dictate Wade's value.
Mavs Plan To Shop Raymond Felton
2015/06/shop-raymond-felton.htmlMacMahon suggests that Aminu might be willing to re-sign at a discount, perhaps on a two-year deal with a player option, but that it would require that the Mavs promise to "negotiate in good faith" next summer when Aminu would be able to opt out with Early Bird rights. … Dallas has only Non-Bird rights with Aminu, so the team can't give him a new deal with a starting salary of better than 20% of the minimum salary without using cap space or another exception.
Offseason Outlook: Atlanta Hawks
2015/06/offseason-outlook-atlanta-hawks-3.htmlThe maximum starting salary for a player with Millsap's nine years of experience would be an estimated $18.96MM, or about $2.3MM more than the $16.625MM the Hawks are limited to giving him through his Early Bird rights. … The Hawks also have Early Bird rights on Carroll, but because his salary this season is much lower than Millsap's is, those rights don't go nearly as far.
Knicks Eye Paul Millsap, DeMarre Carroll
2015/05/millsap-demarre-carroll.htmlThe Hawks have only Early Bird rights on both Millsap and Carroll, but with just approximately $39.3MM in guaranteed salaries…
Lakers, Celtics, Pistons Eye DeMarre Carroll
2015/05/pistons-demarre-carroll.htmlThe Hawks would like to re-sign Carroll, Deveney writes, but they only have Early Bird rights on him, meaning they'd have to use cap space to give him a starting salary of any more than about $6MM. … Atlanta has the cap flexibility to pay him $8-9MM next year, as do the Lakers, Celtics and Pistons, but the Hawks won't have the chance to give him a five-year contract or 7.5% raises as they could with full Bird rights, which would have given Atlanta a leg up on other teams.