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Knicks, Nets Expanding Bridges Trade To Include Milton, Diakite, Bates-Diop

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As cap expert Yossi Gozlan explains (Twitter links), the Knicks can give Milton a $3.1MM salary for 2024/25 using his Non-Bird rights.

Atlantic Notes: Brissett, Springer, Walsh, Gordon, Knicks Rotation

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The Celtics still have the option to bring back Brissett on a veteran’s minimum deal or with Non-Bird rights.

Atlantic Notes: Hartenstein, Pagliuca, George, Nets Rebuild

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The Knicks held the center's Early Bird rights, limiting them to a four-year, $72.5MM offer.

Magic Re-Sign Goga Bitadze On Three-Year Deal

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Bitadze has a minimum cap hold that will put the Magic in position to go over the cap to re-sign him with his Early Bird rights, cap expert Yossi Gozlan tweets.

Rockets Re-Sign Aaron Holiday

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Because he signed as a free agent with the Rockets last season, Holiday only has Non-Bird rights this summer, meaning the team can't give him a deal worth more than 20% above the veteran's minimum without using a different exception.

Warriors Sign De’Anthony Melton To One-Year Contract

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And his salary is large enough that even though they'll only have his non-Bird rights a year from now, they could still make him a competitive offer in 2025 free agency, assuming things go well for both sides.

Thunder Sign Isaiah Hartenstein To Three-Year Deal

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Although the Knicks wanted to retain Hartenstein, they were limited to a maximum offer of approximately $72.5MM over four years, since they only held his Early Bird rights, which allowed for a raise of up to 75% on his $9.25MM cap hit from 2023/24.

Tobias Harris Signs Two-Year Deal With Pistons

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They hold Early Bird rights on the 28-year-old small forward and can offer him a new deal worth up to $58MM over four years.

Thunder Sign Isaiah Joe To Four-Year Contract

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They can keep his minimum-salary cap hold on the books until they've used all that room, then go over the cap using his Early Bird rights to officially re-sign him to his new deal. … The maximum amount the Thunder could have given Joe on an Early Bird contract was about $58.2MM over four years, so this deal will come in a little lower than that.

Sixers Sign Tyrese Maxey To Five-Year Max Contract

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The 76ers will use up all their cap room before going over the cap to officially re-sign Maxey using his…

NBA Minimum Salaries For 2024/25

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Technically, a minimum-salary contract could cover five years for a player with full Bird rights, but in actuality, that never happens.

Celtics Re-Sign Neemias Queta To Three-Year Deal

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JULY 2: Queta's deal will be for three years, according to Keith Smith of Spotrac, who tweets that the Celtics are using the center's Non-Bird rights to give him a deal longer than what the minimum salary exception allows.

Nicolas Batum Reportedly Won’t Re-Sign With Sixers

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In order to create significant cap room, the Sixers have to renounce Batum's cap hold and will thus lose his Bird rights.

Salary Cap, Tax Line Set For 2024/25 NBA Season

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The Early Bird amount represents the maximum starting salary a team can offer a player it intends to re-sign using his Early Bird rights, assuming that amount is greater than 175% of his previous salary. … The NBA's cap increased by the maximum allowable 10% during the 2022 and 2023 offseasons and is expected to do so again in 2025 as the league's new media rights deal takes effect, so this year represents an outlier, creating more challenges circumstances for teams navigating the cap and the aprons.

2024 NBA Free Agency Primer

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Need a refresher on how sign-and-trades work, what it means to have "Early Bird rights" on a player, how a team becomes hard-capped, or what exactly it means to operate over a tax apron? We explain all in our glossary.

Bol Bol Re-Signs With Suns

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Phoenix holds Bol's Non-Bird Rights, so he's eligible for a new deal worth up to 20% more than the veteran's minimum salary, though Woj's report doesn't specify whether that's what his new contract will be worth.

Damion Lee Declines Player Option With Suns

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According to Gerald Bourguet of PHNX Sports (Twitter link), a new deal with the Suns is a possibility for Lee,…

Paul George Declines Option, Will Take Free Agent Meetings

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The move puts George on track to become an unrestricted free agent, and he intends to schedule meetings with the Clippers - who control his Bird rights - and other suitors with cap room beginning on Sunday evening, says Wojnarowski. … Typically, Los Angeles would be able to offer a fifth year to a Bird-rights free agent, but that's not an option for George due to the over-38 rule.

Thunder Declining 2024/25 Options On Joe, Wiggins

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The thinking is that the Thunder will be able to keep Joe's and Wiggins' very small cap holds on the books, use up all of their cap room on other moves, then go over the cap to re-sign the two players to multiyear contracts using their Bird rights (or, in Joe's case, Early Bird rights).

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