2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Charlotte Hornets
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-charlotte-hornets.htmlWe look ahead to the Hornets' 2024 offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Washington Wizards
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-washington-wizards.htmlBut New York also only has Hartenstein's Early Bird rights and is limited to offering him a deal that starts at about $16MM per year. … Richaun Holmes ($12,876,780): Bird rights
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Detroit Pistons
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-detroit-pistons.htmlAfter using up that room, they'd be able to go over the cap to re-sign Fontecchio using his Early Bird rights, which I expect they'll do. … Evan Fournier ($19,000,000): Bird rights
Knicks Notes: Hart, Rotation, Hartenstein, Brunson, DiVincenzo
2024/05/knicks-notes-hart-rotation-hartenstein-brunson-divincenzo.htmlHolding Hartenstein's Early Bird rights, the Knicks will be able to offer him a starting salary worth up to approximately $16MM.
2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Brooklyn Nets
2024/05/2024-nba-offseason-preview-brooklyn-nets.html3 overall) and 2026, along with swap rights in 2025 and 2027.
Pacific Notes: Harden, Leonard, Russell, Huerter
2024/04/pacific-notes-harden-leonard-russell-huerter.htmlThe Clippers will hold his full Bird rights though, putting them in a good position to bring him back.
Heat Notes: Martin, Highsmith, Shooting, Adjustments, Butler
2024/04/heat-notes-martin-highsmith-shooting-playoff-adjustments-butler.htmlJackson notes that while the Heat own the Bird rights for both players, re-signing both, or either, would put them over or extremely close to the restrictive second tax apron.
Nets’ Fernandez, Marks Call Re-Signing Claxton Top Offseason Priority
2024/04/nets-fernandez-marks-call-re-signing-claxton-top-offseason-priority.htmlAlthough his previous contract only covered two seasons, Claxton was with the Nets for three years before that, so the team will have his full Bird rights.
NBA Team Option Decisions For 2024/25
2024/04/nba-team-option-decisions-for-2024-25.htmlHowever, team options can be useful at the end of a contract, since turning down that option allows the team to retain some form of Bird rights on the player -- waiving a player with a non-guaranteed salary doesn't present that same opportunity.
Kings Notes: Monk, Brown, Ranadive, Offseason, Vezenkov
2024/04/kings-notes-monk-brown-ranadive-offseason-vezenkov.htmlSacramento holds Monk's Early Bird rights, so the team is somewhat limited in what it can offer him this summer.
Spurs Notes: Wembanyama, T. Jones, Paul, Young, Questions
2024/04/spurs-notes-wembanyama-t-jones-paul-young-questions.htmlWhile both Chris Paul and the Warriors have said they have mutual interest in a reunion, that's far from a lock, since they'll lose his Bird rights if they waive his non-guaranteed $30MM salary for next season.
Pacific Notes: Monk, Murray, Warriors, Suns, O’Neale
2024/04/pacific-notes-monk-murray-warriors-suns-oneale.htmlMonk will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, with the Kings holding his Early Bird rights.
Warriors Notes: Thompson, CP3, Kuminga, Wiggins, Offseason
2024/04/warriors-notes-thompson-cp3-kuminga-wiggins-offseason.htmlHowever, it probably isn't practical for the team to keep Paul on his non-guaranteed $30MM contract, and the Warriors would lose any form of Bird rights if they waive him.
Raptors Notes: Trent, Quickley, Porter, Draft Pick, More
2024/04/raptors-notes-trent-quickley-porter-draft-pick-more.htmlHe's wrapping up a three-year, $52MM deal that paid him approximately $18.6MM in 2023/24, and the Raptors will hold his Bird rights in the offseason, giving them the ability to go over the cap to re-sign him or to sign-and-trade him to a new team.
Pistons Sign Jaylen Nowell To Second Hardship Deal
2024/04/pistons-to-sign-jaylen-nowell-to-second-hardship-deal.htmlThat allows them to carry an extra player beyond the 15 on their standard roster, but they won't have any…
Pacific Notes: O’Neale, Allen, Hyland, Leonard, Monk, Sabonis
2024/04/pacific-notes-oneale-allen-hyland-leonard-monk-sabonis.htmlSacramento has Early Bird rights on Monk and can sign him up to $78MM over four years.
Grizzlies Sign Zavier Simpson, Jack White Via Hardship Exceptions
2024/04/grizzlies-sign-zavier-simpson-jack-white-via-hardship-exceptions.htmlThe club won't hold any form of Bird rights this offseason on either player.
Pacific Notes: Kuminga, Thompson, George, O’Neale, Harding
2024/04/pacific-notes-kuminga-thompson-george-oneale-harding.htmlHowever, Phoenix can offer him up to five years in the summer since it holds O'Neale's Bird rights.
Lakers Notes: Russell, Vanderbilt, LeBron, Davis, Reaves
2024/03/lakers-notes-russell-vanderbilt-lebron-davis-reaves.htmlEven if he decides against picking up his player option, Russell could return to the Lakers, who would hold his Bird rights in that scenario and would be in a good position to sign him to a new contract.
Southeast Notes: Bridges, T. Young, Heat, Bryant
2024/03/southeast-notes-bridges-t-young-heat-bryant.htmlHe told the Hornets prior to last month's trade deadline that he wouldn't approve a trade, since he wanted to remain in Charlotte and retain his full Bird rights, so the club will be in position to re-sign him this offseason without needing cap room to do so.
Suns Notes: Allen, Beal, Nurkic, Spurs Loss, Schedule
2024/03/suns-notes-allen-beal-nurkic-spurs-loss-schedule.htmlIf he doesn't sign an extension, he'll be an unrestricted free agent, with the Suns holding his Bird rights.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Cap Holds
2024/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-cap-holds-8.htmlThe general purpose of a cap hold is to prevent teams from using room under the cap to sign free agents before using Bird rights to re-sign their own free agents. … Each of Indiana's own free agents will be assigned a free agent amount - or "cap hold" - until the player signs a new contract or the Pacers renounce his rights.
2024 Free Agent Stock Watch: Central Division
2024/03/2024-free-agent-stock-watch-central-division.htmlThe Pacers will have cap room and Smith's Early Bird rights if they want to bring him back.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Non-Bird Rights
2024/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-non-bird-rights-7.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 a rest-of-season contract right before the regular season finale and spends just a single day with his club would have Non-Bird rights in the offseason.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Early Bird Rights
2024/03/hoops-rumors-glossary-early-bird-rights-7.htmlBird 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. … Other salary cap exceptions are available for teams to keep players who don’t qualify for Bird rights.