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Hoops Rumors Glossary: Early Bird Rights

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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. … Other salary cap exceptions are available for teams to keep players who don’t qualify for Bird rights.

Hoops Rumors Glossary: Bird Rights

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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 long-term deal or on separate one- or two-year contracts. … For instance, the Thunder will hold Gordon Hayward's Bird rights when he reaches free agency this offseason, despite just acquiring him in February.

Ishbia: Suns Will Look To Re-Sign Allen, O’Neale

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"Having someone’s Bird rights gives you an advantage to be able to keep those players even if you’re in the luxury tax.

Atlantic Notes: Hartenstein, Raptors, Springer, Muscala

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The Knicks hold Early Bird rights on Hartenstein, who will be an unrestricted free agent after the season.

Pacers Notes: Siakam, Raptors, Haliburton, Meeting, McDermott

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The 29-year-old is set to hit free agency this summer and is widely expected to sign a long-term deal with Indiana, which holds his Bird rights.

Celtics Notes: Trades, Stevens, Springer, Tillman, Roster

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Tillman will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, but Boston has his Bird rights, so it will be able to potentially re-sign him without worrying about salary cap limitations.

Suns Acquire Royce O’Neale In Three-Way Deal

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O'Neale is in the final year of a four-year, $36MM contract and could enter unrestricted free agency this summer with full Bird rights.

Raptors Acquire Olynyk, Agbaji From Jazz For 2024 First-Round Pick

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Olynyk is on an expiring contract, but the Raptors will control his Bird rights this offseason, giving them the ability to go over the cap to re-sign him or to figure out a sign-and-trade.

Trade Rumors: Sixers, Pistons, Bulls, Bridges, Mavs, Kuzma, Brown, Knicks, More

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The 25-year-old has the ability to veto a trade and would lose his Bird rights if he approves a move to a new team.

Miles Bridges Tells Hornets He Won’t Approve Any Trade

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The move means Bridges will become an unrestricted free agent this summer and will retain his Bird rights, which he would have lost if had been dealt to another team. … The Bird rights issue and Bridges' legal difficulties combined to limit his value on the trade market.

Celtics Notes: Tillman Trade, Stevens, Queta

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Acquiring Tillman's Bird rights is a significant move for a team that projects to be above the second tax apron, states Brian Robb of MassLive.

Celtics Acquire Xavier Tillman From Grizzlies

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Boston will hold his Bird rights at that time, allowing the team to re-sign him without requiring cap space.

Jazz Trade Simone Fontecchio To Pistons

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Although he's on an expiring contract, the 28-year-old will be eligible for restricted free agency this summer and Detroit will control his Early Bird rights in addition to projecting to have no shortage of cap space, so the club is well positioned to re-sign him. … The Jazz will also receive the rights to Gabriele Procida, the 36th overall pick in the 2022 draft, Wojnarowski adds (via Twitter).

Bulls Rumors: DeRozan, Drummond, Caruso, Williams

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Holding DeRozan's Bird rights, the Bulls will have the advantage of being able to offer him more money than rival teams, but Mayberry states that DeRozan won't have any other reason to stay in Chicago if he wants to be part of a winner.

Stein’s Latest: Lowry, Hayward, Washington, Green, Bucks, Wright, Drummond

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Charlotte hasn't ruled out re-signing the veteran forward this summer, and if he's bought him out, Hayward would have to forfeit his Bird rights.

Knicks Notes: Hartenstein, Brunson, Anunoby, Grimes, LeBron

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After signing Hartenstein to a two-year, $16MM deal in 2022, the Knicks own his Early Bird rights and can go over the salary cap to keep him.

Trade Rumors: Warriors, D. Murray, Hayward, Lowry, Knicks

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If the Hornets were to retain Hayward through the end of the season, he would retain his full Bird rights and they'd have the option of re-signing him or signing-and-trading him in the summer.

Jazz, Suns, Pistons Among Possible Miles Bridges Suitors

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He also has the ability to veto a trade and would lose his Bird rights if he's dealt this season, which could affect what a team is willing to give up to acquire him.

Lakers Exploring Trades For Murray, Numerous Other Players

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They're not particularly interested in the Hornets' Miles Bridges, a potential alternative to Finney-Smith, because they wouldn't hold his Bird Rights and Bridges would likely sign a more lucrative contract elsewhere in the summer.

Lakers Notes: Irving, LeBron, Russell, Reaves, Lineup

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The Mavericks held Irving's Bird Rights and were determined to keep him and Luka Doncic together, re-signing him to a three-year, $126MM deal.

Stein’s Latest: Raptors, Siakam Trade, Brown, Knicks Targets, More

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The Pacers can only offer Siakam a two-year, $81.5MM extension during the season, but they acquired his Bird rights in the trade, which was a motivating factor in getting him now. … Acquiring Siakam's Bird rights allows the Pacers to go over the salary cap to keep him giving them increased flexibility this summer.

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