Offseason In Review: New York Knicks
2013/11/offseason-review-knicks.htmlSigned via Early Bird rights.
Offseason In Review: Brooklyn Nets
2013/11/offseason-review-brooklyn.htmlSigned via Non-Bird rights.
Extension Candidate: Kobe Bryant
2013/11/extension-candidate-kobe-bryant.htmlLos Angeles would still hold Kobe's Bird rights, meaning the club could sign him to a max-salary contract in 2015.
Offseason In Review: Atlanta Hawks
2013/11/offseason-review-atlanta.htmlSigned via Bird rights. … Signed via Bird rights.
Offseason In Review: Charlotte Bobcats
2013/11/offseason-charlotte-bobcats.htmlSigned via Bird rights.
Offseason In Review: Indiana Pacers
2013/11/offseason-indiana-pacers.htmlSigned via Early Bird rights. … The Knicks had only Non-Bird rights at their disposal if they wanted to re-sign Copeland, and chose to retain fellow Non-Bird free agent Pablo Prigioni instead, declining to make Copeland a formal offer.
Players Who Can Veto Trades
2013/11/players-veto-trades.htmlBird rights, Early Bird rights and Non-Bird rights are all mechanisms that allow teams to go above the salary cap to retain their own players. … Trades usually have no effect on those rights, but that's not the case with players on one-year contracts.
Celtics Rumors: Brooks, D-League, Osby
2013/10/celtics-brooks-league.htmlBut we will retain his Bird Rights and I’m sure he’ll get plenty of opportunities this year to see if…… NBA clubs are only allowed to retain the D-League rights for three players, but the Maine Red Claws already held Sims' rights.
Projected 2014/15 Cap Space For Each Team
2013/10/projected-201415-space.htmlPacers: $60,615,028: Paul George's max extension eats up the team's cap room, meaning Indiana faces a talent drain if they don't use Bird rights to re-sign Danny Granger and Lance Stephenson.
Few Signees Locked Up Long-Term
2013/10/signees-locked-term.htmlContracts signed via Bird rights are kept to five years after the previous CBA allowed them to run six.
Kobe To Play Role in Carmelo’s Free Agency?
2013/09/kobe-to-play-role-in-carmelos-free-agency.htmlThe Lakers have Bryant's Bird rights and they'll have plenty of cap room available next summer to sign Anthony or another marquee free agent.
Williams Will Consider Exercising One-Year Option
2012/01/williams-will-consider-exercising-one-year-option.htmlIf the point guard signs with a different team this summer and renounces his Bird rights, he'll earn about $700K…
Overview Of Salary Cap Exceptions
2012/02/glossary-of-salary-cap-exceptions.htmlA player who changes teams via trade retains his Bird rights, but he loses them if he signs with a new team as a free agent. … Non-Bird Exception: If a player has earned neither Bird or Early Bird rights, his team can re-sign him for 120% of his previous salary, 120% of the applicable minimum salary, or, if he's a restricted free agent, the amount of his qualifying offer.
Odds & Ends: Sloan, Nets, Novak, Nash
2012/02/odds-ends-3-14.htmlThe club wants to retain their Bird-rights players like Damion James in order to build around max contracts this summer, tweets Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News.
Veteran Contract Extensions Under The New CBA
2012/02/veteran-contract-extensions-in-the-new-cba.htmlBy comparison, veterans with Bird rights are eligible to sign free agent contracts for up to five years.
Latest On Jeremy Lin
2012/02/latest-on-jeremy-lin-2.htmlIf he does have Early Bird rights, the Knicks could re-sign him for up to 175% of his previous salary or th e average player salary, whichever is greater. … Salary cap guru Larry Coon said in a stream of tweets that he's not sure if Lin qualifies as an "Early Bird" free agent.
Knicks Notes: Stoudemire, Lin, Nash, Felton
2012/02/knicks-notes-lin-nash-felton-howard.htmlThe Knicks won't have Early Bird rights on Lin this summer, but the Gilbert Arenas provision will prevent other teams from out-bidding New York for the restricted free agent, says Marc Berman of the New York Post.
Heat Interested In Chris Kaman
2012/02/heat-interested-in-chris-kaman.htmlBesides that significant roadblock, getting Kaman to the Heat would also involve him agreeing to the veteran's minimum with Miami and giving up his Bird rights, which could affect his next contract.
Howard, Miles Open To Re-Signing With Jazz
2012/02/howard-miles-open-to-re-signing-with-jazz.htmlThe Jazz would have Bird rights on Miles and non-Bird rights on Howard, which is likely all they'd need if both players continue to produce like they have so far.
Trade Candidate: Raymond Felton
2012/02/trade-candidate-raymond-felton-1.htmlThey’d have Felton’s Early Bird rights, so if they missed out on Deron Williams this summer, they’d have the inside track on re-signing Felton, who’s 12 years younger than Kidd.
Nets Inquired On Michael Beasley
2012/03/nets-inquired-on-michael-beasley.htmlHumphries holds a no-trade clause thanks to his impending Bird rights.
Nuggets, Wizards, Clips Agree To Three-Way Deal
2012/03/nuggets-wizards-clips-agree-to-three-way-deal.htmlLee also reports that Young was initially supposed to go to the Nuggets in the deal, but declined to surrender his Bird rights to go to Denver (Twitter link).
Largest Cap Holds
2012/03/largest-cap-holds.htmlWithout cap holds, a team could structure a bunch of its contracts to end simultaneously, giving them cap room to pursue other teams’ free agents while still possessing Bird rights on its own free agents. … The cap hold doesn’t go away unless the team waives the player or renounces its rights to him, or until the player signs with another team or formally files retirement papers with the league.
Northwest Rumors: Hickson, Fisher, Miles
2012/03/northwest-rumors-hickson-fisher-miles.htmlStill, Utah has Bird rights on Miles, who's on the last year of a four-year, $14.8MM contract and putting up 9.3 points a game and a 13.1 PER this season.
Hinrich Wouldn’t Mind Return To Bulls
2012/03/hinrich-wouldnt-mind-return-to-bulls.htmlHinrich also said he's enjoyed his time with the Hawks, who possess his Bird rights and only have $60.9MM on next year's payroll.