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Southwest Rumors: Neal, Jackson, Ellis, Dalembert

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Teams that pull QOs after the deadline also automatically lose Bird rights to those players.

Knicks Re-Sign Kenyon Martin

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Martin is eligible to sign for up to 120% of the minimum salary via Non-Bird rights.

Mavericks Re-Sign Brandan Wright

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With Wright's Early Bird rights in hand, the team can go over the cap to re-sign him.

Odds & Ends: Kobe, Pekovic, Goudelock, Cooley

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Times duo has a very out of the box (and illegal) idea for Bryant: sign for the veteran's minimum in 2014/15 and ink a $19.5MM deal with the Lakers (who hold his Bird Rights) in the following year.

Southeast Notes: Hardaway, Hawks, Heat

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The team can still re-sign Johnson, but no longer holds any form of Bird rights. … In order to create the space necessary to claim Ayon, the Hawks renounced their rights to Ivan Johnson, tweets Jason Walker of Peachtree Hoops.

Rockets Re-Sign Francisco Garcia

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Garcia will have a player's option in the second year of his new deal and will also have bird rights after year one, Wojnarowski tweets.

Bobcats Re-Sign Jannero Pargo

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Even though the Mark Bartelstein client finished last season with the Bobcats, he wasn't eligible for a raise via the Non-Bird exception, since the team renounced his rights earlier in the summer to clear cap room.

Important Dates For The 2013/14 NBA Season

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January 15: Players with Bird or Early Bird rights who re-signed with their own over-the-cap team (on or before October 15th) and received at least a 20% raise can be traded as of this date.

Extension Talks Stall For Luol Deng, Bulls

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Assuming Chicago doesn't trade him this season, the Bulls would hold Deng's Bird Rights, giving them the upper hand to sign him.

Extension Candidate: Avery Bradley

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If Bradley signs an offer sheet on the first day after the July Moratorium, and Danny Ainge and company want to match it, the team would have three days to use its cap room to sign other players before matching the offer sheet via Bird rights.

Pre-Camp Roster Outlooks: Eastern Conference

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That indicates that the team has a strong idea of what its opening-night roster will look like, but it seems like a safe bet that the Bucks will bring a few players to camp to grab their D-League rights and evaluate them for the future, if nothing else. … Pacers: Larry Bird and company have mined the D-League for three training camp invitees so far, and with only 16 players and 13 fully guaranteed contracts, they may do so again.