2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Denver Nuggets
2022/06/2022-nba-offseason-preview-denver-nuggets.htmlThe Nuggets only have his Non-Bird rights. … on the shelf due to back surgery, Denver was missing two of its top three scorers for nearly the entire season.
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Chicago Bulls
2022/06/2022-nba-offseason-preview-chicago-bulls.htmlIf the Bulls don't retain LaVine or any other free agents, they could potentially open up nearly $18MM in cap room, but that's an unlikely scenario -- if LaVine walks, the team would probably try to get something back in a sign-and-trade, eating up any available cap space.
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Brooklyn Nets
2022/06/2022-nba-offseason-preview-brooklyn-nets.htmlThe Nets hold his NBA rights. … Durant put up MVP-type numbers in the first half to help compensate for Irving's absence, but he went down with a knee injury in January that cost him nearly two months.
Stein’s Latest: Portis, J. Howard, Lakers, Celtics, Hornets
2022/06/steins-latest-portis-j-howard-lakers-celtics-hornets.htmlBecause he has spent the last two seasons with the Bucks, they now hold his Early Bird rights and would be able to offer him a raise if he opts out. … Assuming the Bucks use Portis' Early Bird rights to re-sign him, they'll have to offer him a deal covering at least two seasons, since Early Bird contracts can't be for just one year.
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Atlanta Hawks
2022/06/2022-nba-offseason-preview-atlanta-hawks.htmlKevin Knox ($7,228,448 qualifying offer / $17,537,934 cap hold): Bird rights… The team struggled to meet those expectations early in the year and ended up nearly replicating the pattern of their previous season.
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Charlotte Hornets
2022/05/2022-nba-offseason-preview-charlotte-hornets.htmlJalen McDaniels ($1,930,681): Bird rights 3…
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Los Angeles Clippers
2022/05/2022-nba-offseason-preview-los-angeles-clippers.htmlBatum's Early Bird rights and Coffey's Bird rights should allow for new deals, even if Batum turns down his $3.3MM player option. … to secure his rights through 2024.
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Washington Wizards
2022/05/2022-nba-offseason-preview-washington-wizards.htmlWe look ahead to the Wizards' offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Los Angeles Lakers
2022/05/2022-nba-offseason-preview-los-angeles-lakers.htmlDue to their cap situation and their lack of any real Bird rights on their free agents, it'll be difficult for the Lakers to give any of those veterans much of a raise on their 2021/22 salary.
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Sacramento Kings
2022/05/2022-nba-offseason-preview-sacramento-kings.htmlWe look ahead to the Kings' offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.
Bucks Notes: Middleton, Portis, Connaughton, Matthews
2022/05/bucks-notes-middleton-portis-connaughton-matthews.htmlI love being a Buck, but it definitely comes down to them making it work." The Bucks would have Early Bird rights on Portis, who has certainly outplayed his $4.56MM option. … In his preview of the Bucks' offseason, ESPN's Bobby Marks (Insider link) takes a closer look at Portis' free agency, noting that the Bucks could offer him up to about $22.6MM over two years using the Early Bird exception.
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Portland Trail Blazers
2022/05/2022-nba-offseason-preview-portland-trail-blazers.htmlWe look ahead to the Trail Blazers' offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Indiana Pacers
2022/05/2022-nba-offseason-preview-indiana-pacers.htmlNate Hinton ($1,616,044 cap hold): Non-Bird rights… Myles Turner was viewed as one of the NBA's top trade candidates early in the 2021/22 season.
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Oklahoma City Thunder
2022/05/2022-nba-offseason-preview-oklahoma-city-thunder.htmlWe look ahead to the Thunder's offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Cap Holds
2022/05/hoops-rumors-glossary-cap-holds-6.htmlEach of Chicago's own free agents will be assigned a free agent amount - or "cap hold" - until the player signs a new contract or the Bulls renounce his rights. … Early Bird player: 130% of previous salary.
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Detroit Pistons
2022/05/2022-nba-offseason-preview-detroit-pistons.htmlCory Joseph ($5,155,500): Bird rights…
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Orlando Magic
2022/04/2022-nba-offseason-preview-orlando-magic.htmlHe never signed a rookie contract and has since retired, but the team has yet to renounce its rights to him. … That still leaves nearly $28MM in cap space if the team lets all its free agents walk and renounces its remaining cap holds, but I'm not convinced the Magic badly want to create cap room, since they're unlikely to be major players in free agency.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Non-Bird Rights
2022/04/hoops-rumors-glossary-non-bird-rights-6.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
2022/04/hoops-rumors-glossary-early-bird-rights-6.htmlWhile the Bird exception is for players who have spent three seasons with one club without changing teams as a free agent, Early Bird rights are earned after just two such seasons. … 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.
2022 NBA Offseason Preview: Houston Rockets
2022/04/2022-nba-offseason-preview-houston-rockets.htmlWe look ahead to the Rockets' offseason, examining their roster and cap situation entering the summer.
Hoops Rumors Glossary: Bird Rights
2022/04/hoops-rumors-glossary-bird-rights-5.htmlFor example, Taj Gibson had Early Bird rights last offseason, then had those rights renounced by the Knicks as the team attempted to gain extra cap room. … 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.
Blazers Sign Reggie Perry To Hardship Deal For Final Game
2022/04/blazers-sign-reggie-perry-to-hardship-deal-for-final-game.htmlPerry's contract will expire when the regular season ends, so the club won't have any form of Bird rights on…… He also signed a 10-day contract with the Pacers in early February and played in a single game with Indiana.
Lakers Rumors: Coaching Change, Davis, Westbrook, THT, Nunn, Monk
2022/04/lakers-rumors-coaching-change-davis-westbrook-tht-nunn-monk.htmlonly holds Non-Bird rights on Monk and will be limited to a contract that starts at the taxpayer mid-level exception, which is projected to be $6.4MM. … An offseason coaching change seems inevitable for the Lakers, who could see their hopes for the play-in tournament end as early as tonight, writes Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report.
What To Watch For In NBA Season’s Final 10 Days
2022/04/what-to-watch-for-in-nba-seasons-final-10-days.htmlWhy wouldn't those hardship contracts just take the form of rest-of-season deals too? Well, this way, teams can't gain certain offseason rights to more players than the standard roster limits allow. … A rest-of-season contract would give the club a player's Bird, Early Bird, or Non-Bird rights for the offseason, whereas a 10-day deal won't.
Free Agent Stock Watch: Southwest Division
2022/03/free-agent-stock-watch-southwest-division-4.htmlHe outperformed that contract early in the season, prompting some discussion about how the Celtics - who would have only held his Non-Bird rights at season's end - wouldn't be able to afford to bring him back. … Initially viewed as a possible buyout candidate for the lottery-bound Rockets, the veteran guard earned some early praise for his impact on the team's young guards.