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Little Financial Incentive Exists For Many In 2013/14

September 20th, 2013 at 7:37pm CST by Chuck Myron

The movitation of looming negotiations for a new contract can drive players to put a little extra into a season. Even guys who aren't in the final years of their deals may have a financial carrot on a stick, with team and player options and non-guaranteed seasons to be decided on for 2014/15. Former first-round draft picks entering their third seasons can look forward to the prospect of a lucrative extension.

Still, there are plenty of others who have no direct financial incentive to play well in 2013/14. They have contracts that include a fully guaranteed season in 2014/15, with no options to be decided upon next summer. No teams have more players in this situation than the Bucks, Nuggets, Timberwolves, and Trail Blazers, all of which hope eight of their guys can find something else to drive them. The Heat have the specter of a third straight championship to shoot for, but everyone on the team will be playing for a contract, too, since they're the only NBA franchise without anyone locked into his 2014/15 salary.

This compilation doesn't take into effect players who are up for veteran extensions, since those are rare under the new collective bargaining agreement. Over time, the latest CBA should curtail the number of players without a negotiation ahead, since it places stricter limits on the length of deals.

Everyone who signed a long-term, fully guaranteed free agent contract this summer is on the list. It also includes John Wall and Larry Sanders, who signed long-term rookie-scale extensions. There are a few of this year's second-round picks shown here, but none of the first-rounders, since they must sign rookie-scale contracts which call for either an option decision or an extension candidacy in each of the three offseasons between the four years of the deal. Since many guys on rookie-scale deals sign extensions, unlike other NBA players, we've included those who are set for rookie-scale extension eligibility in 2014.

Of course, just because a player doesn't have a tangible financial incentive to play for doesn't mean there isn't some money at stake. A player's off-court endorsement earnings are often affected by his play, and if a guy lollygags this season, only to ramp up his production when negotiations draw closer, front offices might not be fooled. Teams can get rid of them by trading them or waiving them, but these players will still be due their 2014/15 salaries:

ShamSports was used in the creation of this post.

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Hoops Rumors Features

September 20th, 2013 at 12:14pm CST by Luke Adams

Hoops Rumors passes along the latest news and rumors on NBA player movement 365 days a year, but those aren't the only updates you'll see on the site. On our right sidebar, you'll find a number of additional features and featured posts. Here's a rundown of a few of them:

  • You can follow all our updates about your favorite teams or players on your iPhone or iPad using the Hoops Rumors app.
  • We're still keeping a close eye on free agency with the help of our list of 2013 free agents. If you want to look ahead to the summer of 2014 or 2015, we've rounded up those free agents as well. All of these FA lists will continue to be modified as needed.
  • Our Free Agent Tracker, which features data sortable by team, position, contract years, and contract amount, has been continually updated to include all of this summer's deals, including training camp invites.
  • Free agents aren't the only players signing contracts. This year's draft picks are also inking their deals, and we've broken down the likely salaries for first-round picks, while we continue to follow which prospects have been locked up and which remain unsigned.
  • If you're interested in monitoring the status of non-NBA players, be sure to check out our International Player Movement Tracker, developed with the help of Mark Porcaro. It includes data on thousands of players, and continues to be updated daily.
  • Not all the players currently on NBA rosters have guaranteed deals. We've provided a schedule of contract guarantee dates so you can keep track of when teams will have to make decisions on those non-guaranteed players. We also have them broken down by team.
  • Our list of 2013/14 roster counts is a convenient tool for keeping tabs on how many players your favorite NBA team is carrying, and how many guaranteed contracts are on each club's books.
  • As players like John Wall and Larry Sanders lock up new deals with their current teams, we'll continue to examine this offseason's other extension-eligible players in our Extension Candidate series.
  • If you missed any trades made since the 2012/13 season ended, you can catch up using our list of 2013 offseason swaps.
  • Our agency database is a handy reference point for determining the representation for virtually every NBA player.
  • Using our 10-day contract tracker, you can find any 10-day contract signed since 2007, sorting by player, team, year, and other variables.
  • On Mondays at 4:00pm CT, I answer readers' questions in a live chat. These weekly live chats are on hiatus for the time being, but will return in October when camps get underway. In the meantime, you can check out transcripts of our past live discussions here.
  • Our list of outstanding traded player exceptions is updated whenever a trade exception is created, is used, or expires.
  • We're tracking teams' amnesty provisions — using our complete list, you can check to see which clubs have used the amnesty clause and which will have it available next summer.
  • The Hoops Rumors glossary helps explain some of the more complex concepts in the NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement.
  • Zach Links rounds up the best of the blogosphere every Sunday in his weekly Hoops Links feature.
  • If you're looking to catch up on a few days worth of content, our Week in Review posts round up the week's news and rumors, while our Hoops Rumors Originals posts recap the site's original content for the week. Both round-ups are published every Sunday.
  • Be sure to check out the Featured Posts section on the right sidebar for more original pieces from the Hoops Rumors writing team. Recently, we explored how and why the Sixers have managed to stay above the cap this offseason, discovered that sign-and-trades are up despite limitations in the new CBA, and took a closer look at upcoming rookie-scale option decisions.
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Hoops Rumors On Facebook/Twitter/RSS

September 19th, 2013 at 4:44pm CST by Luke Adams

With a number of option decisions due by the end of October and several extension candidates in talks on new deals, there should be plenty of notable stories to follow on Hoops Rumors before opening night. There are a handful of different ways you can follow us to keep tabs on the latest NBA news and rumors this summer and throughout the year.

You can Like us on Facebook, and receive headlines and links for all our posts via your Facebook account. You can also follow us on Twitter to have all our posts and updates sent directly to your Twitter feed. And our RSS feed is located here, if you'd like to follow us using your RSS reader of choice.

If you prefer to receive updates only on roster moves such as signings, cuts, and trades, you can follow our transactions-only feeds via RSS and Twitter.

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Hoops Rumors’ 2013 Free Agent Tracker

September 13th, 2013 at 4:57pm CST by Luke Adams

Two and a half months into free agency, Hoops Rumors' 2013 Free Agent Tracker continues to follow all the latest signings and camp invitations. Using our tracker, you can quickly browse the offseason's contract agreements, sorting by team, position, contract length, total salary, and a handful of other variables.

For instance, if you want to see all the Clippers' summer signings, you can sort by team and find all of the club's free agent additions listed here. If you're curious to see how many players signed contracts of four years or more, you can sort by contract length and bring up that list right here.

A few additional notes on the tracker:

  • Not all of the agreements listed in the tracker are finalized yet. As signings become official, we'll continue to update and modify the data as needed. This also means that many of the dollar figures listed in the tracker won't be 100% accurate yet.
  • Contract amounts aren't necessarily fully guaranteed, and are based on what's been reported to date.
  • Training-camp invites are included in the tracker. For our purposes, we're considering these so-called "summer contracts" to be any deal with no guaranteed money. Fully guaranteed and partially guaranteed contracts aren't listed as summer contracts, which are marked with a † symbol.

Our Free Agent Tracker can be found anytime on the right sidebar under "Hoops Rumors Features" or at the top of the page in the "Tools" menu. It will be updated throughout the offseason, so be sure to check back for the latest info. If you have any corrections, please let us know right here.

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Team Facebook/Twitter/RSS

September 12th, 2013 at 10:31am CST by Luke Adams

If you want to keep tabs on all of Hoops Rumors' stories and updates, you can follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, or subscribe to our feed through your RSS reader of choice. However, if you prefer to only receive news about your favorite NBA team, we have you covered. Below are links to our Facebook, Twitter, and RSS pages and feeds for all 30 teams.

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Transactions only: Twitter / RSS

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Hoops Rumors iPhone/iPad App

September 11th, 2013 at 10:30am CST by Luke Adams

The Hoops Rumors iPhone/iPad app is now for sale in the iTunes store!  For just a one-time fee of $2.99, less than the price of a cup of coffee, here's what you get:

  • Custom push notifications: pick your favorite players and teams and receive alerts when they are involved in rumors, trades, or signings.
  • Read Hoops Rumors posts in an ad-free, iPhone/iPad-friendly format.
  • Filter headlines to show rumors for a specific team.
  • Read and create comments through Disqus.

Check out the Hoops Rumors iPhone/iPad app today!

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Teams Not For Sale, Pending New TV Contract

September 10th, 2013 at 7:21pm CST by Michael Pina

NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver announced today at the Bloomberg Sports Business Summit that no teams in the league are for sale, according to ESPN.com's Brian Windhorst. 

Several teams, including the Timberwolves, and possibly the Bucks and Raptors, have been taken off the market until after the league strikes its eventual lucrative television contract, when the monetary value of every franchise is expected to increase.

Television negotiations are expected to take place next year, after Silver replaces David Stern as the league's commissioner. 

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2012 Camp Cuts Who Earned 10-Day Contracts

September 8th, 2013 at 10:17am CST by Chuck Myron

A few dozen players will sign contracts with NBA teams in the next few weeks as teams add bodies for training camp, but those camp invitations aren't the only shot many of them will have at sticking with an NBA team this season. Nearly half of the 32 players who signed 10-day contracts last season were training camp casualties last fall. Another 10 were in camp with an NBA team and made the regular season roster before getting cut and later signing at least one 10-day deal.

In some cases, that's the plan all along. Teams often sign players for camp with no expectation that they'll make the regular season roster. Instead, NBA clubs will retain their D-League rights and carry those guys on their farm teams so they'll be ready when injuries or other circumstances create an opportunity during the season. Not every training camp cut is willing to toil in the D-League while they wait for a second-chance, as some of them prefer to play overseas for more money. Still, the allure of the NBA is such that many will do whatever's necessary for a second chance.

Here's a breakdown of last-year's 10-day signees, grouped by those who were in camp and failed to make the opening-night roster, those who made the team out of camp but were later waived, and those who didn't attend camp. 

Attended camp, got cut (14 players)

Survived camp (10 players)

Didn't attend camp (8 players)

The Hoops Rumors 10-Day Contract Tracker and RealGM.com were used in the creation of this post.

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Teams With Multiple Clients Of The Same Agency

September 7th, 2013 at 4:43pm CST by Chuck Myron

Agents might not have as much power in the salary-capped world of the NBA as they do in baseball, but they still have plenty to do with the way pro basketball works. Just this week, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge cited the potential influence that agent Jeff Schwartz and his representation of Paul Pierce, Deron Williams and Jason Kidd had on this summer's Nets/Celtics blockbuster trade. Teams with a collection of players (and coaches) who work with the same agency often find themselves reliant on those agents for help when it's time to deal.

The connection between the Knicks and Creative Artists Agency has been well-documented. The Hoops Rumors Agency Database shows five Knicks with CAA. Four of them have Leon Rose as their representative, including Carmelo Anthony, offseason trade acquisition Andrea Bargnani, and J.R. Smith, who re-signed with the team on a three-year deal. Even coach Mike Woodson is a CAA client, at the behest of the team, which reportedly didn't want to deal with his old agents because of a lingering grudge.

The Mavericks also have five players with the same agency, with summer signee Monta Ellis the most significant name among the Relativity Sports Clients in Dallas. Relativity CEO Happy Walters splits the representation of Ellis with Jeff Fried of Peake Management Group, as we learned last week. 

Not every collection of players who have the same agency constitutes a power bloc. BDA Management claims Perry Jones III, Andre Roberson and Hasheem Thabeet of the Thunder, but GM Sam Presti probably isn't too concerned with BDA's sphere of influence. Still, plenty of heavy hitters group together, like Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem of the Heat, all of whom are Henry Thomas clients. 

I've listed every team with at least three players who have the same agency. In some cases, multiple agencies have groups of three or more on a team. The players are listed with their primary agents in parentheses, where applicable. The list may not be 100% accurate, given the difficulty of finding agency information that's up-to-date for each of the league's 450-some players, but if you spot an error or omission, let us know.

Brooklyn Nets

Charlotte Bobcats

Cleveland Cavaliers

Dallas Mavericks

Denver Nuggets

Detroit Pistons

  • Wasserman Media Group (3) — Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Tony Mitchell (both Thad Foucher) and Kyle Singler (Greg Lawrence)

Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Clippers

Los Angeles Lakers

Memphis Grizzlies

Miami Heat

Milwaukee Bucks

Minnesota Timberwolves

New Orleans Pelicans

New York Knicks

Oklahoma City Thunder

Philadelphia 76ers

Portland Trail Blazers

Utah Jazz

Washington Wizards

The Hoops Rumors Agency Database was used in the creation of this post.

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Following Specific Players On Hoops Rumors

September 5th, 2013 at 1:57pm CST by Luke Adams

As we've outlined before, there are a number of different ways to follow Hoops Rumors via Facebook, Twitter, and RSS. If you don't want to follow all the site's updates, you can subscribe to team-specific or transaction-only Facebook, Twitter, and RSS feeds. Although we don't have Facebook pages or Twitter feeds for specific players, you can also easily follow all our updates on your favorite player.

If, for instance, you want to keep track of all the latest news and rumors on LeBron James as he enters a potential contract year, you can visit this page. If you're interested in keeping tabs on contract extension talks between the Kings and DeMarcus Cousins, you can find Cousins' page right here.

Every player we've written about has his own rumors page. You can find your player of choice by using our search box (located in the right sidebar); by clicking his tag at the bottom of a post where he's discussed; or, by simply typing his name in your address bar after hoopsrumors.com, substituting dashes for spaces. For example, LeBron's page is located at hoopsrumors.com/lebron-james.

In addition to players and teams, there are a number of other subjects you can track by clicking on the tags we use at the bottom of posts. Items related to the 2016 Olympics, for instance, can be found on this rumors page. If you want to follow early updates on the 2014 NBA draft, those are all available here.

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