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Chase Budinger's contract clarification?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Tuk88, Nov 10, 2009.

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    Love it, less than $1m a year for 4 years!
     
    #4 Noob Cake, Nov 10, 2009
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    Beautiful: BIRD RIGHTS!
     
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    I believe the Bird Rights limit a player's raises to 10.5%. I think Budinger is going to want more than that (he's going to want like a 300% raise). This doesn't mean we can't sign Budinger, but that we cannot use the Bird Rights exemption on him.
     
    #6 eliefan, Nov 10, 2009
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    That's not how bird rights work. Full bird rights allow us to re-sign our own free agents to a higher amount than the MLE even if we're above the cap. To get full bird rights, a player has to play for a team for three consecutive years.

    It's basically how Roy and Aldridge got their massive extensions, despite Portland using all their cap space on Andre Miller.
     
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    Oops - yes, you are correct. CBud will have a salary that is less than the average NBA salary for his rookie contract, so he will be able to get a big raise (up to 300% of his previous salary).
     
    #8 eliefan, Nov 10, 2009
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    Its like Morey's playing NBA2k10 with these contracts.
     
    #9 jevon3012, Nov 10, 2009
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    Let's not get ahead of ourselves in term of how much Budinger will cost in the future. We are only 6 games in of his first NBA season.
     
    #10 mrfirefly7, Nov 10, 2009
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