Free agency

[SpursGM-old]

The Raptors signed Lovelette for a salary starting at $649,020.  I can't figure out how he was able to offer that amount.  Lovelette has 2 years experience so all Raptors (who are over the cap) could offer was 120% of prior year salary.  Prior salary was $465,850..... 120% of that is $559,020.

[NetsGM]

Nice catch.

Which just alerts me to a new rule (thanks heavyreign for documenting this thing so well, RE: there being no documentation).

If you have 1+ bird years on a player, and are over the cap, you can actually offer up to 120% of this years minimum salary based on experience, or 120% if his last years contract, whichever is greater.


minimum salary for a guy with 2 years experience would be 540,850.  Since the Raptors had his bird years (but not yet 3), he could offer him 120% of that, which is $649,020 (greater than 120% of 465,850 which would have been 559,020).

I'll add this to the rules page

[RaptorsGM]

I never even noticed that.

I just wanted to sign him to a max contract, and that's what I did.

[SpursGM-old]

So teams over the cap DO have an advantage in resigning their second round picks.      

 

[NetsGM]

If you consider an extra 50k to be significant, sure

[SpursGM-old]

If you consider an extra 50k to be significant, sure

Actually it's 90k but who's counting.