Bird rights are traded with the player, so there's no reason we wouldn't have Felton's Bird rights. Of course, Bird rights might not be part of the new CBA barfo
eh? where did you read this? Bird rights are transferred along with a player in any trade immediately.
I know they are traded, but I thought for a player to have bird rights, they must have played out a contract of at least 3 years, with the team. Felton signed a 2-year deal with the Knicks last season, so would he get bird rights? Someone with cap knowledge please correct if this is wrong, because I'm not sure.
I'm pretty sure we do get his Bird rights...right's go along with contract and Felton's contract is 3 years at least. Essentially Bird rights let you go over the cap to sign your own players. The idea of 3 years for the rights to kick in is so that you can't sign a player for 1 year at an undervalued contract and then after the year sign him with 'bird rights' for more money. It's why all the big name players that sign FA deals (LeBron, Bosh, etc.) usually do so in a Sign and Trade so that their new team gets the bird rights and thus can offer them more money. Just my 2cents.
This is from Larry Coon's faq: Felton was a FA last year, so his bird rights reset, and he signed a 2 year deal with the Knicks. So from what I understand, he doesn't have bird rights now, and playing out the rest of his contract won't give him bird rights either.
Felton only signed a TWO year deal. This past year was his first season post-Charlotte. Unless things change, we won't have Bird Rights on him. Probably bad. Ed O.
I think Felton's contract has a non-guaranteed third year team option, but if it doesn't we still have his early bird rights. Nevermind, bad information. It's definitely only two years. I don't like early-bird rights terms at all either...ugh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_salary_cap#Larry_Bird_exception
I'm still reading the faq, and I think we would get his early bird rights. So we can sign him for up to 175% of his salary and go over the cap, I THINK. Either way, he's still unrestricted after this year and may opt to just go somewhere else, a risk Portland is obviously taking.
According to Storyteller, there is a team option on the third year. So if we want to keep him, we can. barfo
WHY THE FUCK is Larry Miller taking and answering basketball questions? http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2011/06/live_video_watch_the_trail_bla.html
i think i would have been 1 million times happier with just.... keeping miller drafting faried at 21 trading rudy for jordan hamilton we needed big depth, and could have done that... miller would have been juicy trade bait at the deadline next year, if there is one
Yep. Storyteller shows a 3rd year that is nonguaranteed. We would have his bird rights if we kept him the 3rd year.
