Claiming a player on waivers
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 11:43 am
This came up in our fantasy league.
Question 1:
Mr. Coon tells us "If more than one team tries to claim a player on waivers, the team with the worst record gets him."
What happens in July-September? Is it the worst overall record in the previous season?
Question 2:
Coon then names one of the conditions to claim such a player is "The player has a minimum salary contract (one or two seasons at the minimum salary, with no bonuses of any kind)."
As stupid as that sounds, what is "a minimum salary contract" exactly?
In our case it's a player who signed as a 2nd-round rookie a 4y minimum salary contract back in 2019 using the MLE, thus salary is $1,930,681.
However, the yearly minimum salary scale isn't moving up fast enough to cover the difference, so in 2022 a first year minimum salary for a player with 3 years experience is actually only 1,902,133.
Is our player on "a minimum salary contract"?
https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/info/minimum_scale
Many thanks in advance!
Daniel
Question 1:
Mr. Coon tells us "If more than one team tries to claim a player on waivers, the team with the worst record gets him."
What happens in July-September? Is it the worst overall record in the previous season?
Question 2:
Coon then names one of the conditions to claim such a player is "The player has a minimum salary contract (one or two seasons at the minimum salary, with no bonuses of any kind)."
As stupid as that sounds, what is "a minimum salary contract" exactly?
In our case it's a player who signed as a 2nd-round rookie a 4y minimum salary contract back in 2019 using the MLE, thus salary is $1,930,681.
However, the yearly minimum salary scale isn't moving up fast enough to cover the difference, so in 2022 a first year minimum salary for a player with 3 years experience is actually only 1,902,133.
Is our player on "a minimum salary contract"?
https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/info/minimum_scale
Many thanks in advance!
Daniel