GM a Team: Twenty Twelve Edition - 2012 Free Agency

[-Kees-]

Here is how free agency will work. It will officially start January 22nd at 6 PM EST.

OPT IN: These players have a contract and are not FAs

RFAs: Once free agency starts, RFAs can be signed at any time (will give 36 hour buffer period so that it's not first come first served). All RFAs will all be in the same pool, so if you want one, offer away and if he likes the offer, he will sign, if he does not, then he will wait. Teams with matching power have 48 hours to match.

S&Ts: One of the teams must contact me with contract and trade details, the other must send me an email confirming that they agree. Then, if the FA signs, one team will post in FA thread that the player signed, and also in the trades thread.

UFAs: Tier 1 will be handled by Luke, send offers to him at lukekarts@googlemail.com. Each tier will last almost exactly 36 hours. So, as you can guess, both Tier 1 FAs will be decided by January 24th at 6 AM EST. I will be handling Tiers 2-4, so for those tiers, send offers to Keeslinator@gmail.com.

If a player does not receive an offer he likes, or doesn't receive an offer at all, he will simply drop to the tier below and become part of that one, hopefully getting new and better offers.

Tier 5 is a bidding system, just like last game. Teams that still have cap, MLE or MMLE can bid on players. Or you can bid with a minimum bid. 24 hour clock, highest bidder wins. Max of 2 per 24 hours. Pretty easy.

Misc: The 60M soft cap will not change. Teams under the 75M lux tax have full MLE, teams over that have a mini MLE:

Mini MLE: Allowed to offer at most three years starting at $3 million in the first two years, with the starting point increasing 3 percent in subsequent years (three years, 9.1 million is the maximum contract allowed).

MLE: Allowed to offer up to four-year deals starting at $5 million in the first two years, with the starting point increasing by 3 percent in subsequent years (four years, 20.5 million will be the maximum contract allowed to be offered).

Teams with Bird Rights can offer 5 years instead of 4.

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Here are the max contracts:

0-6 years in the league: Starting at $15,000,000
7-9 years in the league: Starting at $18,000,000
10+ years in the league: Starting at $21,000,000

Teams with Bird Rights can offer a max of 5 years, 7.5% raises
Teams without Bird Rights can offer a max of 4 years, 4.5% raises

Max Contract Totals:

0-6 years in the league without BR: (RFAs, ect)

$15,000,000
$15,675,000
$16,350,000
$17,025,000
Total: 4 years, $64,050,000

0-6 years in the league with BR: (RFAs, ect)

$15,000,000
$16,125,000
$17,250,000
$18,375,000
$19,500,000
Total: 5 years, $86,250,000

7-9 years in the league without BR: (Dwight, Deron, ect)

$18,000,000
$18,810,000
$19,620,000
$20,430,000
Total: 4 years, $76,860,000

7-9 years in the league with BR: (Dwight, Deron, ect)

$18,000,000
$19,350,000
$20,700,000
$22,050,000
$23,400,000
Total: 5 years, $103,500,000

10+ years in the league without BR: (KG, Duncan, ect)

$21,000,000
$21,945,000
$22,890,000
$23,835,000
Total: 4 years, $89,670,000

10+ years in the league with BR: (KG, Duncan, ect)

$21,000,000
$22,575,000
$24,150,000
$25,725,000
$27,300,000
Total: 5 years, $120,750,000

OTP IN

Brandon Bass
Matt Carroll
Earl Clark
Jamal Crawford
DeSagana Diop
Jordan Farmar
Derek Fisher
Dahntay Jones
Jason Maxiell
Jameer Nelson
Ramon Sessions
Beno Udrih
Mo Williams

RFA:

Eric Gordon - Signed (matched)
Kevin Love - Signed (S&T)
Brook Lopez - Signed (matched)
Russell Westbrook - Signed (matched)
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Michael Beasley - Signed (matched
Nicolas Batum - Signed (WAS)
Danilo Gallinari - Re-signed
Roy Hibbert - Signed (POR)
J.J. Hickson
O.J. Mayo - Re-signed
JaVale McGee - Re-signed
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Omer Asik - Signed (S&T)
D.J. Augustin - Signed (matched)
Jerryd Bayless
George Hill - Re-signed
Landry Fields - Signed
Jason Thompson - Re-signed
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David Andersen
Ryan Anderson - Re-signed
Darrell Arthur - Re-signed
Zabian Dowdell
Devin Ebanks - Re-signed
Semih Erden - Re-signed
Rudy Fernandez
Alonzo Gee - Signed (WAS)
Daniel Green
Manny Harris
Armon Johnson
Chris Johnson - Resigned
Kosta Koufos - Signed
Courtney Lee - Re-signed
Robin Lopez - Re-signed
A.J. Price
Anthony Randolph - Re-signed
Magnum Rolle
Garret Siler
Terrico White
Sam Young

UFA:

Tier 1

Dwight Howard - LAL
Deron Williams - OKC

Tier 2 - Keeslinator@gmail.com

Ray Allen - NOH
Chauncey Billups - IND
Wilson Chandler - NOH
Tim Duncan - BOS
Raymond Felton - NOH
Kirk Hinrich - SAS
Chris Kaman - CHA
Andrei Kirilenko - MIN
Steve Nash - LAL
Gerald Wallace - LAC

Tier 3 - oquist@live.com

Leandro Barbosa - OKC
Elton Brand - LAL
Marcus Camby - BOS
Kevin Garnett - BOS
Jeff Green - SAN
Spencer Hawes - MEM
Kris Humphries - WAS
Antawn Jamison - CHA
Jason Kidd - NOH
Carl Landry - POR
Rashard Lewis - BOS
Andre Miller - LAC
J.R. Smith - POR
Jason Terry - CHI
Nick Young - NJN

Tier 4 - Keeslinator@gmail.com

Gilbert Arenas - MIN
Matt Barnes - POR
Aaron Brooks - POR
Boris Diaw - WAS
Goran Dragic - PHX
Grant Hill - OKC
Kris Humphries - WAS
Corey Maggette - CHI
Tracy McGrady - OKC
Jodie Meeks - SAC
Mike Miller - IND

Tier 5

Alexis Ajinca
Louis Amundson
Hilton Armstrong
Carlos Arroyo
Marcus Banks
Earl Barron
Tony Battie
Marco Belinelli
Charlie Bell
Raja Bell
Mike Bibby
Keith Bogans
Boran Bogdanovic
Earl Boykins
Steve Blake
Derrick Brown
Kwame Brown
Shannon Brown
Rasual Butler
Will Bynum
Derrick Caracter
Brian Cardinal
Matt Carroll
Anthony Carter
Josh Childress
Earl Clark
Brian Cook
Jason Collins
Eddy Curry
Erick Dampier
Antonio Daniels
Marquis Daniels
Baron Davis
Josh Davis
Carlos Delfino
Ike Diogu
Keyon Dooling
Joey Dorsey
Francisco Elson
Melvin Ely
Jeremy Evans
Maurice Evans
Reggie Evans
Christain Eyenga
TJ Ford
Jeff Foster
Randy Foye
T.J. Ford
Dan Gadzuric
Sundiata Gaines
Francisco Garcia
Ryan Gomes
Drew Gooden
Andrew Goudelock
Joey Graham
Stephen Graham
Aaron Gray
Willie Green
Donte Greene
Hamed Haddadi
Luke Harongody
Justin Harper
Ryan Hollins
Eddie House
Josh Howard
Juwan Howard
Larry Hughes
Didier Ilunga-Mbenga
Ersan Ilyasova
Royal Ivey
Darnell Jackson
Jared Jeffries
Charles Jenkins
Trey Johnson
Dantay Jones
Solomon Jones
Jason Kapono
Kyle Korver
Acie Law
Jamaal Magloire
Ian Mahinmi
Kenyon Martin
Atok Majok
Roger Mason
Dominic McGuire
Brad Miller
C.J. Miles
Nazr Mohammed
Jamario Moon
Darius Morris
Troy Murphy
Eduardo Najera
Hamady Ndiaye
Steve Novak
Greg Oden
Mehmet Okur
Jermaine O'Neal
Larry Owens
Jannero Pargo
Anthony Parker
Sasha Pavlovic
Nikola Pekovic
Johan Petro
Mickael Pietrus
James Posey
Leon Powe
Josh Powell
Ronnie Price
Chris Quinn
Vlad Radmonovic
Michael Redd
JJ Reddick
Andy Routins
Brandon Rush
Brian Scalabrine
Mustafa Shakur
Craig Smith
Ishmael Smith
Joe Smith
Marreese Speights
Jerry Stackhouse
DeShawn Stevenson
DeJuan Summers
Sebastian Telfair
Hasheem Thabeet
Etan Thomas
Al Thornton
Anthony Tolliver
Ronny Turiaf
Ben Uzoh
Charlie Villanueva
Sasha Vujacic
Delonte West
Bill Walker
Ben Wallace
Earl Watson
Martell Webster
Chris Wilcox
Damien Wilkins
Reggie Williams
Sean Williams
Shawne Williams
Shelden Williams
D.J. White
Julian Wright

If any FAs are missing, or are on here that shouldn't, please post about it. Thanks!

[Heats_Finest]

Can I just get an explanation on why Gerald Wallace would opt out? In real life he's not going to get more money than he's getting now, and he's on a championship caliber team... Oh well, this part of GM'ing games is always it's downfall.

[Klomp]

Did the salary cap stay at $60m?

[orangeparka]

Can I just get an explanation on why Gerald Wallace would opt out? In real life he's not going to get more money than he's getting now, and he's on a championship caliber team... Oh well, this part of GM'ing games is always it's downfall.

IMO, because he's 30, and coming off a good season. A contender would easily give him the full MLE, maybe even more. I would certainly pay more than the MLE.

Locking up a four-year deal now would be better, even if he gets a little less. There's no guarantee that he'll be fine after one more season, especially with his style of play and the injuries he suffered in the past.

Not only that, there are tons of teams that have a lot of cap space, but the 2012 FA market is hella weak. Someone could easily overpay for him.

Also, opting out doesn't necessarily mean that he's gonna leave your team. He wants his last, big longterm contract, just like any 30-year-old would.

[-Kees-]

Can I just get an explanation on why Gerald Wallace would opt out? In real life he's not going to get more money than he's getting now, and he's on a championship caliber team... Oh well, this part of GM'ing games is always it's downfall.

A few main reasons:

1. As OP said, he is 30 and coming off a great season, looking for a long-term payday.
2. A report came out saying he will opt out in RL to get more money, even if he decides to stay on his old team.
3. He has opted out twice in these games before, and he got max or near max money both times, so im expecting him to get a long-term dealworth more than 9.5M per year.

[Blazer50]

New Jersey buys out Christain Eyenga - 1,174,080 (2013 season was a Team option).

[mtamasi]

Can I just get an explanation on why Gerald Wallace would opt out? In real life he's not going to get more money than he's getting now, and he's on a championship caliber team... Oh well, this part of GM'ing games is always it's downfall.

A few main reasons:

1. As OP said, he is 30 and coming off a great season, looking for a long-term payday.
2. A report came out saying he will opt out in RL to get more money, even if he decides to stay on his old team.
3. He has opted out twice in these games before, and he got max or near max money both times, so im expecting him to get a long-term dealworth more than 9.5M per year.

not that it means anything, but i always assumed he wanted to opt out and try and re-sign with the Bobcats, he wasn't happy about being traded. however, now that Roy is done and the Blazers are playing well, he might not do it in RL... but this is the game and he always opts out.

i think Jamal Crawford and Jameer Nelson could also opt out.. if not in this game, future games. they are good players that would get a lot of good offers.

[yitur]

I dont know about Nelson he makes a good money, but Jamal should have opt out, he wanted that clause because he will in RL.

[-Kees-]

Yeah, Jamal may have been a bit of a wrong decision, but he most likely will get the same MLE type money a year later, so him taking 5.4M this year, the 5M the year after seems somewhat right.

[mtamasi]

Yeah, Jamal may have been a bit of a wrong decision, but he most likely will get the same MLE type money a year later, so him taking 5.4M this year, the 5M the year after seems somewhat right.

ya, money would probably be the same... just adds to the FA pool.

how are we doing free agency btw? are there going to be agents?

[-Kees-]

Yeah, Jamal may have been a bit of a wrong decision, but he most likely will get the same MLE type money a year later, so him taking 5.4M this year, the 5M the year after seems somewhat right.

ya, money would probably be the same... just adds to the FA pool.

how are we doing free agency btw? are there going to be agents?

Luke will be the agent for Deron/Dwight, I will handle Tiers 2-4, Tier 5 will be bidding system.

[-Kees-]

New Jersey buys out Christain Eyenga - 1,174,080 (2013 season was a Team option).

Confirmed

[lukekarts]

Hey guys,

Yeah I'll be Dwight & Deron's agent.

I'll come back here with more details in the next day or so (including email to submit your offer to), but basically, you will need to make sure you specify:

1. Contract offer
2. Why he should sign with your team
3. Prove you have cap space

Neither of these guys will take long to decide. Make sure your bids are prompt - if you're not sending me your offer right on the opening of FA, you're not keen enough.

[Warriorfan]

I signed kristec posey redd to two yr contracts

[yitur]

for what it's worth, B.Rush isnt a RFA.

[-Kees-]

I signed kristec posey redd to two yr contracts

Teams could not sign 2 year vet minimum contracts during that FA.

[Warriorfan]

They were paid more than the min at confirmation I raised amount

[SamBone]

They were paid more than the min at confirmation I raised amount

the $1mil you want to pay Redd is less then then min

[Warriorfan]

Yes just under 1400000 for 10 yr vets is the old min but do you have a source one that publishes the new figures based on yrs of service.

[mtamasi]

Denver is going to buy out Reggie Williams' one-year $2,500,000 contract. We have the available cash to do this.