GMAT: March Madness Edition: Official 2012 FA thread

[SamBone]

You can start to send offers for your own RFAs as soon as the draft is over. I will give teams a shot to extend these guys prior to opening them up to the rest of the league. Unsure if they will sign, but they will listen to you first.

Everyone else can start sending RFA offers at noon EST on Thursday

Send offeres to jjbail10@yahoo.com
please put the team name and the player in the subject field. All offers must be emailed, no AIM offers will be considered since they are easily lost

RFA: team with rites

Eric Gordon - NO - signed offer sheet in CHAR
Brook Lopez - resigned in MEM
Michael Beasley - LAC - signed offer sheet with BOS (MATCHED)
Nicolas Batum - NJ - signed offer sheet in CHI (MATCHED)
Roy Hibbert - resigned with IND
*Jeremy Lin - resigned in BOS
O.J. Mayo - resigned in SAS
JaVale McGee - resigned in PHI
Ryan Anderson - resigned with NJ
*Omer Asik - CHI - signed with CHAR
D.J. Augustin - HOU - s&t to ATL
George Hill - BOS -signed offer sheet in DET (matched)
*Landry Fields - LAC - signed offer sheet in DET (matched)
Jason Thompson - resigned with HOU
Jodie Meeks - resigned with MIA
Courtney Lee - resigned with HOU
*LaVoy Allen - resigned with NY
Darrell Arthur - resigned with TOR
*Ivan Johnson - resigned with ATL
Kosta Koufos - resigned with LAC
Sam Young - MEM - signed with DAL
Brandon Rush - resigned with MIN
*Alonzo Gee - resigned with CLE
*Danny Green - resigned with SAS
*Devin Ebanks - resigned with ORL

J.J. Hickson - PHX - signed QO
Jerryd Bayless – PHX -signed QO
Robin Lopez - PHX - signed QO
Anthony Randolph – SAS - signed QO

*Semih Erden - CLE
A.J. Price - HOU

* all are Gilbert Arenas provision players (year 1 and 2 max are MLE plus increase unles team with rites is under cap)

UFA:

Tier 1 players will also begin to listen to offers starting on Thursday at noon EST

Dwight Howard : resigned with LAL
Deron Williams : resigned with NY

Tier 2

Gerald Wallace - signed with CHI
Ray Allen - signed in GS
Wilson Chandler - signed in SAC
Tim Duncan - signed in ORL
Chris Kaman - signed in MIL
Steve Nash - resigned with INDY
Kevin Garnett - resigned with INDY
Jason Terry - signed in PORT
Nick Young - signed in ORL
Spencer Hawes - signed with ATL
Chauncey Billups - signed with LAL
Raymond Felton - signed with UTAH
Kris Humphries - signed in PORT
Jamal Crawford - signed in INDY
Marcus Camby - signed with SAC
Andrei Kirilenko - signed in PHILLY
J.R. Smith - signed in PHILLY
Andre Miller - signed in ORL
Corey Maggette - signed in SAC
Antawn Jamison - signed in CHI
Jason Kidd - signed in SAC
Kirk Hinrich - signed with PHILLY

Tier 3 is OPEN

Lou Williams - s&t to CHI
Rudy Fernandez - signed in CHI
Hedo Turkoglu - signed in PORT
Carl Landry - s&t to ORL
Richard Jefferson - signed in PHILLY
Marvin Williams - signed in NO
Drew Gooden - signed with PORT
Brandon Bass - signed in GS
Ramon Sessions - signed in NO
Martel Webster - signed in MIN
Matt Barnes - resigned with UTAH
Aaron Brooks - signed with DAL
Goran Dragic - signed with HOU
Grant Hill - signed with GS
Leandro Barbosa - signed with PHILLY
Josh McRoberts - signed with CHI
Ronnie Brewer - signed with LAL
Al Harrington - signed with NY
Chris Anderson - signed with PORT
Kyle Korver - signed with NY
Maurice Speights - signed with ATL
Steve Novak - signed with DAL
Gilbert Arenas - signed with BOST
Boris Diaw - signed with SAC
Randy Foye -signed with BOST
Greg Oden - signed with LAC
Tracy McGrady - signed with BOST
Steve Blake - signed with CHAR
Rashard Lewis - signed with CHI
DJ White - signed with CLEV

John Salmons
Charlie Villaneuva
DeSagana Diop
Earl Clark
Josh Childress
Francisco Garcia

Tier 4 – open

David Anderson
Jeff Adrien
Solomon Alabi
Alexis Ajinca
Louis Amundson - claimed
Hilton Armstrong
Carlos Arroyo
Marcus Banks
Earl Barron
Tony Battie
Marco Belinelli - signed with LAL
Charlie Bell
Raja Bell - signed with MIN
Mike Bibby
Keith Bogans - claimed
Boran Bogdanovic
Earl Boykins
Derrick Brown
Kwame Brown - claimed
Shannon Brown - signed with CLEV
Rasual Butler
Derrick Caracter
Brian Cardinal
DeMarr Carroll
Anthony Carter
Earl Clark
Brian Cook
Jason Collins
Eddy Curry
Erick Dampier
Antonio Daniels
Marquis Daniels
Baron Davis - signed with SAC
Josh Davis
Carlos Delfino - signed with SA
Ike Diogu
Keyon Dooling
Joey Dorsey
Zabian Dowdell
Francisco Elson
Melvin Ely
Jeremy Evans - signed with NO
Maurice Evans
Reggie Evans - signed with DAL
Christain Eyenga
TJ Ford
Jeff Foster
Suindiata Gaines
Dan Gadzuric
Sundiata Gaines
Donte Greene
Mickell Gladness
Ryan Gomes
Joey Graham
Stephen Graham
Aaron Gray - claimed
Willie Green - claimed
Terel Harris
Manny Harris
Luke Harengody
Hamed Haddadi - signed with TOR
Cory Higgins
Dennis Horner
Ryan Hollins
Eddie House
Josh Howard - claimed
Juwan Howard
Larry Hughes
Didier Ilunga-Mbenga
Ersan Ilyasova - signed with DAL
Royal Ivey
Darnell Jackson
Damion James
Jared Jeffries - claimed
Armon Johnson
Chris Johnson
Trey Johnson
Dantay Jones
Solomon Jones
Jason Kapono
Acie Law
DeAndre Liggins
Vernon Macklin
Jamaal Magloire
Ian Mahinmi - signed with NJ
Jason Maxiel
Kenyon Martin - signed with CHAR
Atok Majok
Roger Mason
Dominic McGuire
C.J. Miles - signed with SA
Nazr Mohammed - claimed
Jamario Moon
Darius Morris - signed with NO
Troy Murphy
Eduardo Najera
Hamady Ndiaye
Mehmet Okur - claimed
Jermaine O'Neal - claimed
Larry Owens
Jannero Pargo
Anthony Parker
Sasha Pavlovic
Johan Petro
Mickael Pietrus - signed with SAC
James Posey
Leon Powe
Josh Powell
Ronnie Price
Chris Quinn
Vlad Radmonovic
Michael Redd
Magnum Rolle
Andy Routins
Brian Scalabrine
Mustafa Shakur
Garret Siler
Donald Sloan
Craig Smith
Ishmael Smith
Greg Steinsma
Jerry Stackhouse
DeShawn Stevenson - claimed
DeJuan Summers
Sebastian Telfair
Etan Thomas
Al Thornton
Anthony Tolliver
Ronny Turiaf - claimed
Sasha Vujacic
Luke Walton
Earl Watson - claimed
Delonte West - signed with MIN
Bill Walker - claimed
Ben Wallace
Terrico White
Chris Wright
Chris Wilcox
Damien Wilkins
Sean Williams
Shelden Williams
Julian Wright

Terrence Williams - claimed
Jordan Hill - signed in TOR
Hasheem Thabeet
Jonnie Flynn - signed in MEM
Daniel Orton

Late buyouts that will not sign for vet min
Jordan Farmar - signed with DET
Metta World Peace

[RoyalWun]

In case you guys missed it:


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: (Deron, GWallace ect)

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

note: Dwight can get paid more since 105% of previous salary is above this number. A Dwight Howard max deal can start at $18,996,359

7-9 years in the league with BR:

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

note: Dwight can get paid more since 105% of previous salary is above this number. A Dwight Howard max deal can start at $18,996,359

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

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EXEMPTION VALUES

Teams that are over the cap ($60m, but under the tax $75m)
*not if you use the MLE, your total team salary can NEVER go above $79mil

*this can be split to sign more then 1 guy

MLE
$5,000,000
$5,225,000
$5,450,000
$5,675,000
Total : 4 years, $21,350,000

Teams that are over the tax ($75m in salary, cap holds count)

Mini MLE
$3,000,000
$3,135,000
$3,270,000
Total : 3 years, $9,405,000

If you were under the cap and used your cap up to sign players, you then will get to use the new midlevel which is (should be called the Heat Exemption, lol)

$2,500,000
$2,612,500
Total: $5,112,500

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Also note*

For any player with less than 2 years NBA experience (Jeremy Lin & Landry Fields) the "Gilbert Arenas Rule" comes into effect.
Meaning their max salaries for the first 2 years can only be MLE. Then for their 3rd seasons (and after) are eligible to receive an increase if desired.

If I'm not mistaken this is only for teams signing them to an offer sheet. Any team with their Early Bird Rights with cap space can resign said player for whatever amount as long as they have the space to do it.

[SamBone]

also remeber that S&T contracts follow the non bird rites offers of 4 years with 4.5% raises.

[Blazer50]

Ryan Anderson has accepted the Nets offer (7.5 / 8,062,500 / 8,625,000 / 9,187,500 / 9.75 = 5 years - $43,125,000). He is happy to return to the team that originally gave him his chance and the Commissioner authorized that this reup be post(ed) in the "official Free Agency thread"

The Nets are relieved to retain their uber productive starting PF who is a great fit with their roster and future plans.

[sterncohen]

Toronto has re-signed Darrell Arthur to a four-year, $16M contract.

Year 1 - $3,600,000
Year 2 - $3,900,000
Year 3 - $4,200,000
Year 4 - $4,300,000

[Dan Verze]

Miami has re-signed Jodie Meeks to a 3 year - $9,675,000 - deal (third year PO)

3 / 3.225 / 3.45 (player option)

[lukekarts]

The Indiana Pacers are delighted to announce the re-signing of Roy Hibbert. Roy has cemented himself as a top 5 Center this season, and has a unique dedication to the game as evidenced by his nutritionalist who is continually adapting his diet to help him reach his full physical potential.

The contract is a little higher than we hoped, but having a lower than max starting value preserves our flexibility for the remainder of FA. Details as follows:

$12.5m / $13.437m / $14.375m / $15.31m / $16.25m

[ATL Boy]

The Memphis Grizzlies are thrilled to say that we have reached an agreement with Brook Lopez on a contract extension!!!
2013: 13,500,000
2014: 14,500,000
2015: 15,500,000
2016: 16,500,000
2017: 17,500,000

[BlackIce]

Mcgee has resigned with Philly. Here are the terms of the deal.


$12.5m / $13.437m / $14.375m / $15.31m / $16.25m

[Warriorfan]

LAC SIGN KOSTUS KOUFUS 9 MIL TOTAL 3 mil per yr 3 yrs 3 yr TO

[Warriorfan]

LAC SIGN KOSTUS KOUFUS 9 MIL TOTAL 3 mil per yr 3 yrs 3 yr TO

[-Kees-]

Atlanta Hawks resign Ivan Johnson to a 3 year deal.

1.2M
1.2M
1.2M (PO)

Welcome back!

[SamBone]

The New York Knicks resign LaVoy Allen to a 3 year deal. (same deal Ivan Johnson got)

1.2M
1.2M
1.2M (PO)

[SamBone]

The NY Knicks are pleased to announce that they have agreed to term to resign PG Deron Williams to a new 5 year MAX contract. The people at MSG will be having a press conference this evening, but since its already been posted on Twitter, we just wanted to confirm.



The 5 years contract will total $103.5 mil [$18,000,000 / $19,350,000 / $20,700,000 / $22,050,000 / $23,400,000 (ETO) ]

It is also being confirmed that teammates Kevin Durant, Al Jefferson, DeAndre Jordan, Tony Allen, Udonis Haslem and LaVoy Allen will all be in attendance. (Grevious Vasquez and Timofey Mozgov are both out of the country and unable to attend)

[BlackIce]

The NY Knicks are pleased to announce that they have agreed to term to resign PG Deron Williams to a new 5 year MAX contract. The people at MSG will be having a press conference this evening, but since its already been posted on Twitter, we just wanted to confirm.



The 5 years contract will total $103.5 mil [$18,000,000 / $19,350,000 / $20,700,000 / $22,050,000 / $23,400,000 (ETO) ]

It is also being confirmed that teammates Kevin Durant, Al Jefferson, DeAndre Jordan, Tony Allen, Udonis Haslem and LaVoy Allen will all be in attendance. (Grevious Vasquez and Timofey Mozgov are both out of the country and unable to attend)

Confirmed. Some other good offers that made me think about it but in the end it wasn't the most difficult choice in the world.

[RoyalWun]

The Charlotte Bobcats would like to announce that we have signing of two players.


SG, Eric Gordon

4 years - $64,050,000
$15,000,000
$15,675,000
$16,350,000
$17,025,000 (Player Option)

&


C, Omer Asik

4years - $22,495,000
Year 1 - $5,000,000
Year 2 - $5,225,000
Year 3 - $6,000,000
Year 4 - $6,270,000

The New Orleans Hornets have 12 hours to match Eric Gordon's offer.
The Chicago Bulls have 12 hours to match Omer Asik's offer.

[-Kees-]

Atlanta Hawks have signed an offer sheet to...



DJ Augustin!

9.3M
9.1M
8.9M
8.7M

4 years, 36M

There's a few reasons I targeted Augustin. First, he can shoot the ball, which is a requirement of playing next to Evans. Second, he can make plays by scoring and passing when Evans is out, or while playing next to Evans. Third, he can run the P&R with Monroe very well. And Fourth, I VERY much doubt that Houston will pay him 9.3M to be a backup, when he has 2 other starting-caliber PGs on his team.

Houston has 12 hours to match.

[mtamasi]

Chicago is pleased to announce that Nic Batum has signed an offer sheet. Terms of the deal are as follows:



$15,000,000
$15,675,000
$16,350,000 (PO)
$17,025,000 (ETO)
Total: 4 years, $64,050,000

We feel Nic is one of the best two-way SG/SFs, if not in the league, for his age group, and are more than willing to pay for his services. There's no question in our minds that he, along with Derrick Rose would form THE most dominant back court in the league. We like that Nic can handle the ball well, hit open shots and mix it up with a little slashing. Most of all we look forward to his play on the other end of the floor; his defense, rebounding and team play will make him one of the best for years to come.

New Jersey has 12 hours to match

[lukekarts]

Dwight is back!!!



5 years max contract.

[Blazer50]

Chicago is pleased to announce that Nic Batum has signed an offer sheet. Terms of the deal are as follows:



$15,000,000
$15,675,000
$16,350,000 (PO)
$17,025,000 (ETO)
Total: 4 years, $64,050,000

We feel Nic is one of the best two-way SG/SFs, if not in the league, for his age group, and are more than willing to pay for his services. There's no question in our minds that he, along with Derrick Rose would form THE most dominant back court in the league. We like that Nic can handle the ball well, hit open shots and mix it up with a little slashing. Most of all we look forward to his play on the other end of the floor; his defense, rebounding and team play will make him one of the best for years to come.

New Jersey has 12 hours to match

Since CHI presents such an attractive S&T opportunity, the New Jersey Nets reluctantly match the outrageous contract offered to Nic Batum, who we value but realize he will remain a Net for the next 4 years with this deal. Welcome back Nic!! - Now score and defend your ass off