Shannon Brown signing.. how?

[daddyfivestar]

Any explanation on which exception the Lakers used for the Brown signing?

They used the MLE on Artest.

Seems like Brown is not Bird/Early Bird eligible, yet he was inked for what looks like 2.0 with a 2.4 p.o.

Anyone?

[FGump]

If the Lakers used their MLE on Artest and there are no Bird rights of any kind, and he got a deal beginning at 2M, I'd expect it to be the BAE.

[Modern_epic]

And if the first year is $2 million, the PO can't be more than $2.2 mil. No matter how they signed him.

[Dunkenstein]

The Lakers used its BAE to sign Brown to a two-year contract with the second year being at the players option.

First year: $1,990,000
Second year: $2,149,200