Need a little help understanding this. As I understand this rule, teams can select two players that will receive one extra year in their extension. For example Zach Lavine is entering RFA this season. My question is can the Bulls offer him 5 years or only 4? Can the Bulls designate him as one of those players. Where I'm getting confused is whether or not they have to be under contract to be designated, or can they be offered this as a restricted or even unrestricted free agent.
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Designated Player Rule
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And just for the record i don't think Bulls should do this, just using for example purposes.
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This extension rule is not for any player in general, but only for one who is entering the final (ie 4th) year of his Rookie Scale deal. At that point, if an extension of some sort is not signed by the end of Oct, then they will become a RFA the following summer (assuming a QO is made). The normal extension here has a max length of 4 more years, but as you have noted, on a limited basis, they can offer to extend for as long as 5 more years.
Should they? It depends on the player and the cost. If the player is good enough and the deal is a relative bargain, the longer deal is a plus to the team - and if the player is iffy or lousy, it's a plus to the player.
If not done, then the next window to do anything contractually will be the following summer. In the summer, the player is free agent, so signing an extension to avoid free agency is no longer a thing. Within that free agency, they will sign a new contract with some team, according to the rules and contractual limits of free agency (and usually under RFA rules, for players coming off of Rookie Scale deals).
Should they? It depends on the player and the cost. If the player is good enough and the deal is a relative bargain, the longer deal is a plus to the team - and if the player is iffy or lousy, it's a plus to the player.
If not done, then the next window to do anything contractually will be the following summer. In the summer, the player is free agent, so signing an extension to avoid free agency is no longer a thing. Within that free agency, they will sign a new contract with some team, according to the rules and contractual limits of free agency (and usually under RFA rules, for players coming off of Rookie Scale deals).