WeekapaugGroove wrote:tdjm wrote:Sunsss wrote:Can we not waive his rights or something to allow him to sign with another team?
Er...you *can*, but I'm not sure why you'd do that.  Every single NBA team has the rights to a couple of guys playing internationally, it costs you nothing to keep their rights.  Literally, it costs you no cap space or money or anything.  Very useful to keep around.
 
Whether the Suns keep his rights is actually up to Brown.  Since he was a 2nd round pick the Suns are forced to either offer him a non-guaranteed contract or release his rights if he asks them to.  But since I can't see him even sniffing another teams roster it's in his best interest to just not sign a contract and stay on the Suns radar since they have already invested some time in his development. 
The rules in place so teams can't just take a guy then never give them a chance to play in the NBA.
 
Brown played in the D-League last year and before he got injured at the end of last summer league (separated shoulder) he was going to play in Spain.  Since he played in another league...
"If the player is already under contract to, or signs a contract with a non-NBA team, the team retains the player's draft rights for one year after the player's obligation to the non-NBA team ends. Essentially, the clock stops as long as the player plays pro ball outside the NBA. Players are not included in team salary during the regular season while the player is under contract with a non-NBA team." (via cbafaq)
He's probably going to sign overseas , meaning the Suns will keep his rights.  Look at Schortsanitis for example, his rights were held by the Clippers forever even though he never played with them (before they eventually traded the rights).  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofoklis_SchortsanitisCould Alec Brown force the issue and not play for another non-NBA team in an effort to void his rights?  Yes, but the 50th overall pick is guaranteed nothing in the NBA, I'm sure he'll be more than happy to instead play overseas for a bit and make some $.