JawsGT wrote:
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So we have had Biyombo and Scola for only one year, and they signed via free agency, so we have only their player rights.
James Johnson signed via FA two years ago, so he gets early Bird Rights.
DeMar has been with the team for at least three years, so we have his full Bird Rights.
Biyombo's a great example. If he was to sign a one year deal with us using the mid-level and become a free agent again the following summer, he'll have two consecutive years with the team. So he'd then have his early Bird Rights with us, just like JJ does now.
Similarly, when we traded for Lowry, he had less than three years left on his deal. But because he was traded, the earlier portion of his contract essentially came with him, meaning he had three years of service with the team in spite of him getting traded to us partway through that deal. That allowed us to use his full Bird Rights to sign him to the deal he is on now.
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