Post by Hawks GM (Connor) on Jul 2, 2022 12:31:20 GMT -5
Proposed by @bbw5 , this change would allow for teams to sign their players to 5 year max contracts prior to UFA & RFA. Some examples being:
Flexibility may not be the right word, but this would allow teams to have a better idea of what their cap / roster situations will look like before both the draft and free agency. If Spurs assumed Embiid would get maxed in FA anyway, then they could sign him at the beginning of the summer rather than wait two additional months. But obviously if they thought he might not get that much, they could wait and just bid on him once UFA started. Would also allow for more trading / S&Ts before offseason activities began.
Another possibility would be expanding this to players on expiring contracts as well. For example, players who will be UFA/RFA in 2023 can have their extensions signed the offseason prior (2022) -- UFAs like Towns, Booker & RFAs like Morant, Garland.
I'll put up a poll to add this for current FAs, but please leave any thoughts / comments on expanding this below as well.
- Spurs sign UFA Joel Embiid to a 5 year contract starting at $30,913,750 (25% of Salary Cap)
- Mavericks sign UFA Kevin Durant to a 5 year contract starting at $43,279,250 (35% of Salary Cap)
- Nuggets sign UFA Steph Curry to a 5 year contract starting at $43,279,250 (35% of Salary Cap)
- Warriors sign RFA Luka Doncic to a 5 year contract starting at $30,913,750 (25% of Salary Cap)
- Celtics sign RFA Trae Young to a 5 year contract starting at $30,913,750 (25% of Salary Cap)
Flexibility may not be the right word, but this would allow teams to have a better idea of what their cap / roster situations will look like before both the draft and free agency. If Spurs assumed Embiid would get maxed in FA anyway, then they could sign him at the beginning of the summer rather than wait two additional months. But obviously if they thought he might not get that much, they could wait and just bid on him once UFA started. Would also allow for more trading / S&Ts before offseason activities began.
Another possibility would be expanding this to players on expiring contracts as well. For example, players who will be UFA/RFA in 2023 can have their extensions signed the offseason prior (2022) -- UFAs like Towns, Booker & RFAs like Morant, Garland.
I'll put up a poll to add this for current FAs, but please leave any thoughts / comments on expanding this below as well.
