Expansion draft rules

[sunsfn]

There is a part of these rules that would let the suns work a deal with the new team and be able to get a player they really like if he was a restricted free agent.
This would work in the case of a player that does not want to return to his team, like the players the Clippers had last year.
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EXPANSION DRAFT RULES

The NBA will hold Charlotte's expansion draft this time next year - in the days between the end of the playoffs and the rookie draft. Here's a summary of the rules:

POOL OF PLAYERS: Each of the 29 existing NBA teams can protect eight veterans from the expansion draft. Any player not protected, who is under contract to an NBA team, is available to the Bobcats.

The Bobcats may not draft a player who isn't under contract to the NBA, even if an NBA team holds his draft rights.

NO. OF SELECTIONS: The Bobcats must draft a minimum of 14 players off other rosters. Since no existing team can lose more than one player, the maximum the Bobcats can draft is 29.

FREE AGENTS: Teams don't have to protect their unrestricted free agents. The rule is slightly different for restricted free agents, (for which a team can match any other team's contract offer).

If a restricted free agent is left unprotected, the Bobcats can draft him. However, that player would then become an unrestricted free agent - with no obligation to play for the Bobcats.

(Important)
The team that lost him would be barred from re-signing him in the summer of 2004. Restricted free agents would count against the minimum 14 selections Charlotte will make in the expansion draft.

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[JCSunsfan]

Originally posted by sunsfn The Bobcats may not draft a player who isn't under contract to the NBA, even if an NBA team holds his draft rights.
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Thats one that applies to us. We will not sign Milos until after the expansion draft.

So who do we protect.


Barbosa
JJ
CJ
Zarko
Amare
Marion
Jake
Lampe

Isn't Harvey a FA? I can't see how that list will change much. I don't expect any Sun will be playing for the Bobcats, unless we bribe them to take someone like White or Eisley.

 

[Evil Ash]

Re: Re: Expansion draft rules

Originally posted by JCSunsfan
Isn't Harvey a FA?

Yes he is

 

[George O'Brien]

The Question They Don't Answer

What happens when someone under contract is drafted by the Bobcats and then is cut?

It was my understanding (which I would like to see confirmed or denied), that the original team would be responsible for the contract but it would be taken off their cap.

In this scenerio, the Bobcats are bribed to take Eisley. They cut him and the Suns continue to owe him the $10 million over two years, but he is no longer applied to the cap. Is this correct?

 

[hcsilla]

Re: The Question They Don't Answer

Originally posted by George O'Brien
What happens when someone under contract is drafted by the Bobcats and then is cut?

It was my understanding (which I would like to see confirmed or denied), that the original team would be responsible for the contract but it would be taken off their cap.

In this scenerio, the Bobcats are bribed to take Eisley. They cut him and the Suns continue to owe him the $10 million over two years, but he is no longer applied to the cap. Is this correct?

No, it is not.

CHA would have to pay his salary after that move although Eisley wouldn't load their cap either.