Options exercised & Qualifying Offers

[BMiller52]

I didn't mean they'd be a starter at PG long term. Just a chance to give both of them 15-20 miinutes per game and see which one(if either) is a keeper.

 

[whozit]

http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#36

Restricted free agency exists only on a limited basis. It is allowed following the fourth year of rookie "scale" contracts for first-round draft picks (see question number 41). It is also allowed for all veteran free agents who have been in the league three or fewer seasons. However, a first round draft pick becomes an unrestricted free agent following his second or third season if his team does not exercise its option to extend the player's rookie scale contract for the next season. All other free agency is limited to unrestricted free agency.

In order to make their free agent a restricted free agent, a team must submit a qualifying offer to the player by June 30. The amount of the qualifying offer for players on rookie "scale" contracts is based on the player's draft position (see question number 41). The qualifying offer for all other players must be for 125% of the player's previous salary, or the player's minimum salary (see question number 11) plus $175,000, whichever is greater. The qualifying offer must be for one season. A player can elect to accept his qualifying offer (the qualifying offer must be accepted by March 1) and play the following season under its terms. This is sometimes done in order to become an unrestricted free agent the following summer (see question number 38).

There is a little detail that I mentioned in another thread before I read this one. For the Kings to match a contract on these two, they must have money available to spend. Right now the Kings have only their MLE and LLE (not sure if the LLE can be used for matching - have doubts). In other words, if the Kings use the MLE on another player they no longer would have the ability to match contract offers for them and vice versa. This detail was a factor (possibly not the only one) in the loss of both Songalia and Evans awhile back. The Kings do have "limited bird rights" to Price but if that were to come into play, the cost would probably be way too high.

 

[Bricklayer]

Interesting, but I think likely to be little danger this time through -- neither Price nor Williams has shown nearly as much as Darius and Mo had by the time of their free agencies, and are unlikely to be the target of many other teams. Certainly not for any significant chunk of those exceptions.