2012 Free Agency

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While the draft hasn't been finished yet, we all have a good idea of about how much cap room we have, so I'll throw this up early:

Free agency is upon us. It's that time of year where you all get to send me 800 different bids for players (but seriously, please don't send that many). I know all of you know how this works, and yet I'm sure I'll send at least half of you replies about something with your bids being wrong. So before you bid, please ask yourself a few questions:
 
Do I have cap room?

Category 1 - Yes, more than 4,500,000
You can offer contracts as normal. You cannot offer anything bigger than your cap space (unless you have bird rights, see below). The max contract is 14,511,000 for anyone who would warrant it in this free agency class. The max increase is 10% per year (again, unless you have bird rights, see below). You cannot offer an MLE or LLE.
 
Category 2 - Yes, but more than 1,200,000 and less than 4,500,000
You can offer contracts up to your cap space as well as the MLE and minimum contracts (again, unless you have bird rights, see below).
 
Category 3 - No or Yes, but less than 1,200,000
You can offer the MLE, LLE, and minimum contracts.
 
Do I have bird rights on this player?

Category 1 - Yes, 3+
You can offer as high as a maximum contract for 5 years regardless of if you are over the cap with as high as 12.5% increases.
 
Category 2 - Yes, 1 or 2
You can offer 110% of his previous contract for 4 years regardless of if you have cap room or not, with as high as 10% increases.
 
Category 3 - No, he wasn't on my team last year
You can't go over the cap to sign this player (unless you use your MLE, LLE, or minimum) and you can only offer a 4 year deal.
 
And for the future....
 
I just signed Russell Westbrook, why is he not on my team?

Certain players in this class are restricted free agents (the full list can be found here). In order to sign them to an offer sheet, you must offer something of greater starting value than what their cap hold is in that thread. If you do manage to sign the player, his original team has 24 hours to match the offer. If they do, he goes back to their team, no questions asked. 

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Since I'm sure somebody will ask, here are the MAX contracts:
 
0-6 Years Experience: 25% of salary cap or previous contract times 20 percent (whichever is higher)
7-9 Years Experience: 30% of salary cap or previous contract times 20 percent (whichever is higher)
10+ Years Experience: 35% of salary cap or previous contract times 20 percent (whichever is higher)
For those of you wondering, MLE ($4.5 M) and LLE ($1.2 M) players are NOT tradeable under any circumstance. You're stuck with them for the year. Think about that before you offer the contract. No, you cannot offer multi-year MLE's and no, you cannot split them between players. You CANNOT offer a restricted free agent the MLE or LLE. These 4.5 and 1.2 contracts are scaled up once they are signed.
 
Remember, all bids are sent to me via private message ON THIS SITE. Bids sent via groupme will be ignored. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send them in alphabetical order by FIRST NAME. You will have a chance to submit new bids at certain intervals. Please keep them in the same private message. Also, please make sure you are sending the STARTING year amount of the contract, and not the TOTAL contract amount.

There's probably an error or two in here, but you get the idea. I'll probably add stuff in at some point too. Feel free to ask me any questions.

DAY 1 RESULTS: http://www.sportsinsomnia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=112554&p=5986256
DAY 2-3 RESULTS: http://www.sportsinsomnia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=112554&p=5987280
DAY 4-5 RESULTS: http://www.sportsinsomnia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=112554&p=5987524
 

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Tentative Schedule:
 
DAY 1 - Friday, 7:00 PM EST
DAY 2-3 - Saturday, 7:00 PM EST
DAY 4-5 - Sunday, 8:00 PM EST
 
Will update this post if anything changes.
 

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DAY 1

2012 181 Raptors Sign PG Chris Paul for $108,832,500 over 5 years.
2012 181 Warriors Sign PG Russell Westbrook for $66,750,600 over 4 years. (RFA) -- MATCHED
2012 181 Warriors Sign PG Derrick Rose for $66,750,600 over 4 years. (RFA) -- MATCHED
2012 181 Nuggets Sign SF Andre Iguodala for $82,712,700 over 4 years.
2012 181 Celtics Sign PG Steve Nash for MLE.
2012 181 Raptors Sign PG C.J. Watson for $11,000,000 over 2 years.
2012 181 Grizzlies Sign PG Ramon Sessions for $10,000,000 over 2 years.
2012 181 Knicks Sign PG Nate Robinson for MLE.
2012 181 Mavericks Sign SG Courtney Lee for $38,157,488 over 4 years. (RFA) -- NOT MATCHED
2012 181 Warriors Sign C Brook Lopez for $36,000,000 over 3 years. (RFA) -- MATCHED
2012 181 Magic Sign SG Lou Williams for $47,411,375 over 4 years.
2012 181 Rockets Sign C Shaquille O'Neal for MLE.
2012 181 Kings Sign PG Delonte West for $4,727,542 over 2 years.
2012 181 Warriors Sign PF Brandon Bass for $9,000,000 over 2 years.
2012 181 Raptors Sign C Jermaine O'Neal for $5,500,000 over one year.
2012 181 Spurs Sign C Marreese Speights for $3,823,364 over one year.
2012 181 Hornets Sign C Chuck Hayes for $5,420,619 over one year.
2012 181 Wizards Sign PF Darrell Arthur for $15,762,500 over 3 years.
2012 181 Celtics Sign C Ben Wallace for 1 year minimum.
2012 181 Bulls Sign PF Ryan Anderson for $9,200,000 over 2 years. (RFA) -- NOT MATCHED
2012 181 Kings Sign SG Larry Hughes for 1 year minimum.
2012 181 Hawks Sign SF Peja Stojakovic for 1 year minimum.

24 hours on RFA decisions.
 

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The Mavericks (quickly) match Russell Westbrook's offer sheet.
 

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Darrell Arthur welcome home
 

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The Hornets have matched Derrick Rose via groupme.
 

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is that all the max was for russ and rose?
 

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Hawks have matched Brook Lopez's offer sheet.
 

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The Pistons have decided not to match Ryan Anderson.
 

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Day 2-3 Bids in a new PM or the same?
 

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bosoxlover12 said:
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Day 2-3 Bids in a new PM or the same?
Either, just let me know if you want Day 1 bids to carry over or not
 

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