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Originally Posted by mary
I never said I was an expert...just that I knew the basics.
I knew enough not to start this stupid thread.
I've answered your question about spending exceptions.
Now its your turn.
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Mary,
I am NOT an expert as well, but from what I understand the Bird Exception rule has some clauses/loopholes for players like Billups in free agency.
Larry exception
Perhaps the most well-known of the NBA's salary cap exceptions, it is so named because the Boston Celtics were the first team permitted to exceed the salary cap to re-sign one of their own players (in that case, Larry Bird). Free agents who qualify for this exception are called "qualifying veteran free agents" or "Bird Free Agents" in the CBA, and this exception falls under the auspices of the Veteran Free Agent exception. In a nutshell, the Larry Bird exception allows teams to exceed the salary cap to re-sign their own free agents, at an amount up to the maximum salary. To qualify as a Bird free agent, a player must have played three seasons without being waived or changing teams as a free agent. This means a player can obtain "Bird rights" by playing under three one-year contracts, a single contract of at least three years, or any combination thereof.
It also means that when a player is traded, his Bird rights are traded with him, and his new team can use the Bird exception to re-sign him. Bird-exception contracts can be up to six years in length.
The part I highlighted is where I am thinking where the Mavs could get Billups. I am not for sure, but since all the rumors are going around here, I was just trying to figure out if that is rule above is something that could happen. For the record, I am NOT creditxpert. I am just asking questions, and trying to figure out how Billups can come here.