2005-06 LUXURY TAX THREAD: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1988
The deadline for exercising RFA rights will be the end of the rookie draft. If you do nothing, it is assumed you are declining to exercise your RFA "right to match" and these players will become Unrestricted Free Agents. Exercising RFA rights means your available cap space will be reduced by the noted amount during the RFA bidding period. Please refer to the RFA Explanation thread for questions and ask them in that thread, not this one.
To exercise a player's RFA rights, you must post in this thread with the name of the player whose rights you are exercising and note "Exercise Rights" for example: "Hawks exercise RFA rights on Antonio McDyess." Note that one of the penalties for having luxury tax payments outstanding is that you are not permitted to exercise RFA rights; if you are not paid up by the close of the exercise period, your players will become UFAs. This is the only reminder I will give you. Only posts exercising or declining RFA rights should go in this thread. Questions should go in the RFA rules thread linked above.
| Drafted | Name | Status | Incumbent Team | Cap Pct | Cap Hold | Notes |
| 1 | Yao Ming | RFA | Knicks | 0.25 | $13,388,144 | Knicks exercise RFA rights |
| 2 | Amare Stoudemire | RFA | Bucks | 0.245 | $13,120,381 | Bucks exercise RFA rights |
| 3 | Mehmet Okur | UFA | Rockets | 0.24 | $12,852,618 | Rockets declined to exercise RFA rights |
| 4 | Carlos Boozer | RFA | Celtics | 0.235 | $12,584,855 | Celtics exercise RFA rights |
| 5 | Caron Butler | RFA | Trailblazers | 0.23 | $12,317,092 | Trailblazers exercise RFA rights |
| 6 | Tayshaun Prince | RFA | 76ers | 0.225 | $12,049,329 | 76ers exercise RFA rights |
| 7 | Mike Dunleavy | RFA | Trailblazers | 0.22 | $11,781,567 | Trailblazers exercise RFA rights |
| 8 | Nene Hilario | UFA | Mavericks | 0.215 | $11,513,804 | Did not exercise RFA rights |
| 9 | Udonis Haslem | RFA | Suns | 0.21 | $11,246,041 | Suns exercise RFA rights |
| 10 | Drew Gooden | RFA | Trailblazers | 0.205 | $10,978,278 | Trailblazers exercise RFA rights |
| 11 | Luis Scola | RFA | 76ers | 0.2 | $10,710,515 | 76ers exercise RFA rights |
| 12 | John Salmons | RFA | Celtics | 0.195 | $10,442,752 | Celtics exercise RFA rights |
| 13 | Rasual Butler | RFA | Pacers | 0.19 | $10,174,989 | Pacers exercise RFA rights |
| 14 | Jay Williams | UFA | Hornets | 0.185 | $9,907,226 | Hornets declined to exercise RFA rights |
| 15 | Gordan Giricek | RFA | Hornets | 0.18 | $9,639,464 | Hornets exercise RFA rights |
| 16 | Reggie Evans | RFA | Lakers | 0.175 | $9,371,701 | Lakers exercise RFA rights |
| 17 | Ronald Murray | UFA | Pistons | 0.17 | $9,103,938 | Released by Hornets 1/1/2006 |
| 18 | Chris Wilcox | RFA | Celtics | 0.165 | $8,836,175 | Celtics exercise RFA rights |
| 19 | Darius Songaila | UFA | Kings | 0.16 | $8,568,412 | Did not exercise RFA rights |
| 20 | Juan Dixon | RFA | Suns | 0.155 | $8,300,649 | Suns exercise RFA rights |
| 21 | Kareem Rush | UFA | Wizards | 0.15 | $8,032,886 | Released by Wizards 10/31/2005 |
| 22 | Matt Barnes | RFA | Raptors | 0.145 | $7,765,123 | Raptors exercise RFA rights |
| 23 | Marko Jaric | UFA | Grizzlies | 0.14 | $7,497,361 | Released by Grizzlies 2/1/2006 |
| 24 | Nenad Krstic | UFA | Celtics | 0.135 | $7,229,598 | Released by Celtics 2/15/2006 |
| 25 | Roger Mason | UFA | Jazz | 0.13 | $6,961,835 | Did not exercise RFA rights |
| 26 | Dan Gadzuric | RFA | 76ers | 0.125 | $6,694,072 | 76ers exercise RFA rights |
| 27 | Fred Jones | UFA | Cavaliers | 0.12 | $6,426,309 | Released by Grizzlies 2/15/2005 |
| 28 | Devin Brown | UFA | Wizards | 0.115 | $6,158,546 | Released by Wizards 2/15/2005 |
| 29 | Jamal Sampson | UFA | Hawks | 0.11 | $5,890,783 | Hawks declined to exercise RFA rights |
