S9 1988 Restricted Free Agency
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2026 12:49 pm
MASTER UNPAID TAX BILL THREAD
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S8 LUXURY TAX BILL THREAD
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The deadline for exercising RFA rights is 3/18/2026 AT 4PM CST. 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 only. Please refer to the RFA Explanation thread (here: viewtopic.php?p=170) 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: "Kings exercise RFA rights on Jeffery Duren." 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 that will be given. Only posts exercising or declining RFA rights should go in this thread. Questions should go in the RFA rules thread linked above or you can PM the commissioner.
viewtopic.php?t=15291
S8 LUXURY TAX BILL THREAD
viewtopic.php?t=15649
The deadline for exercising RFA rights is 3/18/2026 AT 4PM CST. 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 only. Please refer to the RFA Explanation thread (here: viewtopic.php?p=170) 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: "Kings exercise RFA rights on Jeffery Duren." 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 that will be given. Only posts exercising or declining RFA rights should go in this thread. Questions should go in the RFA rules thread linked above or you can PM the commissioner.
| Drafted | Name | Status | Incumbent Team | Cap Pct | Cap Hold | Notes |
| 1 | Michael Jordan | TBD | Spurs | 0.25 | $2,472,395 | Undecided |
| 2 | Hakeem Olajuwon | RFA | Celtics | 0.245 | $2,422,947 | RFA rights exercised |
| 3 | Charles Barkley | TBD | Bucks | 0.24 | $2,373,499 | Undecided |
| 4 | John Stockton | RFA | Suns | 0.235 | $2,324,051 | RFA rights exercised |
| 5 | Alvin Robertson | RFA | Pistons | 0.23 | $2,274,603 | RFA rights exercised |
| 6 | Sam Bowie | RFA | Mavericks | 0.225 | $2,225,155 | RFA rights exercised |
| 7 | Kevin Willis | RFA | Pistons | 0.22 | $2,175,707 | RFA rights exercised |
| 8 | Jay Humphries | RFA | 76ers | 0.215 | $2,126,259 | RFA rights exercised |
| 9 | Vern Fleming | TBD | Rockets | 0.21 | $2,076,811 | Undecided |
| 10 | Danny Young | RFA | Suns | 0.205 | $2.027,363 | RFA rights exercised |
| 11 | Otis Thorpe | TBD | Jazz | 0.2 | $1,977,916 | Undecided |
| 12 | Jerome Kersey | RFA | Pacers | 0.195 | $1,928,468 | RFA rights exercised |
| 13 | Tony Campbell | TBD | Trailblazers | 0.19 | $1,879,020 | Undecided |
| 14 | Sam Perkins | RFA | 76ers | 0.185 | $1,829,572 | RFA rights exercised |
| 15 | Michael Cage | RFA | Pacers | 0.18 | $1,780,124 | RFA rights exercised |
| 16 | Frank Brickowski | TBD | Trailblazers | 0.175 | $1,730,676 | Undecided |
| 17 | Ron Anderson | TBD | Nuggets | 0.17 | $1,681,228 | Undecided |
| 18 | Mel Turpin | TBD | Bullets | 0.165 | $1,631,780 | Undecided |
| 19 | Steve Colter | RFA | Suns | 0.16 | $1,582,332 | RFA rights exercised |
| 20 | Antoine Carr | TBD | Bullets | 0.155 | $1,532,885 | Undecided |
| 21 | Charles Jones | UFA | 0.15 | $1,483,437 | 12/16/1986 Released by the Bulls | |
| 22 | Tim McCormick | UFA | 0.145 | $1,433,989 | Released by the Jazz 11/16/1987 | |
| 23 | Leon Wood | UFA | 0.14 | $1,384,541 | signed one year deal with Cavaliers 7/22/1987 |