#SLOE: People's Basketball Sim League

WHERE AND HOW TO SUBMIT BIDS:

RFA BIDS ARE DUE AT 5 PM CENTRAL ON MONDAY, May 6.

Bids should be submitted via nodes (preferred) or to The Negotiator via Private Message (click here to send a Private Message to The Negotiator). This Private message should have the subject "TEAM NAME- RFA Bids" (substitute your team's name for the words "TEAM NAME" in quotes). Place all of your RFA bids in a single message, with one entry per line, formatted as follows:

Player Name; Initial Year's Salary; Yearly Raise Percentage; Total Number of Years; (if desired: Team Option/Player Option)

(You may substitute "max" and "min" shorthand for maximum/minimum bids so you don't have to type out the exact numbers - this is encouraged).

For example, the Hawks' RFA Private Message should have the subject (note values below are not indicative of the current cap and are for illustrative purposes only):

"Hawks - RFA Bids"

and might have the following as the body:

Eric Montross; $10,069,134; 12.5%; 5
Khalid Reeves; $7,632,314; 10.0%; 4
Brooks Thompson; $3,000,000; 3.5%; 3; Team Option

The following players may be bid on during Restricted Free Agency ("incumbent" team follows player name, players are listed in order in which they were drafted):

RFA List:
Kyle Kuzma Hawks
Pete Maravich Thunder
Boban Marjanovic Magic
RJ Barrett Raptors
Clifford Paugh Bucks
Roland Pettit Cavaliers
Simon Phoenix Nets
Josh Hart Thunder
Marshall Starr Wizards
Stephen Wright Knicks
Josh Okogie Nets
Joseph Reading Trailblazers
Nathan Thompson Celtics
James Shaffer Kings
David Lassiter Pacers

Remember that Restricted Free Agents may not be traded for a full season (i.e., until after next season's RFA) except for within the limits of a "Sign and Trade" between the "winning" and "incumbent" team (see the RFA Rules explanation).

RULES ON LEGAL BIDS:

Please see the cap checker at http://pbsl.ijbl.net/check.htm to calculate maximum salary amounts.

Each team may submit up to ten (10) RFA bids. Bids in excess of ten will be ignored.


TEAMS WITH AN OUTSTANDING LUXURY TAX BILL MAY NOT MAKE OFFERS TO RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (Luxury Tax nonpayment restricts offers to vet minimums, vet minimums are restricted to 1 year, and RFA offers are restricted to 2+ years only)

Teams bidding on players that ended last season on their roster (i.e., "incumbent" teams) may offer:

• A starting salary of up to the current maximum for a player with 4 years of service regardless of cap situation.
• Yearly raises of 0% to 7.5%, in increments of 0.5% (i.e., 0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5% etc.)
• Contract lengths of anywhere from 2 to 5 years. ONE YEAR OFFERS ARE NOT PERMITTED DURING RFA. SINCE VETERAN MINIMUM OFFERS MUST BE FOR ONE YEAR, THIS MEANS VETERAN MINIMUM OFFERS ARE ALSO NOT PERMITTED DURING RFA (INCLUDES OFFERS THAT START SO LOW THAT RAISES FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS RUN UNDER THE VETERAN MINIMUM FOR THE LATER YEAR).
• 5 year contracts may only be a "supermax" (maximum first-year salary with 7.5% raises). Contracts of 2 to 4 years may be for any starting amount and any raise amount (e.g., 4 years starting at $8 million with 6.5% raises)
• If desired, may designate the final year of a deal of 3 or more seasons as "team option" or "player option" (if neither is selected, the default is "guaranteed")

Teams bidding on players that did NOT end last season on their roster may offer:

• A starting salary up to the current maximum for a player with 4 years of service OR the amount of salary cap space they have available, whichever is LESS -or- the MLE (teams that must offer less may be found at the end of this post as well as teams that may offer MLEs)
• Yearly raises of 0% to 5% in increments of 0.5% (i.e., 0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5% etc.)
• Contract lengths of anywhere from 2 to 4 years. ONE YEAR OFFERS ARE NOT PERMITTED DURING RFA. SINCE VETERAN MINIMUM OFFERS MUST BE FOR ONE YEAR, THIS MEANS VETERAN MINIMUM OFFERS ARE ALSO NOT PERMITTED DURING RFA (INCLUDES OFFERS THAT START SO LOW THAT RAISES FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS RUN UNDER THE VETERAN MINIMUM FOR THE LATER YEAR).
• If desired, may designate the final year of the deal of 3 or more seasons as "team option" or "player option" (if neither is selected, the default is "guaranteed")

Use the "Contract Helper" portion of the PBSL Trade Checker tool - link here - to figure out what those raises make the contract look like in dollar amounts and what this will do to your cap in the future if you need to.

TEAMS WHOSE MAXIMUM OFFER TO EXTERNAL RFAs IS LIMITED BY CAP SPACE ADJUSTED FOR RFA SALARY HOLDS (A NUMBER BELOW THE MINIMUM, INCLUDING NEGATIVE NUMBERS, MEANS THAT TEAM MAY NOT BID ON EXTERNAL RFA'S):
(All teams not on the above list may offer RFA salaries up to their available cap space)

Some Notes on MLEs for RFA

• The MLE for this year is $9,914,128
• If your team is currently over the cap, you can only use the MLE to bid on External RFAs
• If your team is under the cap, but within the MLE amount, you can only use the MLE to bid on External RFAs - YOU WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR OWN CAP SPACE - this is why there is an MLE cap hold to prevent double dipping
• If your team is $9,914,128 under the cap or more, you do not have access to the MLE even if your RFA cap holds take you over the cap or within the MLE amount.
• Should you use the MLE and the RFA is matched by the original team, you can use the MLE in UFA. If he's not, his salary counts toward your MLE use.

Note the above includes your cap figure as of the index WITH your 2nd round picks. If you plan on cutting your 2nd rounder, then do the math to deduct that players salary from the amount shown. If you have questions, you can pm me here or on skype.

Zip file and index updated.

Also, if you sent 2nd round lists via FTP those were imported and honored.

of note: Bids are due Monday not Saturday. Thanks for getting this up Ryan.

Thanks gents, I’ll get max bids up in a bit today

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