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 in 1994):
Grant Hill - Timberwolves
Jason Kidd - Magic
Eddie Jones - Cavaliers
Glenn Robinson - Spurs
Jalen Rose - Bucks
Briant Grant - Bucks
Juwan Howard - Hornets
Aaron McKie - Wizards
Donyell Marshall - Celtics
Sharone Wright - Heat
Wesley Person - Sonics
Charlie Ward - Sonics
Zan Tabak - Sonics
Remember that Restricted Free Agents may not be traded for a full season (i.e., until after 1999 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:
Each team may submit up to ten (10) RFA bids. Bids in excess of ten will be ignored.
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 ($7,632,314) regardless of cap situation.
- Yearly raises of 0% to 12.5%, 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.
- A starting salary up to the current maximum for a player with 4 years of service ($7,632,314) OR the amount of salary cap space they have available, whichever is LESS (teams that must offer less may be found at the end of this post).
- Yearly raises of 0% to 10.0% 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.
WHERE AND HOW TO SUBMIT BIDS:
Bids should be submitted to @admin via Private Message. This Private message should have the subject "TEAM NAME- RFA Bids 1998" (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
Please take the time to explicitly spell out your bid and do NOT use shorthands such as "max," and "supermax." I have put sample bids below that you can copy and paste - just change the name.
Supermax Name; $7,632,314; 12.5%; 5
Max Name; $7,632,314; 10.0%; 4
For example, the Hawks' RFA Private Message should have the subject:
and might have the following as the body:"Hawks - RFA Bids 1998"
TEAMS WHOSE MAXIMUM OFFER TO EXTERNAL RFAs IS LIMITED BY CAP SPACE ADJUSTED FOR RFA SALARY HOLDS:Eric Montross; $7,632,314; 12.5%; 5
Khalid Reeves; $7,632,314; 10.0%; 4
Brooks Thompson; $3,000,000; 3.5%; 2
| Celtics | $7,525,238 |
| Pistons | $7,453,161 |
| Mavericks | $7,233,826 |
| Suns | $6,159,978 |
| Kings | $5,415,501 |
| Grizzlies | $4,726,967 |
| Nets | $4,648,300 |
| Timberwolves | $1,582,873 |
| Jazz | $1,225,754 |
| Heat | $133,831 |
| Cavaliers | -$7,036,131 (may not offer to external RFAs) |
| Bucks | -$8,487,066 (may not offer to external RFAs) |
| SuperSonics | -$10,827,995 (may not offer to external RFAs) |
