Rules - Bird Years/Contract Values

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Bird Years

1 Bird years are the number of seasons a player has gone without changing teams via free agency. When a player is traded, he maintains his bird years.

Contract Values

1 MAX contracts are normally 1/4th of the Salary Cap. The diagram below is based on a 48 million Salary Cap. Essentially players with 6 or less years of experience get 1/4th of the Cap as the starting point for a MAX contract. As a players experience grows, the amount of his first year MAX grows as well.

2 Salary based on experience:

All are max offers, non Birds:

1-6 years exp:
Year 1: $10,500,000
Year 2: $11,550,000
Year 3: $12,600,000
Year 4: $13,650,000
Year 5: $14,700,000
Year 6: $15,750,000

7-9 years exp:
1st year: 14,400,000
Rest of contract:
15,840,000
17,280,000
18,720,000
20,160,000
21,600,000

10+ years exp:
1st year: 16,800,000
18,480,000
20,160,000
21,840,000
23,520,000
25,200,000

3 Minimum Salary Amounts

Exp Min
0 $332,817
1 $465,850
2 $540,850
3 $565,850
4 $590,850
5 $653,350
6 $715,850
7 $778,350
8 $840,850
9 $965,850
10+ $1,000,000

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