NBA Salary Exceptions
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Updated through the end of the 2003-04 NBA season.
No further information or changes will take place until the summer of 2004.
| NBA $1 million exception |
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| Season |
Amount |
| 1998-99 |
$1.0 million |
| 1999-2000 |
$1.1 million |
| 2000-01 |
$1.2 million |
| 2001-02 |
$1.3 million |
| 2002-03 |
$1.4 million |
| 2003-04 |
$1.5 million |
| *2004-05 |
$1.6 million |
| *(if current CBA is extended) |
|
| NBA Mid-Level exception |
|
| Season |
Amount |
| 1998-99 |
$1.75 million |
| 1999-2000 |
$2.0 million |
| 2000-01 |
$2.25 million |
| 2001-02 |
$4.538 million |
| 2002-03 |
$4.546 million |
| 2003-04 |
$4.917 million |
| 2004-05 |
Not known yet |
MORE NBA SALARY CAP EXCEPTIONS
(1) Qualifying Veteran Free Agent (“Bird”) Exception.
A team may re-sign its own free agent for any amount up to the maximum player
salary if he played for the team for some or all of each of the prior three consecutive
seasons (or, if he changed teams, he did so by trade).
(2) Early Qualifying Veteran Free Agent (“Early Bird”)
Exception. A team may re-sign its own free agent for the greater of (a) 175% of
the player’s salary in the last season of his prior contract, or (b) the
average player salary, if he played for the team for some or all of each of the
prior two consecutive seasons (or, if he changed teams, he did so by trade). A
contract signed using the Early Bird Exception must be for at least two seasons.
(3) Non-Qualifying Veteran Free Agent (“Non-Bird”)
Exception. A team may re-sign its own free agent who is neither a “Bird”
nor an “Early Bird” player for up to the greater of (a) 120% of the
player’s salary in the last season of his prior contract, (b) 120% of the
player’s minimum salary for the current season, or (c) if the player is a
Restricted Free Agent, his Qualifying Offer amount.
(4) Disabled Player Exception. A team may replace a player
who suffers a season-ending injury with one player making up to 50% of the injured
player’s current salary, up to a maximum of the average player salary. The
Disabled Player Exception is available in the following circumstances:
(a) If the player is injured between July 1 and November
30 and is determined to be out for that season, the team has 45 days to use the
Exception; or
(b) If the player is injured between December 1 and June
30 and is determined to be out for the subsequent season, the team has until the
following October 1 to use the Exception.
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