what does "bird rights" mean??????

[quickerblade]

please expalin simply..thanks

[Lars]

The ability of a team to offer player money and go over thier salary cap to do so.

If you have a team salary of say 50 mil, and the cap is 55 mil....

w/o bird rights you could offer 5 million dollars.
w/ bird rights you could offer more.

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http://tinyurl.com/yegn2r7

[Trainwreck2100]

lol devean george

[quickerblade]

http://tinyurl.com/yegn2r7

lol that was awesome hahaha

i still dont get it, how did it originate?

[Lars]

lol that was awesome hahaha

i still dont get it, how did it originate?

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/69131-004-145FB1CE.jpg

[pauls931]

lol that was awesome hahaha

i still dont get it, how did it originate?

N00b

[ffadicted]

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/69131-004-145FB1CE.jpg

Oh my god I laughed so hard at this :lmao

[Spursmania]

You're a Laker fan? Just asking:lol

[Spursmania]

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/69131-004-145FB1CE.jpg

I loled...:rollin

[noob cake]

Well you should get it, it one of the many little obscure rules created for Lakers/Celtics.

You mess up your salary structure, and NBA forgives you by inventing a new way to sign players just for you (Lakers and Celtics)

[mogrovejo]

Why are people laughing at Larry's picture?


Well you should get it, it one of the many little obscure rules created for Lakers/Celtics.

You mess up your salary structure, and NBA forgives you by inventing a new way to sign players just for you (Lakers and Celtics)

No, it's not a little or obscure rule and it wasn't created because the Celtics messed up their salary structure, it was just a coincidence.

[JamStone]

Bird Rights are basically one way for a team to keep a player they would otherwise lose to free agency because they can't afford to go over the cap to keep that player. It's an exception to the general salary cap rules.

The basics to it is that if a player is under contract with a team for three years, that player's Bird Rights vest with that team and they can then use the Bird Rights exception to go over the salary cap.

Hopefully that helps. There's more to it than that, but if you're just looking for a basic understanding of them, that should give you a pretty good idea.

[Spursmania]

Why are people laughing at Larry's picture?


Only because the OP didn't seem to associate Bird's right with the great LB. That's all.:toast

[Darthkiller]

lol that was awesome hahaha

i still dont get it, how did it originate?

some dude named Larry Bird, ever heard of him?