<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (FOMW @ Feb 13 2008, 10:37 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Feb 13 2008, 10:26 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>If he does agree to be traded he then loses his early Bird rights</div>
Now read all of #85
http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#85
The only time a player can lose their early Bird rights is in the part I first quoted. If George had a negotiated no trade clause, there would be no fear of losing his early Bird rights.
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Well you are making sense here (nice change). But I thought it was reported that George was in the last year of an expiring contract, which implied to me it was not a one year contract that would bring that clause into play.
It does explain, however, why the management of both teams might have been so apparently oblivious to the chances of this happening. If it was negotiated, it would be pretty humiliatingly negligent for the Mavs ownership not to know it.
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Essentially, George's agent was smart. George had a player option for this season, but declined it. He then resigned with the Mavs for 1 year. Either way he would have had early bird rights this summer, but by doing this, he got the CBA provided right to refuse a trade.