NBA Free Agency Explained

[@kipkame]

The CBA: 0:52 What is BRI: 1:34 Salary cap diffence in other leagues: 2:10 The salary cap: 2:54 The luxury tax: 3:46 The tax apron: 5:09 Player extensions: 6:27 DVPE: 8:10 Maxes: 9:27 Exceptions: 10:22 Mid level exceptions: 12:33 Bird rights: 14:40 Contract options: 17:08 Sign and trades: 19:10 Moratorium period: 19:44 Restricted free agency (+ qualifying offers): 20:20 Unrestricted free agency: 21:53

[@kipkame]

Since it wouldn't link in the description

[@baronwong2258]

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[@zalehamohamed5305]

Kipkame11 ž

in mma UFC there is none of that. If you could be an NBA player or be a world champion in mma... go the NBA route.

[@orangef3802]

Alright, I've watched the entire video. I am now qualified to apply for the Sacramento Kings' front office!

[@blowc1612]

You obviously showed you didn’t learn anything as Divacs managed to have one of the best cap space in the league with a full roster of young top talent.

[@Cbrunning849]

Its been a year. If you didn't land it have you tried the Bulls or Knicks?

[@calebturner9884]

@@Cbrunning849 I hope he didn’t land it because as bad as the kings are he has a lot of explaining to do

[@Cbrunning849]

@@calebturner9884 LeBron James has played more playoff games then the king's franchise. Every single Sacramento king employee or player has some explaining to do

[@bobbycone2]

Nice prediction of Labron going to the Lakers. Not that it was that suprising but a year before I'll say good call.

[@Andrew-zo9dq]

@@steventetreault4511 LA Bron

[@mikebarnes7441]

@@steventetreault4511 yeah its LAbron now dumbass

[@ME-li8yb]

Lebron and lakers 2020 CHAMPS !

[@liucijagircyte9918]

Awesome help for a European trying to learn American Sports Model, thanks ! :)

[@KabirSoni78]

So fuckin complicated. Can't it be like football(not American) Where the club's can negotiate

[@luxrose]

@@KabirSoni78 ikr i just burned last 2 brain cells trying to understand this ;-;

[@pedro1319]

@@luxrose fr fr , so complicated i had to rewind every time stamp 💀

[@shawnchi95]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for as someone who was trying to understand all these FA terms. PLEASE DO AN UPDATED VERSION!!

[@ryofdoom7416]

Pls 🙏

[@kuroakela]

Don't stop making videos dude. Your videos are entertaining, knowledgeable and has some hint of comedy. Keep it up bruh!

[@CHEEZYNAHCOZ]

keep grinding your content is really 🔥🔥

[@lakotab.5498]

YOU DESERVE 10x MORE VIEWS THAN YOU GOT. NEW FAN!

[@Junior-zf7yy]

Finally, I’m British and I’m so interested in the nba but I don’t understand everything. Your video is a saviour

[@seventy3percent]

17:23 SPOKE IT INTO EXISTENCE! Lol

[@gurukof]

why is this so complicated??? :( im trying to play mygm in 2k and i dont know if im overpaying

[@AboveTheKing]

As a really experienced mygm player (been doing it since 2k15) the things that he speakers about which are really important are rookie contracts/qualifying offers, max deals, and bird rights. The rest of what he talks about isn’t as implemented into the game though there are much much more realistic NBA GM simulators which id advise you to check out.

[@amrelarcher8990]

Above The King could you give an example of a more realistic NBA GM simulator? Been looking for one that's like Football Manager for a while now.

[@ES-wg9he]

Me too

[@megaleskinner3735]

The best youtuber all time

[@danthingo]

17:23 you called it

[@GazMatic]

17:23 LeBron went to the Lakers

[@tjperette5304]

This was great work! It def helped me understand some of these contracts a bit more. Wishing you much success as you seem like you are already carving out your own path. 🙌🏾👑

[@lakhan911]

I'm writing an essay on this for college, sometimes college is fun...

[@ctrunner7126]

This video is actually so good, like one of the best videos I've ever watched on KZbin! Very informative and had my dying laughing at some points lol

[@boxcancer2725]

Underrated basketball channel 🔥

[@JamGutz17]

Awesome video man!

[@jamalwayans545]

Very timely man...nice take on the free agency topic.....thanks!

[@wazzupbeckham]

this is the video i've needed for years! thx man

[@nilssteinhauer9879]

I thank you so much. I'm doing a math exploration, and this video helped me so much. Of course I cited you because my essay would get disqualified with plagiarism

[@kipkame]

+Nils Steinhauer Cool bro, can you send me a link what you did?

[@vipnetworker]

I have NO idea if all the info presented is correct, BUT... it sure as hell sounds like this guy (or kid, he sounds young!) knows what he’s talking about. I’m beyond impressed and super curious how old this guy is. He sounds 15 or 16 years old, maybe younger. I’m half way through and there are a few mistakes, simple things it seems like he just read wrong off the script (example: saying $139 dollars instead of $139 MILLION dollars, etc). Tighten up those little errors, continue to work on your voice, delivery, tone, etc. We could have a future ESPN host right here. PS: I’m not trying to criticize at all! I’m trying to help. I’ve done some professional voice over work and many years of public speaking all over the world. Not trying to pat myself on the back, just saying, I’m trying to help coming from experience (not some random dude who’s never done anything). Keep up the great work 👍🏻

[@devn266]

But the thing about RFA is you can match over the cap because you have bird rights so, to make it so players aren't forced to sign with their original team because they don't want to be underpaid, they should make it in writing that you don't get bird rights from playing for a team while on a rookie contract. So, basically you can only start to stack up bird rights years if you are done with your rookie contract.

[@JoseGonzalez-le9yo]

He'll ya exactly what I was looking for good job man

[@jdwesseltv123]

Great video, I was looking this up to try and work with contracts on 2K thank you! I also gave you a sub!

[@samlittle5547]

Lbj at lakers now. Kip you from tha future?

[@SHREK2]

Great video! Bi-annual actually means once every two years - semiannual is twice a year

[@SHREK2]

I take it back! biennial means once every two years - carry on

[@buffbill]

this is such a well put together video , thank you

[@seventhirty30]

Good job on the video bro

[@Mattrsm]

Great video! However bi-annual means once every two years not twice every year ;)

[@d2-x417]

Thx! This vid was really helpful

[@BlueValco]

10:36 No, biannually doesn’t mean twice a year, it means once every two years. Just how biweekly means once every two weeks, or bicentennial means once every 200 years, or every other century.

[@ParthPatel-zy4pg]

lol what

[@JS-ri8qc]

biannual is twice a year. biennial is every two years

[@firstnamelastname-up6ni]

Bobblehead is correct

[@kevinavila9489]

Wrong. Biannual = twice a year. Biennial = once every 2 years. Git gud.

[@pw6959]

Your sign and trade bit wasn't just incorrect, but it also only lasted like 30 seconds. Chris Paul to the Rockets wasn't a sign and trade either, it was a special circumstance where it was just a standard trade and then he signed an extension afterwards.

[@mohamedsidi5097]

wow , im very impressed about his knowledge and the way he could not shup up the whole video..lol...big up

[@factionsportsagency]

NICE JOB! Very informative video!!

[@the6footplustree75]

I always thought baseball had no salary cap restrictions, but by how it sounds from this video I think I can where that statement came from as a faint exaggeration.

[@JimMiDaxX]

GREAT BREAKDOWN... THANKS

[@jayu9642]

You are a very smart kid. Keep it up

[@ruchpat1]

Here is the thing you are (insert NBA team here) and your player is a free agent for the upcoming free agency. The agent for certain player indicates either overtly or strongly covertly that they intend in not resigning with the franchise. You try trading (insert player here) before the midseason trade deadline, with the hope of the player not leaving in the off season and your team does not leave you high and dry and your franchise receives nothing. The teams will probably not take the bait under the assumption that why should we trade assets for a player whom could be a rental. That is why the Brooklyn Nets and Golden State Warriors should serve as a template in the 2019 Free-Agency. Kevin Durant was indicated to be out of Golden State Warriors. He wanted to team up with his friend Kyrie Irving whom left the Boston Celtics and his other friend in Deandre Jordan whom played for the in city Rival New York Knicks. The Golden State Warriors did a sign and trade receiving D’Anglo Russel from The Brooklyn Nets for Kevin Durant by way of sign and trade in the 2019 NBA Free Agency. It ended up being a trade chip the Golden State Warriors used to fill the Small Forward position by trading for Andrew Wiggins, who is like a way better Harrison Barnes. The lesson here is don’t let a player leave and receive nothing in return make sure you get something back so you don’t get in the situation where a player leaves for nothing.

[@nbaarchives5424]

Great vid man, really informative

[@kageexpress1627]

Superb video you definitely did your research

[@terrenceklaverweide6356]

Holy shit. Being from Europe, dealing with ‘soccer’ mostly, this is f’in interesting...

[@willieadams3376]

So in theory if you spend a lot of money in taxes to the least spending teams now while you are on top. Then when you eventually have to rebuild and get rid of salary and your team sucks then you will get those benefits from the other teams paying the luxury tax. So you never really lose.

[@WelziFC7]

My brain hurts

[@xSkazZ]

Amazing video! Keep up the good work. The subs will follow

[@kipkame]

+xSkazZ Thanks bro, appreciate that a lot. I will

[@Macho_Fantastico]

Still very confusing, but I understand how the financials work a lot better. It's more complicated than a lot of other sports I follow.

[@nicholas9142]

15:36 this man double dribbled lol

[@dommyyandfriendss]

I’m definitely subscribing

[@aatawn]

Damn bro killed it

[@efx80]

yes, i understand some of these words

[@erenyeager3575]

Thank you, this is very helpful

[@UnlimitedProduction1]

You only have 6.3k subs? That seems impossible great content

[@ryanl4821]

Dang, learned a lot watching this vid. And I thought I knew my stuff.

[@beaulewis9603]

Twice a year would be semi-annual champ. :) bi-annual is every 2 years.

[@Orangecatty]

I'm not sure if what you're referring to is the case for basketball only, but in general, biannual can mean both things! Once every 2 years, or twice in a year. And I agree, it makes no sense at all lol

[@beingmeshach]

bro excellent video bro i’m 2 years late but great vid

[@timothybryant6124]

HE WENT TO THE LAKERS

[@lucabloor1086]

Great Video thanks!

[@Utonian21]

So the league splits its earnings with the 30 teams, and the salary cap is how much teams can afford to spend on players? That actually makes a lot of sense.

[@JabrenHarris98]

KD can jus come to his favorite childhood team the Raptors after this season

[@jasonf7072]

Well put together video :)

[@mumbibanda7059]

why the picture of the snake,when KD name was mentioned. that's savage LOL

[@1arreese]

I love the video keep up the great work but why don't you take me back to school it's the summer

[@anubisgod23]

Hopefully the NBA will enforce a hard cap soon so the league becomes more interesting!

[@infernodice8005]

17:12 , wtf, it happened in the 2021-2022 season, LeBron at the Lakers and wearing the number 6, nice bold prediction from 2017 💀

[@GGB0890]

Liangelo first pick, sure

[@detailsmove]

Great video

[@GMGGotti03]

Good video and baltimore gang

[@antwan1357]

When I hear a home team is matching the bid to keep a home players sounds like upping the pot in poker.

[@mqmoreno2368]

I came to watch this video just for my nba2k22 mynba franchise so i can have control of my superstars players i always get mad 😡 when they leave my team because i didn't pay attention and they become unrestricted free agent

[@crazcomchronicles]

Thank you very much!!

[@andrenatanael7430]

Great video😃

[@aleksandarzebeljan2892]

BRO JUST PREDICTED LABRON SMH FFS

[@TheUndecidedFrog]

Bi-annual means every other year (every two years). Twice a year is semi-annual.

[@pedroflores128]

“Liangelo ball 1st pick & all-star” 😂😂🤣

[@drinx116]

I'm watching this Video because of 2k. I'm playing MyGm and they always talk about salary caps und luxury taxes.

[@Noneofyobusinessdude]

so why is non-taxpayer mid level exception called that when they do have to pay taxes?

[@willburdbath9273]

wait so if a team is willing to go way over the luxury tax, they can just pay however many much money they want. like they can sign 5 max deals and a bunch of other high paying deals? someone please answer i’m very confused

[@cagatayguner7493]

what is the point of making rules if there will be an exception for literally every situtaiton?

[@themanvoltage6536]

First Person to watch your video

[@danielcheluget1169]

The Man Voltage that was me

[@tinolinogaming4250]

GOATTT

[@itaintrocketscience1759]

17:25 bro called lebron to the lakers

[@justyoureverydaypig3716]

The biannual is correctly named. You were thinking of semiannual.

[@Alfuentesj]

Now everyone playing for the nets this didnt aged well

[@degerrian]

Can you do another video breaking down more of the cba

[@modolief]

Wow, I'm glad I have a PhD so that I could understand all that. Wait I didn't understand all that. Jeez, I guess they just couldn't make it simple.

[@jordanmatyas6642]

But on baseball a little market can offer a crap ton a money in the nba every team can offer the same so u would go 2 the best team

[@antonylove2528]

Why is Isaiah thomas listed as 6"3

[@kipkame]

+antony love Where? Been a while since I edited it

[@akselbrifk3425]

Kipkame11 Hey! It's at 14:47 right when you start to talk about the "Bird rights"

[@landerhendrickx3522]

11:37 this video didn’t age well :p The Nets are in a great position now and D’Lo will get a bag of money this off season.

[@johncasas5908]

Great video, one more question what happens with buy out situations? Say the Spurs guaranteed Gasol 3 yrs 16.4 per year, year 2 they choose a buyout, does that mean the player and the team can come to an agreement on the remainder of contract, or does this mean the team pays the full year 2 and 3 salary in this case?

[@ldashoota2668]

John Casas yep, they just pay the remaining amount of their salary

[@Stannaboy]

just when i thought dy/dx was difficult..

[@devn266]

you can also relinquish the cap hold. or is that only in 2k?

[@megaleskinner3735]

Amazing the best

[@cobypieros4960]

Is there no MLE for a team that’s between the apron and the tax level?

[@viratshivam]

I was here to understand it now i am more confused.

[@akselbrifk3425]

Lol Isaiah thomas made the list of "players who lied about their height"

[@Domancave]

Alright let’s go play some 2k now.

[@BlackLionGriotMedia]

Bi Annual is every 2 years. Twice a year is Semi Annual.

[@unlimitedpower4101]

Yep, Stephen Curry got a 5 year $202 million contract.

[@bonganimkhwanazi2081]

Joakim Noah $70m a year (LOL!) & Timofey Mozgov $60m a year (LMAO!)