Comments on: NBA Settles “Bird” Rights Issue for Waived Players http://KnickerBlogger.Net/nba-settles-bird-rights-issue-for-waived-players/ The NBA's indispensible, premier analytical blog. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:24:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: ephus http://KnickerBlogger.Net/nba-settles-bird-rights-issue-for-waived-players/#comment-395624 ephus Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:15:46 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=10058#comment-395624 As I wrote in last night’s thread, I have never been so happy to be wrong about the Knicks’ prospects in this arbitration. Major credit goes to Mark Bartlestein (Novak’s agent) and Jeffrey Kessler (NBPA attorney) who were the driving forces in making the winning argument.

Absent this ruling, the Knicks would have had to use the MLE to resign Lin, would have had no chance to resign Novak, would have operated under a $74 million hard cap this season, probably would have had to let Fields walk away and probably could not have replaced injured players on roster.

Can’t wait for the season to start. Go Knicks!

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