2024 NBA Free Agency

[u/Civrock]

Hornets fans and visitors,

The purpose of this mega thread is for centralized chat and discussion of anything related to the 2024 NBA Free Agency, including fan-proposed trades, rather than numerous self posts or trade machine images/links which really don't need their own threads.

Posts/articles from media or other reputable sources regarding free agency rumors and trades can still be posted as their own threads, this is primarily for Free Agency commentary and trade ideas by fans. If you have a high quality text submission, go for it.

Thank you for your cooperation. Bonk on. 🐝

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🏀 2024 NBA Free Agency 🏀

➡️ June 29

• Last day for a team or player option to be exercised
• Last day for a player to receive a Qualifying Offer

➡️ June 30

• Free agent negotiations can begin with players not on your own team (6 PM ET)

➡️ July 1

• Free agency moratorium (12:01 AM ET)
• First-round selections can sign contracts
• Minimum contracts (2 years or less) can sign
• Restricted free agents can sign an offer sheet
• Third-year and fourth-year rookie options can be exercised
• Two-way contracts can be signed and converted

➡️ July 6

• Free agency begins (12:00 PM ET)
• Teams can officially sign free agents
• Trades can become official
• Rookie-scale and veteran contracts can be extended
• Clock begins on offer sheets signed during the moratorium

➡️ July 13

• Last day to withdraw a Qualifying Offer

[u/YizWasHere]

Assuming we re-sign Miles, the Reggie Jackson trade takes out a lot of the wing options we had which is kind of annoying. Makes me think the plan is to upgrade via trades and/or a Miles S&T. It's hard to complain about 3 second rounders for a $5M salary dump regardless lol.

[u/buzzcitybonehead → u/YizWasHere]

The Miles S&T makes sense for a lot of reasons. The moves all signal another rebuilding year and if LaMelo is healthy, Mark is healthy, Miller improves at all, and Bridges is in the roster, we could easily be a 40-win play-in team again.

This doesn’t seem like a front office or ownership group that buys MJ’s method of straddling rebuilding and competing. Hopefully a cap-limited team wants Miles and will offer a first and/or a prospect. I’d love an outcome similar to the Te sign and trade that got us New Orleans’ 15th pick to draft Mark.