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Early Thursday morning, it was reported that shooting guard Danny Green had agreed to re-sign with the Sixers on a two-year, $20 million deal.
Before he did agree to re-sign, there was a lot of anxiety about his potential departure building up. Georges Niang’s signing did dip into the Sixers’ mid-level exception. While we don’t know for sure, it does appear that the the front office used Green’s early bird rights to re-sign him, with Niang getting partial MLEL
Using Green’s bird rights is important because it allows the team to not be hard-capped.