After reading John’s article, Suns Roster, Salaries, Cap Space, Available Draft Picks and More, I decided to write this as a lot of fans have voiced concerns over whether the Suns can re-sign Bol Bol during the offseason. This article outlines how it could be done. Mind you, a lot of this depends upon Bol’s desire to stay in Phoenix which we can only guess at for now.
First, this offseason the Suns can only use the Non-Qualifying Veteran Free Agent (aka “Non-Bird”) Exception to make him an offer.
Non-Bird Exception: A team may re-sign its own free agent who is neither a “Bird” nor an “Early Bird” player to a contract with a first-year salary of up to the greater of (a) 120% of the player’s salary in the last season of his prior contract, (b) 120% of the player’s applicable minimum salary for the current season, or (c) if the player is a Restricted Free Agent, his Qualifying Offer amount.