Several NBA teams, including Miami Heat, are limited in signing buyout players due to salary cap restrictions. Spencer Dinwiddie, who is on the buyout market, is ineligible to be signed by the Heat because his pre-waiver salary exceeds $12.4 million. Teams below the first apron level can sign players who made more than the Mid-Level Exception this season before being bought out. The Dallas Mavericks are pursuing Dinwiddie, while the LA Lakers are also interested but restricted by the apron rules. Kyle Lowry is another prominent figure in the buyout market, with the Philadelphia 76ers favored to sign him.
Kyle Lowry is one of the 16 potential candidates expected to enter the buyout market, with the Sixers favored to sign him (Full list of candidates: https://t.co/kplL6PQLPI) https://t.co/phrEocmULa
League sources tell @TheSteinLine that Kyle Lowry is Philadelphia's priority in the buyout market if Lowry indeed negotiates his release from Charlotte. Sources add that the Lakers will join Dallas in the buyout pursuit of Dinwiddie. More NBA from me: https://t.co/A6ycVmnrjq https://t.co/1Kbrhgs1Rc
The Mavericks will be among the teams pursuing Spencer Dinwiddie on the buyout market, league sources say. More NBA from me: https://t.co/A6ycVmnrjq
Players expected to be available in free agency/buy-out market: Spencer Dinwiddie Kyle Lowry Marcus Morris Robin Lopez Joe Harris Kai Jones Danuel House Killian Hayes, among many others. https://t.co/GyCFSxCvzW
A quick note on the buyout market -- if a player made more than the Mid-Level Exception (~$12.4m) this season before being bought out, only teams below the 1st apron can sign then under the new CBA. The Lakers are below that apron.
I'd expect LA to be offering a rest of season deal to Dinwiddie. TBD what he chooses. Apron teams can't sign him fwiw
Dinwiddie not eligible to be signed by the Heat this season because his pre-waiver salary would be above $12.4 million. https://t.co/FgXod01xgy
Because Dinwiddie is earning more than the non-taxpayer MLE, only teams below the second apron level can sign him. https://t.co/g7TCcHuvoV
Golden State, LA Clippers, Phoenix, Milwaukee, Boston, Denver, and Miami are the teams ineligible to sign buyout guys. I’d expect Spencer Dinwiddie to prioritize Dallas, LA Lakers, and Philadelphia.
BREAKING: Spencer Dinwiddie is on the buyout market, per @ShamsCharania https://t.co/wHfXgER1YS
Heat among these apron teams. Miami can only sign buyout guys whose salary for this season is below 12.4 million https://t.co/VbmUBRH8tt
Potential buyout players who can’t sign with the 7 apron teams: Kyle Lowry Evan Fournier Marcus Morris Davis Bertans Joe Harris Players with salaries at least the $12.5 million non-taxpayer mid-level exception amount cannot sign with teams above the first apron.
Heat would be ineligible to sign him because of first apron rules. Only a limited number of buyout players likely would be eligible to be signed by the Heat and Celtics and a few other teams that are above the first apron. https://t.co/TgTMNoLPMV