Yes, all of this is true. What it misses is the point that I am talking about the free agency period following that year. In between the 2016-17 season and the 2017-18 season Anthony, presuming he has not signed an extension, will be a full on free agent. The restricted part only applies to the QO year (between 2015-16 and 2016-17). In regards to that, yes, in between the Finals and June 30th NO must submit a QO and teams can make offers, but he is restricted. Once his contract is up in 2018 he is a free agent 100%.
NO already extended Anthony to a MAX 5 year rookie deal. This is why he will make $9M in his fifth year of his rookie contract. I am almost 100% sure (never 100% when it comes to the CBA) that after that 5th year, barring any other extension, he is a free agent with no restrictions, but NO has the Bird Rights advantage.
CBAFAQ (question #44)
So, to repeat, he is a restricted free agent heading into the 2016-17 season and a full on free agent after it....which is what I'm talking about. It's exciting because guess who comes off the books at the same time? Dwight Howard, Terrence Jones, and D-Mo. We will have their Bird Rights and can sign Davis to a max and then re-sign them using the Bird Rights. It will be awesome.
umm...that would be predicated on Anthony Davis signing the qualifying offer only for 9million (the 9 million is not an extension, merely a 1 yr minimum offer they must offer to keep matching rights for his RFA).
But lets assume he won't sign for 1 year 9 million, cause no one does. Then assuming Anthony Davis attracts a max offer from someone out there (which is a 100 percent safe assumption) New Orleans will have the right to sign him to that same value offer sheet by matching it. There are no 5-year rookie contracts. (see here: http://www.cbafaq.co...arycap.htm#Q49)There are 4 years (including extensions) then a separate 1-year Qualifying Offer, which Anthony will never play under since when he gets the max offer for the 2016-2017 season from some team New Orleans will match and the new max offer sheet will start in 2016-2017. He would have to forgo the max offer and sign the Qualifying offer to become a free agent in 2017 summer, which is not likely to happen unless he really really really hates New Orleans cause that's alot of money and alot of years.
If your still confused here: http://www.sbnation....-cavaliers-hook
its about kyrie irving but the same points stand for Davis just on a different time line. This is the whole point about building through the draft, and why you almost never see sub 25 year old max-level free agents...cause the team has to choose to let him go, or he has to forgo money and security to get out.
Edited by Losthief, 03 February 2015 - 01:29 AM.