Post by Boston Celtics on Mar 1, 2008 14:34:36 GMT
Admin Announcement - Full Off Season Schedule
Recently there has been a lot of moves made around the league by GMs to set their teams up for the Off Season. Utah has traded Jermaine O'Neal and Memphis has traded Paul Pierce for salary cap reasons, and many other GMs have begun to look toward the 2008/09 Season and have made plans towards that time.
I thought it best then to lay out the official Off Season Schedule to let GMs know exactly where their team stands and how to get the most out of the upcoming Off Season.
Recently there has been a lot of moves made around the league by GMs to set their teams up for the Off Season. Utah has traded Jermaine O'Neal and Memphis has traded Paul Pierce for salary cap reasons, and many other GMs have begun to look toward the 2008/09 Season and have made plans towards that time.
I thought it best then to lay out the official Off Season Schedule to let GMs know exactly where their team stands and how to get the most out of the upcoming Off Season.
- Playoffs Begin
- Trading Resumes
- Trading resumes only for non-playoff teams. Other teams must wait until the playoffs are over.
- Draft Lottery Held
- Playoffs End
- Player Rating Changes Announced
- Player rating changes are announced shortly after the playoffs end to give GMs the best idea of what their players are worth during the Off Season period.
- Un-signed Second Rounders enter Free Agency
- All GMs have until this time to sign any un-signed second round draft picks chosen in last year's D5 draft. Those that are not signed either enter free agency or are removed.
- Salary Charts progress to the following year.
- D5 Rookie Draft held.
- All first rounders are automatically signed to their teams. Second rounders must be signed manually by each GM.
- Rookie contracts do not count against your Salary Cap until the start of Regular Season Free Agency - when the Season first tips off.
- All first rounders are automatically signed to their teams. Second rounders must be signed manually by each GM.
- Contract Extension Period, Team Options Period & Off Season Free Agency begins.
- Opposing GMs can now try to steal your players before you re-sign them! Priority to sign a player will always be with the player's current team, but if you take too long to start making offers to your players another GM will get there before you!
- This period can also be used to exercise your Team Options in your players contracts.
- Opposing GMs can now try to steal your players before you re-sign them! Priority to sign a player will always be with the player's current team, but if you take too long to start making offers to your players another GM will get there before you!
- Player Agents decide which of the players in their division with Player Options in their contracts will opt-out.
- Contract Extension Period & Off Season Free Agency Period End.
- Team Option Deadline.
- Regular Season Free Agency begins.
- All un-signed players enter RSFA.
- Rookie Contracts now count against each team's Salary Cap.
- All un-signed players enter RSFA.
- Roster Cut-Down Deadline.
- Season Begins.