What s the deal with the NBA s amnesty provisions?

The amnesty clause is an NBA's salary clause that allows teams to lay off a player in a season. At the same time, the player's salary is no longer counted in the team's total salary. Teams that use this clause to lay off players are mainly to avoid paying luxury tax by paying more than the salary cap.

The pardon clause first appeared in an NBA collective bargaining agreement back in 2005, when Allan Houston, the New York Knicks' star guard on a multimillion-dollar contract, was unable to play due to injury and the team was unable to make further roster changes because of the big contract. In response to these special circumstances, the league introduced an amnesty clause that became known as the "Alan Houston Clause" in order to avoid burdening the team with excessive salary burdens. Interestingly, instead of using the pardon clause on Houston, the Knicks ultimately chose another player on the amnesty team, Jerome Williams, nicknamed "Junk Dog."

This clause allows teams with a total salary of more than the NBA salary cap to "cut" a player in order to guarantee the performance of the contract. The player's salary is payable but is not included in the team's salary.

In the 2011 new collective bargaining agreement, the league redefined the amnesty clause by stating that each team was allowed to pardon one player between the 2011-12 and 2015-16 seasons before the start of any season (with a clear time limit, usually seven days after the free agent market opened), so that their contract would no longer be counted towards the team's salary space and the calculation of the luxury tax penalty, provided that the remaining contract salary was paid as usual. A player who has been pardoned can only sign a contract before 1 July 2011, after which he or she will automatically lose his or her eligibility for amnesty, whether it is a new signing, a contract extension, an extension of the contract, or even a change in the terms of the contract.

However, each team will still only have one chance to use the amnesty clause.

Teams that should be in the NBA have signed contracts with players, and unless the contract has a team option, teams cannot illegally terminate the contract with players, but there is a rule between NBA officials and players' associations. Each team has one layoff quota per season, also known as amnesty. This will make it possible to lay off players who are highly paid, incompetent, or particularly bad.

to alleviate salary space

It's a layoff of a player, and you don't need to pay him a salary. It is generally used by teams to clear salary space, and hope!

Xu Jingyu] Why was the NBA amnesty clause canceled? It is not good for the management side, and it is different from the luxury tax.

It doesn't cost anything to lay off a player, and the team's portion of the salary spent on him will be wiped out.

Each team can pardon one player per season, and the pardon does not count towards the salary cap!! But you have to pay the money that the amnesty player has left on his contract.

Amnesty, by our means, means laid-off 、、、

Of course, the contract is bought out, and after the player is amnesty, his contract is not included in the team's total salary I don't know if you need to sign a labor contract, it depends on the content of the contract The players who are amnestied.

Amnesty means that other teams can buy whatever they want.

Under this clause, NBA teams are allowed to lay off a player without having that player's salary count toward the team's total salary. The player who is cut will become a free agent, but the player will not have direct access to the free agent market.

Within a certain period of time, those teams that do not exceed the salary cap will be allowed to bid on the player, but teams that exceed the salary cap will not be allowed to participate at this time. Under this rule, teams that are very competitive will not be able to easily acquire players who have been laid off through "amnesty clauses". However, other teams that have not exceeded the salary cap can offer the amnesty player a less than the original contract, and the higher one gets Lewis, and the difference from the original salary will be paid by the original home team.

Take Billups as an example, his salary this season is 14.2 million, and after the Knicks cut him, this salary will be removed from the team's total salary, freeing up the team's salary space. At the same time, the Clippers got Billups for a 2 million bid. Then Billups' salary of 14.2 million this season will be paid by the Knicks (12.2 million) and the Clippers (2 million), respectively.

For teams with terms of use, they will lose a lot of money, but they will be able to clear up salary space; For the pardoned players, their wages have not been reduced in the slightest this season, and they can still get a chance in another team that needs him more; For the bidding team, it is natural to make a lot of money to get a star player at a low price!

The Amnesty League stipulates that the players who are pardoned are given to the other teams, and the higher ones get it, just like an auction. Of course, this price must be a lot less than the previous salary, and the difference is made up by the original team, so the players who are pardoned will not receive less wages, but the team can release salary space.

The amnesty clause is that when the total salary of the team exceeds the salary cap, a player can be laid off, the luxury tax can be waived, and the salary will still be paid.

Of course, the contract is a buyout, and after the player's amnesty, his contract is not counted in the team's total salary.

The pardoned players are all high-paid players, due to injuries, age and other problems have made their ability and salary star gap, the amnesty is this year's collective bargaining league for the owner of the benefit clause, so that the owner can reduce the team's salary. So the players of the amnesty are the victims in it. Not only will I not be able to get my salary exactly this season, but I will have to find a new home.

Moreover, they will definitely not get an amnesty for their team's matching salary!

If you also need to sign a labor contract, you have to look at the content of the contract.

An amnesty clause is an act by a team owner or team leader who breaks a garbage contract based on the team's salary situation compared to the actual league salary cap. Those whose performance on the field does not match the salary they received under their contract may be laid off... In the case of amnesty in some guaranteed contracts, only the guaranteed portion will be paid to him.

If you have a completely insecure contract, the player will not get a penny.

Yes, but his salary is not included in the team's salary.

That is, it is possible to fire a person!!

It's similar to a buyout, and one of his terms is to buy out the rest of a player's contract.

Traditional redundancy, i.e., dismissal. After dismissal, there are 2 situations according to the terms of the contract:

1.For players with a guaranteed wage clause, the team pays a guaranteed salary. If a player has 3 years left on his contract totaling 13 million, and the contract guarantees a minimum salary of 2 million per year, then the team only needs to pay 2 million per year after making him redundant.

2.Players who do not have a guaranteed wage clause can enjoy it after being laid off (original salary amount per year - the amount of salary that can be found for the same kind of work after being laid off per year). That is, the remaining 3 years of 13 million contract, no guaranteed salary clause, was laid off, and the player was signed by the new owner for 4 years and 12 million.

Then, the player can get from his old club: the compensation of 10,000 per year for the first 3 years, and the 4th year is gone. However, if a player is not able to find a new owner after being laid off, the old club must pay the player 10,000 yuan in compensation every year for 3 years.

It is worth noting that even if there are layoffs, in most cases, the original team still needs to pay a certain salary to the players. This salary will still be counted in the team's player salary. Although it can alleviate the financial pressure to a certain extent, it is necessary to pay the player's salary for nothing.

At the same time, the players who have been laid off are generally no longer able to find jobs in the league, so the total salary of the original team remains unchanged. So very few teams in the league actually cut players and used more trades in exchange for cheaper players.

Amnesty provisions. The amnesty clause is very special in that it allows a team to stop a player's employment contract regardless of the remaining time of the player's contract, the total salary, etc. In the event of a layoff under the amnesty clause, the player's salary will no longer be counted towards the team's salary total.

In this case, even if there is a guaranteed wage clause, it does not take effect. Players are "paid" directly in the form of full annual compensation, and the players no longer have to work for the team.

As a result, both traditional layoffs and amnesty layoffs have achieved the effect of layoffs. However, most of the traditional layoffs do not meet the team's willingness to reduce wage expenses; Amnesty layoffs can help teams effectively reduce their salary bills. For example, Arenas, the league's first to be pardoned and laid off, has 18 million years left on his contract.

Although the team still needs to pay him an annual salary of 18 million after the amnesty, he will no longer have to pay the luxury tax. This saved the team nearly 10 million dollars in luxury tax spending.

On the other hand, even if the total salary exceeds the salary cap after the amnesty and layoff, the excess will inevitably be much smaller and the tax paid will be reduced.

This is the team in order to avoid paying too much luxury tax, for some players who are too old, injured, and have little role and high salaries, although they still have to pay their salaries when they leave, but they clean up the salary space and avoid paying too much luxury tax, which is of great help to recruits, and it should also be noted that if the pardoned player has a team bid within 48 hours, then the original team only needs to pay the player the remaining contract salary and the difference between the salary given by the bidding team, Welcome to adopt (The players who have been pardoned in the NBA this year are Ci Shiping of the Lakers and Miller of the Heat.)

You're right, but there's one thing, the luxury tax. If the player has an annual salary of 2000w, the team's salary exceeds the regulations. Then the luxury tax will be triggered.

The excess is taxed twice as much as the league, which is also a big burden on the team. And if the amnesty while the money paid remains the same. But the luxury tax is not to be paid.

It's like the luxury tax is triggered at 5000w, and now the team salary is 6000w. Then cut this 2000w imbecile player. The team actually paid 6000w, but the original situation had to pay twice the excess 1000w.

Then you have to pay 7000w. Save 1000w. So it's still very useful.

At least that player's salary is not included in their team's total salary, so that they can avoid the high luxury tax and sign players who are more suitable for the team.

Here's what you have to consider: the player you're pardoning is clearly not performing at his salary level. Many of the players who have been pardoned have not only performed poorly, but also because of the relatively long contracts, which forced the team to pay the luxury tax.

This is also the specific reason why many teams use knives on players!

Compared to the luxury tax, salary is not a big issue. You've been pardoned, your salary will no longer go into the salary space, and the team will be more flexible, which is great!

I have to say you're a little white, but hopefully you love basketball and the NBA as much as I do. First of all, this situation occurred, and Magic's Arenas had an annual salary of about 2000w at the time, and he was pardoned. After the amnesty, there is a bidding relief, and if no one claims it, they are free to sign a contract, so that a new contract is issued, and the original salary is paid by the parent team, but this money is not included in the team's salary cap, and you don't know that you should check it when the salary cap is over, and now the luxury tax is very serious, in order to reduce the salary to avoid departure and the flexibility of the team's salary, it is advantageous to do so.

The amnesty clause states that teams with a total salary of more than the "salary cap" can cut one of their players, and the salary will not be counted in the salary cap, and they will be exempt from the luxury tax, but the salary will still be paid.

A new clause has been added to the collective bargaining agreement: each team has a special case to buy out the contract of its players, and only half of the player's salary for that season will be paid in the new season. The player's salary will not be included in the team's total salary.

This provides an opportunity for teams to dispose of garbage contracts. High-paid and low-energy players such as Arenas, Biedrins, Lewis, and Wharton have been targeted for layoffs by various teams.

Buyout contracts. It is generally to clear salary space to sign more competitive players.

It's that you can lay off a person

It's that you can lay off a person