Contract Dates and Deadlines

by johnf34 on Feb 4, 2012 7:34 AM CST in Roster Moves

On Monday, February 6th NBA teams are allowed to start handing out 10-day contracts so across the league we may see a wave of D-League call ups and the Cavaliers could certainly become involved in this.

But, the bigger news is that next Friday all non-guaranteed contracts for the season become guaranteed if the player is still on the roster. That means a team has to release the player by 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday so they can clear waivers before being released.

Thus, if Alonzo Gee, Samardo Samuels and Mychel Thompson are still on the Cavaliers roster at tip time in Miami next Tuesday night they can rest easy as they will be getting paid for their entire contracts regardless of if they make it through the season in Cleveland.

For Gee there's absolutely nothing to worry about here. Samuels will also survive. Unfortunately for Thompson he's going to have to sweat this one out (although I believe he will make it), especially if Daniel Gibson and Anthony Parker are back on the team by then.

Here are the salaries of those players for 2011-2012:

Gee: $854,389

Samuels: $762,195

Thompson: $473,604

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I wouldn’t mind dropping Mychel and calling up Manny Harris, he has looked fantastic since he came back from the foot thing

by teamrobhogg on Feb 4, 2012 11:29 AM CST reply actions

I think this is what will happen, honestly.

FearTheSword, SBNation's Cleveland Cavaliers blog

by Conrad Kaczmarek on Feb 4, 2012 11:50 AM CST up reply actions

Good, he’s shooting a higher percentage than any guard on our team not named Kyrie and pulling down 7.4 boards per game. He had flashes last year and could challenge for the starting SG position again this year, though spending time with Ira Newble down there might improve his defense.

by teamrobhogg on Feb 4, 2012 11:54 AM CST up reply actions