He can sign with the dleague like Thornton did and it won't count just as if he played overseas.
Why would he choose to sign with the d-league? The contracts are horrible. He isn't going to come to the US to sign in the d-league. If he wants to come over now, the Celtics really have no choice but to sign him. The Celtics only other option is to lose him.
Why did Thornton choose it? Because the season is over overseas when the dleague starts playing. I'm not saying he will, I'm just saying it is possible without it counting against the roster.
No, Thornton chose it because of a lack of interest in him across the NBA. He was a middle of the second round pick.
It didn't matter how much interest he had around the NBA, after he was drafted by us we held his rights. Only our interest mattered
Players have leverage if teams like them. A middle of the first round pick is not going to choose to play in the dleague. I don't see how Ainge has an option if Yabusele wants to sign now for the minimum deal for his draft slot.
Even though he picked him in the first round, Ainge doesn't have to offer him a contract, and Yabusele doesn't have to accept it if he does. Yabusele could very well choose not to play elsewhere if Ainge doesn't offer him a contract, but he would gain almost nothing from that (it would enter him into the 201 draft). In that time, though, he could not sign a pro contract anywhere (since that would reset the clock to 1 year after said contract ended), so he couldn't make any money that way (not to mention that not playing pro ball for a year would hurt his raft stock). Ainge is the one with all the control, not the other way around
When you draft and stash a first rounder, it is because you are counting on them choosing to continue playing overseas, especially if they are already under contract. I don't see how Ainge has the power to make a mid first rounder sign a contract elsewhere if the player doesn't want to. This isn't MLB.
He doesn't have to ability to MAKE him sign a contract, but he has his rights, which would make it career suicide for Yabusele not to. First rounders have guaranteed contracts, but only in the sense that the contracts they can get must be guaranteed for 2+ years, not in the sense that that are guaranteed to be offered a contract
Source:
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q5151. What if the team and their drafted player can't agree to a contract? What options does the player have? How long does the team keep his draft rights?
The player's options are limited. What happens depends on a number of factors:
- If the player is already under contract to, or signs a contract with a non-NBA team, the team retains the player's draft rights for one year after the player's obligation to the non-NBA team ends. Essentially, the clock stops as long as the player plays pro ball outside the NBA. Players are not included in team salary during the regular season while the player is under contract with a non-NBA team.
- If the player goes on to play college ball after he was drafted, then the team retains the player's draft rights until one year following the draft the player would have entered had he not declared early. For example, if a team drafts a college sophomore in 2012 and he returns to college and plays intercollegiate basketball, then they retain his draft rights until the 2015 draft. Note that the NCAA rules state that players lose their NCAA eligibility if they are drafted, so the player currently cannot return or go on to play college ball. This rule exists in the CBA in the event the NCAA rules ever change.
- If the player was eligible to play in college before he was drafted but does not go on to play college basketball, then the team retains the player's draft rights until the draft the player would have entered had he not declared early. For example, if a team drafts a college sophomore in 2012 and he does not return to college and play intercollegiate basketball, they retain his draft rights until the 2014 draft.
- For all other players, the team retains the player's draft rights until the date of the next draft.
- In any of the above cases, if the team does not sign the player in the allotted time, the player can enter the next draft. If the team that selects the player in the next draft doesn't sign him either, he becomes a rookie free agent on the date of the following draft.
When a team signs a first round draft pick within three years after he is drafted, they use the salary scale for the year in which he signs (usually the player signs in the same year he is drafted). After three years they have the option of either using the salary scale or signing him as if he was a free agent -- using their cap room or any available exception, with the standard raises. They can only do the latter if the player did not play intercollegiately in the interim. Such a contract must be for at least three seasons, and the salary in the first season must be greater than 120% of the applicable rookie scale amount.
Edit:
So if Yabusele's agent says his client wants to sign now and is willing to take the minimum contract for his draft position, Ainge just says "no, go sign overseas"? Ainge can do that since Yabusele would have to take time off to be redrafted next year. If you think about it, we should have done that with James Young since it is unlikely Young would have taken a year off to avoid playing in Europe or in the d-league.
Well, now that I see this, my former response seems unnecessary...
Basically, yes, Ainge can make him play overseas/in the D-League.
As for the James Young case, I think Danny expected more/quicker development out of him, and thought that either the Celtics would use him or he could use the development
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