Waiver question

[otherdave]

Once a team waives a player, for how long is that team not allowed to resign that player?

If that player soon resigns with another team, that change the answer?

For example, we waived RJ Hunter and he has resigned with Bulls


or a D league example:


Ryan Kelly was waived by C's, assigned to Maine, signed by Indiana, waived by Indiana & assigned to their Fort Wayne affiliate.


Thanks in advance!

[BudweiserCeltic]

Don't have time to recheck, but I don't think there's a real restriction to signing a player your team has waived.

I know there's a restriction if the player is traded then waived, but don't recall one for players who get waived straight up.

Hopefully someone will clarify for you, I can't at the moment do proper research/confirmation.

[saltlover]

Don't have time to recheck, but I don't think there's a real restriction to signing a player your team has waived.

I know there's a restriction if the player is traded then waived, but don't recall one for players who get waived straight up.

Hopefully someone will clarify for you, I can't at the moment do proper research/confirmation.

This is correct.  Waived players can be re-signed by the team that waived them, as long as the two parties can agree on a contract that fits under the salary cap or an available exception (normally this isn't a problem, but it exists nonetheless.)

Traded players who are waived by their subsequent team can not be re-signed for either one year or until the expiration of the original contract -- whichever comes first.