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A restricted free agent (RFA) is a type of free agent in some sports leagues, such as the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), and National Basketball Association (NBA). Such players have special restrictions on the terms under which they can retain or change employment status with their athletic club teams.
In the National Basketball Association (NBA), a sign-and-trade deal is a type of transaction allowed by the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) where one franchise/team signs an unrestricted free agent or restricted free agent player to a new contract, only to then immediately trade him to another team of the player's choosing.
A free agent bust is a highly touted or highly signed free agent who does not meet expectations. This can be for a variety of reasons such as being unable to adjust to the team's more demanding role, system or scheme of the team or if their time with team was affected by injuries.
The NBA's attention now turns to the offseason and free agency with a few notable names at the top of an otherwise lackluster class of impactful free agent players.
The NBA’s moratorium period of the offseason concludes Thursday, allowing pens to reach paper across the league, and therefore marking the first opportunity for restricted free agents to sign an ...
Russell’s free agency is certainly more bizarre than that of Reaves’ or Hachimura’s, with the 27-year-old guard coming off his second stint with the Lakers that resulted in two things. One ...
The highly contentious negotiations between NHL owners and players that led to a lockout, wiping out the entire 2004–05 NHL season, were in part about free agency; the previous system precluded unrestricted free agency before the player reached 31 years of age. Most younger hockey free agents were restricted free agents whose teams could ...
A look behind the scenes at restricted free agency from NBA agents and executives who spoke with HoopsHype's Michael Scotto. A look behind the scenes at restricted free agency from NBA agents and ...