Bird Rights

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Jeremy Lin Bird Rights: NBA Drops Appeal

News out of the NBA today is that the league has agreed to drop the appeal challenging the Bird Rights to Jeremy Lin, Steve Novak, Chauncey Billups and J.J. Hickson. The decision means the arbitrator’s…Read More

Steve Novak’s Bird Rights: Raining Threes on Broadway

Oh, happy days! In a rather unlikely ruling, an arbitrator ruled in favor of Jeremy Lin, Steve Novak, Chauncey Billups and J.J. Hickson, giving all four players early Bird Rights to their respective teams…Read More

New York Knicks: How The Results of The Birds Rights Hearing Effects Free Agency

Today it was announced that the arbitrator, Kenneth Dam, has sided with the NBPA, and that NBA players who are waived retain their birds rights when they are claimed. This ruling was about as unlikely…Read More