Glossary of terms:
Team option: Team has the option to extend the contract to already dictated
terms.
Player option/early termination option: Player has the option to extend
the contract to already dictated terms. They're basically the same thing,
even though they aren't. The differences are not relevant to the context
of this page.
Restricted: Player can be made into a restricted free agent by the team,
regardless.of whether they want to be one or not, if they extend them a
qualifying offer. If QO is not offered, the player is instead an unrestricted
free agent.
Unguaranteed/partially guaranteed: .....guess. Guess wildly. Financial details
of such contracts to be found on
salary
pages.
Lists accurate as of May 13th 2011. List stopped being updated as of June
1st 2011. Players loosely sorted by order of ability, but only very loosely.
Thought has not gone into the exact placements.
Also note:
Just because the people with options are on this list, it
doesn't mean they actually WILL become free agents. They just can. Some
certainly will, some certainly won't. Use your own sense on that. It'll
be known at the time, and not before then.
