NBA:Re-Signing

NBA RealGM — League Rules

You may re-sign an expiring player without sending him to free agency by using a re-sign tag. The salary is fixed by formula — there is no negotiation — and each team only has 3 re-sign tags.

When

The re-signing window runs in the off-season, after options and before the draft. For 2026 it was July 24 to August 7. See Off-Season.

Two things gate a re-sign:

• A current posted roster. Without one your re-sign thread is locked and no one will verify it. See GM Responsibilities.
• You may not decline an option and then re-sign that player. Declining sends him to free agency.

Your 3 tags

A team has 3 re-sign tags, always available. They are standing capacity, not a budget that expires — nothing is lost by leaving them unused.

Event	Tag
You re-sign a player	Spent for the life of the contract
The contract expires	Returned to your pool
You trade the player away	Returned immediately. The tag does not follow him
You acquire a re-signed player by trade	Costs you nothing
You waive the player	Stays spent until the contract would have expired

Waiving does not free a tag; trading does. If your aim is to reopen a tag, trade him.

There is no limit on how many re-signed players may sit on your roster — only on how many re-signs you may execute yourself.

Once a tag returns, the same player may be re-signed again. There is no cooling-off period.

On your roster

A player you re-signed carries [RS]; one acquired by trade carries [RSBO] and costs you nothing. Count the [RS] tags and you know how many of a team's 3 are in use. See Contracts for the notation.

Calculating the salary

Maximum re-sign contract: $11,500,000.

1. Open the player's card on Fantrax and go to the Stats tab.
2. Take his Fantrax score for the last 3 seasons. A season only counts if he played 40+ games — go back further until you have 3 qualifying seasons. If he has never had 3, use whichever seasons he did reach 40 games in.
3. Average the 3 scores.
4. Read the average as a percentage — 76 becomes .76.
5. Multiply by $11,500,000.
6. Round to the nearest $100,000.
7. If the average is below 85, subtract a $1,500,000 discount. At 85 or above, no discount.

The 85 cutoff is set where it is because it represents roughly the top 30–32 players in the league.

There is a calculator that does these steps and builds the post.

Worked examples

Fantrax scores	Average	× $11,500,000	Rounded	Discount	Salary
82, 86, 84	84	$9,660,000	$9,700,000	−$1,500,000	$8,200,000
74, 78, 76	76	$8,740,000	$8,700,000	−$1,500,000	$7,200,000
90, 94, 92	92	$10,580,000	$10,600,000	—	$10,600,000

Contract length

3, 4, or 5 years, your choice — at any age.

The 35+ limit is a free agency rule only. It does not apply to re-signs.

Approval

One TAB member checks the math. That is the whole approval step.

There is no vote, no assessment of whether the price is fair, and no appeal — the formula sets the price, so there is nothing to argue about. A submission with incorrect math is not denied; it is corrected to the right number and approved.

How to post

Create a topic in the NBA: Re-Signing forum named for the player. Show the 3 scores, the average, and the offer, so TAB can check your arithmetic without repeating it:

Sonics offer Larry Bird 5 years
(82, 86, 84 = 84)
$8,200,000 (2031)

Then add him to your roster post with the tag:

Larry Bird (BOS - SF/PF) $8,200,000 (2031) [RS]

See also

• Contracts — the [RS] and [RSBO] notation
• Rosters — tracking Re-Signs: X/3 on your roster post
• Options — why declining an option forecloses a re-sign
• Trades — how a trade moves a tag
• Waivers — why waiving does not return one