NBA AGENT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ What can a 1st round pick do following his Rookie Scale Contract
to escape Restricted Free Agency and become an Unrestricted Free
Agent the following year?
A. Sign his Qualifying Offer
B. Play internationally for one season
C. Do not play anywhere for one season
D. Sign an Offer Sheet
Module #2.2: Player Contract Lifecycles. Answer: A. Sign his
Qualifying Offer
A Qualifying Offer is an offer for a one-year contract and if the player
signs it, he will be an Unrestricted Free Agents the following
offseason.
◉ Which are not principal terms in an Offer Sheet?
A. Guarantees
,B. Number of years
C. No-trade clauses
D. Options
Module #2.2: Player Contract Lifecycles. Answer: C. No-trade clauses
The number of years, base salaries, guarantees, options and some
bonuses are principal terms of an Offer Sheet, but no-trade clauses
are not.
◉ A salary cap year runs from _____ to ______.
A. The day before the start of the regular season, the day following
the draft
B. July 1st, June 30th
C. January 1st, December 31st
D. The day after the July Moratorium, the day following the NBA
Finals
Module #3.1: Salary Cap Year. Answer: B. July 1st, June 30th
◉ Which of the following is not allowed during the July Moratorium?
,A. Signing Restricted Free Agents to Offer Sheets
B. Signing 1st round draft picks to Rookie Scale Contracts
C. Trading players on Minimum Salary Contracts
D. Claiming a player who was waived
Module #3.1: Salary Cap Year. Answer: Trading players on Minimum
Salary Contracts
During the July Moratorium teams can sign Restricted Free Agents to
Offer Sheets, sign 1st round draft picks to Rookie Scale Contracts,
and claim waived players. They cannot make trades, even for players
on Minimum Salary Contracts
◉ What is the reasoning behind setting the cap based on 44.74% of
the projected revenues?
A. It gives teams extra spending room before hitting the luxury tax
B. The union wanted a higher amount, the league wanted more
salary control, and they split the difference
C. Benefits make up the remaining 5.26% to get the players to 50%
D. Because teams typically exceed the soft cap, undershooting by this
amount leaves them at approximately 50% at the end of the season.
, Module #3.1: Salary Cap Year. Answer: Because teams typically
exceed the soft cap, undershooting by this amount leaves them at
approximately 50% at the end of the season
The players are guaranteed around 50% of revenue, but teams
typically exceed the soft cap. They, therefore, have to base the cap on
a lower percentage of revenues to end up with approximately the
right split at the end of the season.
◉ Which of the following is not included in Team Salary?
A. Guaranteed amounts for waived players
B. Unlikely bonuses
C. Cap holds for 1st round picks
D. The full salaries of players received in trades
Module #3.1: Salary Cap Year. Answer: B. Unlikely bonuses
While bonuses that are considered "likely" to be achieved do count
against the Team Salary, "unlikely" bonuses do not.
◉ If a team had no players under contract and renounced all of its
free agents, draft picks, and exceptions, what would its Team Salary
be?
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ What can a 1st round pick do following his Rookie Scale Contract
to escape Restricted Free Agency and become an Unrestricted Free
Agent the following year?
A. Sign his Qualifying Offer
B. Play internationally for one season
C. Do not play anywhere for one season
D. Sign an Offer Sheet
Module #2.2: Player Contract Lifecycles. Answer: A. Sign his
Qualifying Offer
A Qualifying Offer is an offer for a one-year contract and if the player
signs it, he will be an Unrestricted Free Agents the following
offseason.
◉ Which are not principal terms in an Offer Sheet?
A. Guarantees
,B. Number of years
C. No-trade clauses
D. Options
Module #2.2: Player Contract Lifecycles. Answer: C. No-trade clauses
The number of years, base salaries, guarantees, options and some
bonuses are principal terms of an Offer Sheet, but no-trade clauses
are not.
◉ A salary cap year runs from _____ to ______.
A. The day before the start of the regular season, the day following
the draft
B. July 1st, June 30th
C. January 1st, December 31st
D. The day after the July Moratorium, the day following the NBA
Finals
Module #3.1: Salary Cap Year. Answer: B. July 1st, June 30th
◉ Which of the following is not allowed during the July Moratorium?
,A. Signing Restricted Free Agents to Offer Sheets
B. Signing 1st round draft picks to Rookie Scale Contracts
C. Trading players on Minimum Salary Contracts
D. Claiming a player who was waived
Module #3.1: Salary Cap Year. Answer: Trading players on Minimum
Salary Contracts
During the July Moratorium teams can sign Restricted Free Agents to
Offer Sheets, sign 1st round draft picks to Rookie Scale Contracts,
and claim waived players. They cannot make trades, even for players
on Minimum Salary Contracts
◉ What is the reasoning behind setting the cap based on 44.74% of
the projected revenues?
A. It gives teams extra spending room before hitting the luxury tax
B. The union wanted a higher amount, the league wanted more
salary control, and they split the difference
C. Benefits make up the remaining 5.26% to get the players to 50%
D. Because teams typically exceed the soft cap, undershooting by this
amount leaves them at approximately 50% at the end of the season.
, Module #3.1: Salary Cap Year. Answer: Because teams typically
exceed the soft cap, undershooting by this amount leaves them at
approximately 50% at the end of the season
The players are guaranteed around 50% of revenue, but teams
typically exceed the soft cap. They, therefore, have to base the cap on
a lower percentage of revenues to end up with approximately the
right split at the end of the season.
◉ Which of the following is not included in Team Salary?
A. Guaranteed amounts for waived players
B. Unlikely bonuses
C. Cap holds for 1st round picks
D. The full salaries of players received in trades
Module #3.1: Salary Cap Year. Answer: B. Unlikely bonuses
While bonuses that are considered "likely" to be achieved do count
against the Team Salary, "unlikely" bonuses do not.
◉ If a team had no players under contract and renounced all of its
free agents, draft picks, and exceptions, what would its Team Salary
be?
