NBA salary-cap glossary
Qualifying Offer — a one-year offer a team extends to make a player's free agency restricted instead of unrestricted.
CBA 2023 qualifying offer provisions
Rulebook entry: rfa.qualifying-offer / rfa.matching
A qualifying offer is what makes a free agent restricted; the engine carries whether one was extended when it evaluates a signing.
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