In today’s edition of the NBA At 2: Which rookie scale players still have their 2012-13 options outstanding…Who didn’t get a Qualifying Offer?…David Andersen’s contract…NBA Chats.

Options Not Exercised, QOs Not Offered: June 30th was an important deadline – albeit, markedly less so in the grand scheme of things – for a couple other things as well. It was the last day for teams to pick up third- and fourth-year options on rookie scale contracts from first-round picks in 2009 and 2010 before the lockout, and it was also the last day to issue Qualifying Offers to eligible players.

With regards to the team options, technically teams have until the end of October to pick them up, meaning the options for the 2011-12 season had to be picked up by the end of October 2010 and these for 2012-13 have to be picked up by the end of October 2011. Most teams seem to have made a concerted effort to get this order of business out of the way, but not all of them. Presumably if the lockout extends past the end of October when the CBA is eventually finalized teams will be given an opportunity at that point to exercise these options. Presumably.

Qualifying Offers can be given to any player with three years or less of NBA experience, but since it’s rather expected of players coming off their rookie scale contracts (in this case first-round picks from 2007), we’ll look at just that group.

So who didn’t have their option year picked up or Qualifying Offer issued? Here’s the lists (if some of this data is inaccurate, please leave a comment below – also, an online source if possible):

Fourth-Year Option Not Picked Up (Class of 2009)

Gerald Henderson, Charlotte Bobcats – $3.1 million
Austin Daye, Detroit Pistons – $3.0 million
Hasheem Thabeet, Houston Rockets – $6.4 million
Jordan Hill, Houston Rockets – $3.6 million
Jonny Flynn, Houston Rockets – $4.3 million
Terrence Williams, Houston Rockets – $3.1 million
Toney Douglas, New York Knicks – $2.1 million
Jrue Holiday, Philadelphia 76ers – $2.7 million

Most of these players will probably get picked up, namely the likes of Holiday, Henderson, and Douglas, at minimum. In fact, the only question mark here may be Thabeet, whose production hasn’t come close to matching his salary.

Third-Year Option Not Picked Up (Class of 2010)

Greg Monroe, Detroit Pistons – $3.2 million
Patrick Patterson, Houston Rockets – $2.1 million
Xavier Henry, Memphis Grizzlies – $2.3 million
Greivis Vasquez, Memphis Grizzlies – $1.2 million
Damion James, New Jersey Nets – $1.3 million
Quincy Pondexter, New Orleans Hornets – $1.2 million
Evan Turner, Philadelphia 76ers – $5.3 million
Craig Brackins, Philadelphia 76ers – $1.5 million
James Anderson, San Antonio Spurs – $1.6 million

{AUTHOR_BOX}See a trend here? Plenty of teams have names on both lists: Detroit, Houston, and Philadelphia. This wasn’t a case of the team picking up some options and not others – typically an indication the option will not be exercised – but it’s a case of these teams simply choosing to wait. In a normal offseason this list would be much, much longer on July 1st, but most teams seemed to want to clear any remaining business off the plate.

Qualifying Offer Not Issued (Class of 2007)

Brandan Wright, New Jersey Nets
Jason Smith, New Orleans Hornets
Julian Wright, Toronto Raptors
Yi Jianlian, Washington Wizards

None of these are probably surprises. All four of these players will be unrestricted free agents once the new CBA is ratified.

David Andersen: Last week news came out that New Orleans Hornets big man David Andersen had agreed to a deal with a team in Italy, a three-year deal with Montepaschi Siena. Originally drafted by the Atlanta Hawks, Andersen played two seasons with the Toronto Raptors, Houston Rockets, and Hornets.

With the lockout beginning, this is good news for a player, right?

Well, here’s the deal: there is some conflicting information out there and Andersen may have another deal on his contract. HOOPSWORLD’s data says Andersen has a non-guaranteed year left on his contract worth $2.7 million. So do a couple other online sources (Sham Sports notes the deal is only guaranteed for $185,185 if he is waived by August 15th, 2011). Draft Xpress, for example, does not have Andersen down as having a 11-12 year on his contract.

Andersen has not been officially waived by the Hornets. With the lockout beginning, he cannot be waived by the Hornets until it’s over. What likely happened is he and his agent were told he would be waived so they went and found a deal overseas, but the waiving hasn’t happened (if this is incorrect, please, leave a comment below).

That means he’s still the property of the Hornets, even if they can’t do anything about and even if they intended to waive him.

Remember what we have talked about before, about FIBA teams needing to respect NBA contracts and vice versa? This would seem to be an excellent example where something could be done to grant Andersen the ability to go ahead and play in Italy.