"As far as the $2.9 million room exception," Riley said on July 16, two days before Waiters' qualifying offer was rescinded by the Thunder, "we're going to hold on to that. It's a little jewel right now. I don't think we're going use it for the rest of the summer. There isn't anybody out there right now that I want to give it to. It's something you can use somewhere in February or March."