Do not the Spurs still have their Beno trade exception?

[Holt's Cat]

?

[Brutalis]

Yes.

No.

[ChuckD]

Yes. One year from tha trade.

[Steve-O-Matic]

Yes - for $1,747,096.

[Brutalis]

What are the exact details to this exception?

[SequSpur]

What the hell is a trade exemption if you cant use it?

[Steve-O-Matic]

What are the exact details to this exception?
If a team trades away a player with a higher salary than the player they acquire in return (we'll call this initial deal "Trade #1"), they receive what is called a Traded Player Exception, also known colloquially as a "Trade Exception". Teams with a trade exception have up to a year in which they can acquire more salary in other trades (Trade #2, #3, etc) than they send away, as long as the gulf in salaries for Trade #2, #3, etc are less than or equal to the difference in salary for Trade #1. This exception is particularly useful when teams trade draft picks straight-up for a player; since draft picks have no salary value, often the only way to get salaries to match is to use a trade exception, which allows trades to be made despite unbalanced salaries. It is also useful to compensate teams for losing free agents as they can do a sign and trade of that free agent to acquire a trade exception that can be used later. Note this exception is for single player trades only, though additional cash and draft picks can be part of the trade.

[Brutalis]

Ah okay.

[Holt's Cat]

Not sure if there are any opportunities to use it before the deadline. That would be interesting.

[T Park]

Couldn't be much.

Could Mahinmi plus the trade exception net a good wing?

Doubtfull.

Prob the moves to be made are done.

Unless Barry is waived and is brought back.

[ChumpDumper]

Can't combine the exception with a player.

Either the Spurs pick up a cheap player or let it expire, probably the latter.

[coopdogg3]

Presti used a trade exception brilliantly. Got a trade exception with the sign-and-trade of Rashard Lewis (Orlando just kept on out-bidding themselves), parleyed that into a trade with Phoenix where they got 2 first-rounders and KT. Then trade KT for another 1st rounder from the Spurs.

So Presti took a player that he was gonna lose anyway (Lewis), and then through a series of trades got 3 first-round picks. Well done sir.

[Russ]

Is "Beno Trade Exception" a term of art like "Bird Rights?" Will Beno's career be forever immortalized through this term?