Trade Exceptions

[Steve-O-Matic]

If a team trades away players with a higher combined salary than those 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 another trade (Trade #2) than they send away, as long as the gulf in salaries for Trade #2 is less than or equal to the difference in salaries for Trade #1. This cir vents the rule which normally does not allow teams over the salary cap to acquire net additional salary in trades. This exception is particularly useful when teams trade draft picks straight-up for players; 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.

[AFBlue]

There are 3 ways to dump a contract :

1) Trade the player for a trade exception.
One thing to know is that you can't package a player with a trade exception to get a player with a bigger salary than teh TE. Your second trade is illegal.
You can use the TE only for a player with a slary lower than the TE+$100K.

Trade exceptions big enough for Udrih :
CLE, $2,100,000
DAL, $2,600,000
DEN, $2,900,000
GS, $2,100,000
IND, $4,000,000
NJ, $3,600,000
PHO, $2,900,000

Trade exceptions big enough for Barry :
SEA, $9,350,000
GS, $10,000,000

2) Trade the player to a team under the cap :
Charlotte and Milwaukee could still be under the cap.

3) Trade the player for a player with a non guaranteed contract.
You have the list here :
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2654216

Thanks for the info...

[exstatic]

Wait, I thought you couldn't trade the trade exceptions.

You can't. What would happen would be that we would create our own exception of $6M by moving Barry with nothing in return. It's good for one year.

[exstatic]

Does anyone know if this exception goes away like the standard ones when you drop far enough below the cap figure, or does it stay in place for a year, regardless?

Edit: never mind. just read stev-o-matic's post.

[pad300]

There are 3 ways to dump a contract :

1) Trade the player for a trade exception.
One thing to know is that you can't package a player with a trade exception to get a player with a bigger salary than teh TE. Your second trade is illegal.
You can use the TE only for a player with a slary lower than the TE+$100K.

Trade exceptions big enough for Udrih :
CLE, $2,100,000
DAL, $2,600,000
DEN, $2,900,000
GS, $2,100,000
IND, $4,000,000
NJ, $3,600,000
PHO, $2,900,000

Trade exceptions big enough for Barry :
SEA, $9,350,000
GS, $10,000,000

2) Trade the player to a team under the cap :
Charlotte and Milwaukee could still be under the cap.

3) Trade the player for a player with a non guaranteed contract.
You have the list here :
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2654216

Hey Bruno, where did you get your list of Trade Exceptions? Do you keep your own, or is it on the web somewhere?