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JazzBot salary cap expert??
Posted by: ST Spalding on June 11th, 2012
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.JazzBots – who among is the salary cap expert? Basically if we wipe away all salary possible (CJ, Ahearn, etc), how much might we really have to spend in free agency (factoring in the lux tax and trade exemption). All this trade free agency chatter is fun, but as w most of life we should live within our means!
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Go to Hoopsworld.com. Larry Coon is the expert.
We are at 50 mil right now without bringing anyone back. That is not accepting the option for Tinsley, Carrol or re-sign Evans
Traded Player 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.
The above was borrowed from, and may not be entirely trustworthy information but sounded good enough to add here.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Salary_Cap