Trade Exception

[dankosu3]

I've seen the topic of a team receiving a trade exception as part of a deal to make salaries work. For instance, I've read that teams like the Raptors that'll be looking to perform a sign-and-trade may be looking to acquire a sizeable trade exception to use in future deals.

Also, I've not come across any mention of the Cavs trying to offer a trade exception in proposed deals. I'll also mention that I don't know much about how they work other than that it's money that can be used for future players and there's a 1-year expiration tag. So could someone please enlighten me what it takes to be able to offer a trade exception to another team? Do you use available cap space or is there some other requirement? Maybe this is a way that we could avoid including a guy like AV in a potential Bosh or Amare trade since we know that both teams would likely want both AV and JJ in a sign-and-trade.

 

[Hydroponic3385]

You need to be below the salary cap enough to be able to take on a all the money/contracts coming to your team without hitting the cap. Since the Cavs aren't below the cap like that, they won't be able to offer any trade exception.

 

[Heej]

We will however be able to offer a bundle of 30,000 unmarked hundred dollar bills.