06-22-2024, 02:18 PM
No they can't make the trade now, with a delayed execution date. They can agree in principle, but no one can commit to a deal until it's legal. And it has to be submitted to NBA and be approved, CBA-legal at the point it's submitted.
"Announcing" a trade is weird. It can (and often does) get leaked, rather than anything being said by the team to the public. And in the older days, announcing something before it was legal was strictly forbidden, with penalties. I think they've relaxed those rules to some degree, although I really don't have a good feel anymore on what can or can't be done.
"Announcing" a trade is weird. It can (and often does) get leaked, rather than anything being said by the team to the public. And in the older days, announcing something before it was legal was strictly forbidden, with penalties. I think they've relaxed those rules to some degree, although I really don't have a good feel anymore on what can or can't be done.
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