2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Tyler]

Here is the interesting possibility (need cap help here).  Willie for DJ works straight up, but, you could also structure the deal to bring DJ in as part of the TPE.  Normally you can't aggregate UNLESS the player was acquired using cap space.  What I'm wondering is whether the TPE counts as "cap space".  It was created because of cap space, but isn't technically cap space.  The benefit, if this works, is you could combine DJ with other players before the TDL and he brings back up to $12mm.  So, instead of Willie as a trade chip, you could have DJ as a trade chip.

Here's the relevant passage from Larry Coon:

For two months after receiving the player in trade, if the trade aggregates the player's salary with the salaries of other players. However, the team is free to trade the player immediately, either by himself or without aggregating his salary with other salaries. This restriction applies only to players who were acquired using an exception (and not cap room).

The way he phrases it, I would interpret the Traded Player Exception counting as an exception that would instigate the two-month trade restriction. But I agree that there's a little bit of ambiguity there.