2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

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I've seen the talk about salary cap restrictions if you S&T Brunson, but if you just sign him then trade after December 15th but before the TDL, are the team's cap restrictions still in place?

What triggers the "hard cap" at the 155M-ish apron is a sign-and-trade, or a use of the bigger MLE. So after signing Brunson and landing at about 175M, they can trade all they want and operate in that range, or even higher if they want, just so long as they don't do a snt (or big MLE). Non-SNT trades all year for the Mavs would just use normal rules, with the 125% margin being the limit on additions for the Mavs. Just can't bring in a player via SNT.

As for the base year alterations to Brunson's matching salary, those would end Jan 15.