DAL OFFSEASON: Trade & FA | Mavs "mostly done...but you never know."

[DanSchwartzgan]

At the draft it is 2019 salary.  The 2020 number starts after the moratorium.  So, if the trade is completed on draft night, it is the old number.  It certainly could be announced on draft night and deferred until after the moratorium.

Thanks. I don't think you answered, or I overlooked. Doesn't matter, thanks again. This basically means (for example), Buddy Hield salary on draft night is 4,8 mil. Interesting.

So, that last part isn’t exactly true.  Hield is a Poison Pill player for trade purposes.  You can look it up in the Coon FAQ, but he is basically untradable on draft night to a team that doesn’t have a bunch of 2019 cap room.  A deal has to satisfy the rules regarding both the old number and new number.  You can do a Poison Pill deal if the spread between old and new is narrow, but the chasm is wide with Hield.