07-29-2021, 12:36 PM
(07-29-2021, 12:20 PM)SamStetz Wrote: It could be, but theoretically Dallas could also elect to do 2 draft pick purchases, one that goes through this season (for the remaining $4.4M) and one that waits for next “season” on 8/2 for any amount up to $5.6M
IT appears it doesn't work that way...
The payment counts against the limit of the year the trade was made - It would have to be 2 separate purchases made in two separate "calendar seasons." IF there was a wait for the 2nd cash transaction, the trade would also have to wait to be announced/made official and it go past the draft. While the league usually is lenient in allowing trades announced during the draft that won't/can't be official until the end of the current and the subsequent season starts, I can imagine the league striking down a deal that it determined to be a violation/circumventing of the CBA regarding the cash inclusion rules.
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