Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[SleepingHero]

Is the trade exception more valuable than the MLE?

I don’t understand any of this stuff. I just know players I like to see play basketball.

The trade exception is worth 20.8 mil, which means the Mavs have the ability to absorb 20.8 mil of salary for free in any trade. The full MLE is worth around 15.6 mil right now. 

But the actual application of a trade exception is rarer. Case in point the Aldama trade, the Mavs were able to absorb Aldama for AJ Johnson due to the TPE, but now we've created a way where we can keep it for another deal.

Though, those deals are rarer than just being able to sign a guy with the MLE. Are there any guys making around 20 mil that makes sense for this team?

The Mavs currently have about ~38 mil of tax room. After using the MLE, absorbing Aldama, and signing Tarik, and getting Sasser, they'll be right at that tax line, which means using the TPE will put them into the tax.

Now does Dumont care about that? We will see.