05-28-2023, 07:35 AM
(05-28-2023, 06:39 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: " There isn’t a big TPE for Dallas "
" Is this specific for SnT? "
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I didn't weigh into this before because I wasn't sure what you were thinking, and fyi I didn't work through your explanation here to omahen, but maybe I can offer some rules insight that might make it all easier to see.
1 If the Mavs traded Kyrie to LA at a huge contract - I'll use the max of 47M - and then took back much smaller salary - let's say Vandy at 5M - then they would get a TPE for the difference of 42M.
2 However, keep in mind that TPE is not cap room, so the Mavs only way to use that TPE would be to make a trade in which they took back more salary and sent out much less. You can't sign someone for the TPE amount (although, with cooperation, you can obtain a player via SNT with the other team doing the signing part). But if there's not a team wanting to cooperate with some sort of trade or SNT to give up a player the Mavs want, then the TPE is useless. Having a TPE doesn't allow the Mavs to sign anyone into the TPE amount.
3 As long as the Mavs have that TPE, it is charged against the cap and eats up 42M of cap room (or, if part of it is used, whatever amount remains).
4 However, the Mavs could simply toss the TPE (or a remainder) in the trash in favor of the cap room that might be possible by doing so. The net effect is that you in essence didn't get a TPE.