Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[DanSchwartzgan]

One thing I'm curious about is the remaining TPE.  I know that this asset can not be paired with any player's contract on the roster in a trade but curious if anything has changed with the new CBA in terms of pairing it with other assets.   

Short answer about the TE and MLE being combined is no.  

Medium answer is FG has said starting in 24/25 certain teams can use the MLE like a TE, but no reason to believe they will let anyone expand that by adding salary to it.

Long answer, the deal isn't closed yet.  So, technically we don't yet have a TE.  We have Bertans outgoing and Holmes incoming.  We can do anything else within the new 23/24 rules that we want until the deal closes.  So, if you want to add Reggie (for instance) to the Bertans outgoing and bring back something else....you can.