Huh? The exception cannot be "traded". That $1.54mil trade exception can only be used to acquire a player that makes $1.54mil or less. It cannot be used for salary matching purposes.
As long as it's not JR Smith or some other declining player, I will be okay with it, provided if RA goes out. Don't give Melton or Clark. Give a pick, and Vince Edwards along with RA for Bazemore.
It's debatable that we did, Woj's tweet: Houston will send Onaku and cash to Dallas for a 2020 second-round pick swap, league sources tell ESPN. Implies that we had to give up cash to get rid of him. The pick swap is just a fake placeholder so that the Mavs "gave us something".
https://twitter.com/wojespn?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1024758177458528256&ref_url=https://s9e.github.io/iframe/twitter.min.html#1024758177458528256 Houston will send Onaku and cash to Dallas for a 2020 second-round pick swap, league sources tell ESPN. (He's being super unclear and contradicted himself. There's obviously a mistake somewhere. Or more than one.)
That we made this move is a positive sign. We needed this roster space. Maybe we're signing Melton and Melo for now.