If we traded Scola to Sacramento while he is still BYC, what value trade exception do we get back if we moved him for nothing? Would it be his full salary value or would it be half his salary? Do the rules change for a S&T? For instance, if we decide to trade Brooks in a S&T transaction this summer to Sacramento for a trade exception, and let's say Brooks' starting salary is $10 million first year.....what size trade exception does that generate, $5 mil or the full $10 mill?
For purposes of player movement, BYC should be the same in a trade no matter what you get in return(player salary or TE) So iirc, it still counts as half iirc, full value of the new contract is in effect in a S&T scenario. Obviously, I know alot less than our other cap guys, so hopefully they will chime in...but I do have a fairly decent understanding of the CBA, so I think this is correct.
I was thinking the same thing, but one thing gave me pause. For example, it made sense that if the Rockets dealt Scola to the Kings and his BYC salary was $5M, the Rockets should get back a $5M trade exception. However, Scola would count as $10M against Sacramento's cap, not $5M. Wouldn't that then generate a $10M trade exception? You get a trade exception because the team you're trading him to can absorb his salary and offer you back the equivalent salary in trade exception. I was operating on your assumption in my first post, but that scenario had me re-thinking everything.
Well, that craters my idea of turning Brooks into a second huge trade exception so we could trade for Paul and Okafor for nothing.
So, my next question is, if we decide to use the Yao injury exception and trade for a player, and then after that we decide to trade Yao's contract, does the team that trades for Yao receive his insurance money?
