of what to do with that Trade Exemption from Toronto - if indeed that becomes a reality!!! Lets hope that Keon is included in that deal!! ------------------
On the surface I would say that if we actually get one, we will renounce it in order to sign Mo Taylor. Understand, just because we trade down does not mean we will get a trade exception. Jonathan Feigen reported this wrong two Sunday's ago, and 610 is reporting it wrong, too. Let me explain: If we trade down to produce a trade gap equal to their full trade exception, the sum of our exceptions would then total $12m, plus Keon Clark (in your scenario) would be added to our books, and Dream would be subtracted. I'm not up on the exact salaries, but you have to add up all the contracts, unsigned free agent hits, and hit for Griffin and on top of that add $12m for exceptions. If that sum is greater than the salary cap, you will have no cap to spend on Mo Taylor. You must get below the cap. And the moment you get below the cap, all your unused exceptions (including a trade exception) go away and their cap hit is extinguished. bottomline: we cannot sign Mo Taylor and keep unused exceptions. We cannot get below the cap without losing all our exceptions. Cap Room and exceptions are mutually exclusive. This is a consistent truth.
