Buzzard wrote:So is the below fine print another reason to do a SNT? To be able to trade the player sooner than three months. That would make sense to me as to why the Hawks elected to turn Gallinari into a SNT.A free agent who signs a standard NBA player contract (or a player who signs, or is converted to, a standard NBA player contract while under a Two-Way Contract) cannot be traded for three months following the date the contract is signed or until December 15 of the Salary Cap Year in which the contract is signed, whichever is later.
For sign-and-trade transactions, the foregoing rule does not apply to the initial trade but rather applies if the contract is traded a second time.
I don't think you're reading that right.
The term "initial trade" applies to the team sign-and-trading him, in this case OKC. They were able to trade him immediately after signing because of this specific exception instead of having to wait.
If Atlanta trades him, that becomes the "second time" he is traded, so the three-month rule *does* apply to him now that he is on Atlanta.