Requiring traded player question

[K_chile22]

I've been looking all over the CBA FAQ and I can't find the answer to this, so I turn to this board, if a player gets traded from team A to team B to be waived, then signs with team C who also waives him a short time later, can team A then sign him back? Or is the one year waiting period still in effect?

I know if he was traded to team C they could sign him, which is why I'm asking

[DBoys]

the one year waiting period still in effect

[Smitty731]

This came up with someone recently, but I can't remember who exactly. Perhaps Andrew Bogut?

[K_chile22]

This came up with someone recently, but I can't remember who exactly. Perhaps Andrew Bogut?

Yeah, but he was traded to the third team, so the ruling is probably different. I believe the NBA had to clarify for everyone because the CBA doesn't exactly address what happens if a third team was in the mix.

[DBoys]

The CBA doesn't really have to clarify on every minor possibility. You just have to work within the limits of the rule. The rule says there's a restriction of some sort if he is traded-and-waived on the team that traded him. In the OP case, that would be Team A.

As for the Bogut case, the answer is different because the situation is different. In Bogut's case, after being waived he would have indeed been prevented for re-signing for the rest of the season with the team that just traded him. The rule doesn't place a restriction on all the teams to trade him, just the last one before he's waived.