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First Apron and Trading Vet Min Deals

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 5:41 am
by shrink
Can a team over the apron trade, restricted to not take back more salary in trade, send out a vet min deal for another vet min deal on a player who’s been in the league longer? For example, could a first apron team trade their three year vet min player for a ten year vet min?

In other words, would the CBA compare the players’ total salaries, or the salary that the teams actually pay, to determine if a team was “taking back more salary?”

Re: First Apron and Trading Vet Min Deals

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2024 3:01 am
by DBoys
shrink wrote:Can a team over the apron trade, restricted to not take back more salary in trade, send out a vet min deal for another vet min deal on a player who’s been in the league longer? For example, could a first apron team trade their three year vet min player for a ten year vet min?

In other words, would the CBA compare the players’ total salaries, or the salary that the teams actually pay, to determine if a team was “taking back more salary?”


On an NBA-subsidized salary, the amount the team pays is all that counts on the cap, and therefore in trade matching calculations.