BroncoBuck wrote:GHOSTofSIKMA wrote:Turk Nowitzki wrote:lol no
its like a roster exemption or something right?
Disabled player exception
found this....its better than nothing. could get a decent guy for that kind of money
basically we could have an additional MLE slot?
Most salary cap workarounds, such as the mid-level exception, can be used every year — or at least every other year, as in the case of the bi-annual exception. However the disabled player exception is only available under certain circumstances. Like other salary cap exceptions though, the DPE allows a team to sign a player without using cap space.
If a player is seriously injured, his team can apply for the disabled player exception to replace him. In order for the exception to be granted, an NBA-designated physician must determine that the player is “substantially more likely than not” to be sidelined through at least June 15 of that league year.
If granted, the disabled player exception allows a club to sign a replacement player for 50% of the injured player’s salary or for the amount of the non-taxpayer’s mid-level exception, whichever is lesser.
For instance, if a team is granted a disabled player exception this season for a player earning $10MM, the exception would be worth $5MM. But if the injured player is earning $30MM, the DPE would be worth the equivalent of the mid-level exception ($12,822,000 in 2024/25).