sully00 wrote:Here is the simple rule you cannot combine exceptions. The traded player exception is an exception so you can't combine it with 25% or 50% exception.
Sully gets at a detail that I think many forget / never learn. I'll state it explicity:
Any trade where a team is over the salary cap at the end requires an exception.
cbafaq wrote:...exceptions are the mechanisms that allow teams to sign players or make trades that leave them above the salary cap. Any trade which leaves the team over the salary cap requires an exception -- even if the team is moving downward in salary.
This can be the MLE, BAE, a TPE, min salary exception, etc. But the 150% +100k, 100% +5mil, and 125% +100k rules[1] are also "trade exceptions".
And, as Sully says, you can't combine exceptions. So, when making a trade, you have to decide which exception you want to use. If you can construct your trade legally using one of the percentage exceptions, then you generally default to that. If not, then you can try to get it done using one of the other kinds of exceptions, if you have them available.
