Hoops Rumors’ up-to-date list of traded player exceptions is below. These are salary cap exceptions teams can use to acquire one or more players whose salaries are no greater than the amount of the exception plus $100K. Trade exceptions cannot be combined or used to sign a free agent, and expire after one year. For more information on traded player exceptions, check out Hoops Rumors’ glossary entry.
The amount of the exception, the deal in which it was obtained, and the expiration date are listed below. If a team has used a portion of an exception, that is also indicated. If you have any corrections or omissions, please contact us.
List updated 2-23-18
Brooklyn Nets
Amount: $1,889,040
Obtained: Rashad Vaughn (Pelicans)
Expires: 2/8/19
Charlotte Hornets
Amount: $88,555
Obtained: Johnny O’Bryant (Knicks)
Expires: 2/7/19
Chicago Bulls
Amount: $861,893
Obtained: Jimmy Butler (Timberwolves)
Initial amount: $15,311,329
Used: Quincy Pondexter ($3,853,931)
Used: Omer Asik ($10,595,505)
Expires: 6/22/18
Amount: $12,500,000
Obtained: Nikola Mirotic (Pelicans)
Expires: 2/1/19
Amount: $1,429,818
Obtained: Jameer Nelson (Pistons)
Expires: 2/8/19
Cleveland Cavaliers
Amount: $5,811,114
Obtained: Kyrie Irving (Celtics)
Expires: 8/22/18
Amount: $2,500,000
Obtained: Richard Jefferson (Hawks)
Expires: 10/14/18
Amount: $1,312,611
Obtained: Kay Felder (Hawks)
Expires: 10/14/18
Amount: $1,471,382
Obtained: Dwyane Wade (Heat)
Expires: 2/8/19
Detroit Pistons
Amount: $874,636
Obtained: Darrun Hilliard (Rockets)
Expires: 6/28/18
Amount: $7,000,000
Obtained: Boban Marjanovic (Clippers)
Expires: 1/29/19
Amount: $1,471,382
Obtained: Willie Reed (Bulls)
Expires: 2/8/19
Amount: $1,331,160
Obtained: Brice Johnson (Grizzlies)
Expires: 2/8/19
Los Angeles Clippers
Amount: $7,273,631
Obtained: Chris Paul (Rockets)
Expires: 6/28/18
Amount: $1,577,230
Obtained: DeAndre Liggins (Hawks)
Expires: 9/25/18
Amount: $1,471,382
Obtained: Willie Reed (Pistons)
Expires: 1/29/19
Amount: $1,331,160
Obtained: Brice Johnson (Pistons)
Expires: 1/29/19
Los Angeles Lakers
Amount: $1,471,382
Obtained: Larry Nance Jr. (Cavaliers)
Expires: 2/8/19
Memphis Grizzlies
Amount: $2,077,360
Obtained: Troy Daniels (Suns)
Initial amount: $3,408,520
Used: Brice Johnson ($1,331,160)
Expires: 9/22/18
Amount: $3,028,410
Obtained: James Ennis (Pistons)
Expires: 2/8/19
Miami Heat
Amount: $1,312,611
Obtained: Okaro White (Hawks)
Expires: 2/8/19
Milwaukee Bucks
Amount: $3,384,176
Obtained: Greg Monroe (Suns)
Expires: 11/7/18
Amount: $1,889,040
Obtained: Rashad Vaughn (Nets)
Expires: 2/5/19
New Orleans Pelicans
Amount: $200,960
Obtained: Tim Frazier (Wizards)
Initial amount: $2,090,000
Used: Rashad Vaughn ($1,889,040)
Expires: 6/21/18
Amount: $3,853,931
Obtained: Quincy Pondexter (Bulls)
Expires: 9/1/18
Amount: $1,471,382
Obtained: Tony Allen (Bulls)
Expires: 2/1/19
Amount: $1,429,818
Obtained: Jameer Nelson (Bulls)
Expires: 2/1/19
Amount: $2,300,000
Obtained: Dante Cunningham (Nets)
Expires: 2/8/19
New York Knicks
Amount: $2,381,964
Obtained: Carmelo Anthony (Thunder)
Expires: 9/25/18
Amount: $1,435,750
Obtained: Willy Hernangomez (Hornets)
Expires: 2/7/19
Oklahoma City Thunder
Amount: $2,550,000
Obtained: Domantas Sabonis (Pacers)
Expires: 7/6/18
Amount: $1,491,042
Obtained: Victor Oladipo (Pacers)
Expires: 7/6/18
Portland Trail Blazers
Amount: $543,471
Obtained: Tim Quarterman (Rockets)
Expires: 6/28/18
Amount: $12,969,502
Obtained: Allen Crabbe (Nets)
Expires: 7/25/18
Amount: $3,505,233
Obtained: Noah Vonleh (Bulls)
Expires: 2/8/19
Toronto Raptors
Amount: $11,800,000
Obtained: DeMarre Carroll (Nets)
Expires: 7/13/18
Amount: $6,125,440
Obtained: Cory Joseph (Pacers)
Initial amount: $7,630,000
Used: Malachi Richardson ($1,504,560)
Expires: 7/14/18
Amount: $2,451,225
Obtained: Bruno Caboclo (Kings)
Expires: 2/8/19
Utah Jazz
Amount: $3,708,883
Obtained: Joe Johnson (Kings)
Expires: 2/8/19
Amount: $2,386,864
Obtained: Rodney Hood (Cavaliers)
Expires: 2/8/19
Washington Wizards
Amount: $1,312,611
Obtained: Sheldon Mac (Hawks)
Expires: 2/8/19
Information from Basketball Insiders was used in the creation of this list.
Basketball Insiders has the Bulls with a $1,074,720 trade exception for Marquis Teague. Not a huge difference but it makes their exception at least usable…
Yeah, I checked around, and it looks like that’s indeed the amount. There are some differences among the different reputable sites on some of these, but it seems they’re in agreement here. Thanks!
–Chuck
I think the Kings’ TPE for Thomas was reduced by $3m from the Terry/Gee trade. Or did they use a different exception to absorb Gee?
It sure was, thanks for the catch! I’d thought they’d matched salaries in that trade, but instead they put Gee into the Thomas exception and Hopson into the Thornton exception, allowing them to create an exception equivalent to Jason Terry’s salary.
–Chuck
Read on Twitter Knicks no longer have exceptions because they got under the cap. Can you clarify, reading this list makes me think otherwise.
They will almost certainly cease to have their trade exceptions soon after the July Moratorium, but for now, since there’s not yet a known cap figure to go under, and since they haven’t renounced any of their cap holds nor any of these exceptions, they technically still have them. Hope this helps!
Can you explain how the trade exception for Markieff Morris came to be? It appears the trade for him with WAS was a simultaneous trade from both directions, and I thought trade exceptions could only be created with non-simultaneous trades?
You can gain a trade exception worth a player’s partial salary if you don’t aggregate that salary with anyone else’s. The salaries for Humphries and Blair added up to $1.56MM less than the Morris salary, allowing the exception for the difference.
I know it’s because of the rising cap, but this has to be an all-time low for trade exceptions, right? It’s pretty much just the Cavs, and only Varejao’s is of any real significance.
Yeah, I’m not sure of the exact numbers, and I don’t know if there’s a way to go back and find out, but this is definitely the fewest TPEs I can recall seeing at a given time since Hoops Rumors launched (and probably well before that).