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.
Note: The expiry dates for trade exceptions created during the 2020/21 league year and 2021 offseason are based on information from Basketball Insiders.
List updated 10/13/21
Atlanta Hawks
Amount: $1,782,621
Obtained: Bruno Fernando (Celtics)
Expires: 7/7/22
Boston Celtics
Amount: $370,564
Obtained: Jeff Teague (Magic)
Initial amount: $1,620,564
Used: Moses Brown ($1,250,000)
Expires: 2/11/22
Amount: $5,096,479
Obtained: Kemba Walker (Thunder)
Initial amount: $6,879,100
Used: Bruno Fernando ($1,782,621)
Expires: 5/17/22
Amount: $500,000
Obtained: Moses Brown (Mavericks)
Expires: 6/27/22
Amount: $9,720,900
Obtained: Tristan Thompson (Kings)
Expires: 7/7/22
Amount: $17,142,857
Obtained: Evan Fournier (Knicks)
Expires: 7/18/22
Brooklyn Nets
Amount: $118,342
Obtained: Landry Shamet (Suns)
Expires: 7/6/22
Amount: $11,454,048
Obtained: Spencer Dinwiddie (Wizards)
Expires: 7/6/22
Amount: $6,267,918
Obtained: DeAndre Jordan (Pistons)
Expires: 8/19/22
Amount: $1,293,680
Obtained: Sekou Doumbouya (Rockets)
Initial amount: $3,613,680
Used: Edmond Sumner ($2,320,000)
Expires: 10/6/22
Chicago Bulls
Amount: $5,000,000
Obtained: Daniel Theis (Rockets)
Expires: 7/7/22
Cleveland Cavaliers
Amount: $1,717,981
Obtained: Kevin Porter Jr. (Rockets)
Expires: 11/27/21
Amount: $4,200,000
Obtained: JaVale McGee (Nuggets)
Expires: 2/11/22
Dallas Mavericks
Amount: $428,854
Obtained: Wesley Iwundu (Pelicans)
Initial amount: $1,678,854
Used: Moses Brown ($1,250,000)
Expires: 2/11/22
Amount: $10,865,952
Obtained: Josh Richardson (Celtics)
Expires: 6/27/22
Denver Nuggets
Amount: $2,193,480
Obtained: R.J. Hampton (Magic)
Expires: 2/11/22
Amount: $1,620,564
Obtained: Isaiah Hartenstein (Cavaliers)
Expires: 2/11/22
Golden State Warriors
Amount: $2,250,000
Obtained: Brad Wanamaker (Hornets)
Expires: 2/11/22
Amount: $1,824,003
Obtained: Marquese Chriss (Spurs)
Expires: 2/11/22
Amount: $1,782,621
Obtained: Eric Paschall (Jazz)
Expires: 7/7/22
Houston Rockets
Amount: $1,406,240
Obtained: James Harden (Nets)
Initial amount: $10,654,920
Used: Avery Bradley ($5,635,000)
Used: Sekou Doumbouya ($3,613,680)
Expires: 11/20/21
Amount: $1,780,152
Obtained: Rodions Kurucs (Bucks)
Expires: 2/5/22
Indiana Pacers
Amount: $4,796,296
Obtained: Victor Oladipo (Rockets)
Expires: 11/22/21
Amount: $3,980,551
Obtained: Aaron Holiday (Wizards)
Expires: 7/6/22
Amount: $7,333,333
Obtained: Doug McDermott (Spurs)
Expires: 7/7/22
Amount: $2,320,000
Obtained: Edmond Sumner (Nets)
Expires: 10/6/22
Los Angeles Clippers
Amount: $2,075,880
Obtained: Mfiondu Kabengele (Kings)
Expires: 2/8/22
Amount: $8,250,000
Obtained: Rajon Rondo (Grizzlies)
Expires: 7/18/22
Los Angeles Lakers
Amount: $2,692,991
Obtained: Marc Gasol (Grizzlies)
Expires: 8/29/22
Memphis Grizzlies
Amount: $4,054,695
Obtained: Grayson Allen (Bucks)
Expires: 7/7/22
Amount: $1,018,012
Obtained: Patrick Beverley (Timberwolves)
Expires: 8/1/22
Amount: $119,844
Obtained: Juan Hernangomez (Celtics)
Expires: 9/7/22
Milwaukee Bucks
Amount: $1,620,564
Obtained: Torrey Craig (Suns)
Expires: 2/4/22
Amount: $831,820
Obtained: D.J. Augustin (Rockets)
Initial amount: $4,886,515
Used: Grayson Allen ($4,054,695)
Expires: 2/7/22
Amount: $1,517,981
Obtained: Sam Merrill (Grizzlies)
Expires: 7/7/22
Minnesota Timberwolves
Amount: $4,750,000
Obtained: Ricky Rubio (Cavaliers)
Expires: 6/30/22
New Orleans Pelicans
Amount: $3,897,436
Obtained: Nicolo Melli (Mavericks)
Expires: 2/11/22
Amount: $17,073,171
Obtained: Steven Adams (Grizzlies)
Expires: 7/7/22
Oklahoma City Thunder
Amount: $12,800,000
Obtained: Trevor Ariza (Heat)
Expires: 2/3/22
Amount: $8,072,621
Obtained: George Hill (Sixers)
Initial amount: $9,590,602
Used: Mamadi Diakite ($1,517,981)
Expires: 2/11/22
Orlando Magic
Amount: $4,272,060
Obtained: Al-Farouq Aminu (Bulls)
Expires: 2/11/22
Amount: $2,000,000
Obtained: Gary Clark (Nuggets)
Expires: 2/11/22
Amount: $17,150,000
Obtained: Evan Fournier (Celtics)
Expires: 2/11/22
Portland Trail Blazers
Amount: $1,663,861
Obtained: Gary Trent Jr. (Raptors)
Expires: 2/11/22
Sacramento Kings
Amount: $2,009,019
Obtained: Nemanja Bjelica (Heat)
Expires: 2/11/22
Amount: $3,600,000
Obtained: Cory Joseph (Pistons)
Expires: 2/11/22
Toronto Raptors
Amount: $1,517,981
Obtained: Terence Davis (Kings)
Expires: 2/11/22
Amount: $1,517,981
Obtained: Matt Thomas (Jazz)
Expires: 2/11/22
Amount: $4,832,848
Obtained: Kyle Lowry (Heat)
Expires: 7/6/22
Utah Jazz
Amount: $7,475,379
Obtained: Derrick Favors (Thunder)
Initial amount: $9,258,000
Used: Eric Paschall ($1,782,621)
Expires: 6/27/22
Washington Wizards
Amount: $2,161,920
Obtained: Moritz Wagner (Celtics)
Expires: 2/11/22
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!
They have them from Melo trade (2.3 or so) and WH trade (1.4 or so). They’ll last until the 1 year anniversaries of those deals. Using cap space will vitiate all exceptions (not just the TPEs). But merely having it does not, although that’s largely irrelevant because IF a team is otherwise under the “cap” (after renouncing cap holds) then “cap space” is computed after deducting all FA exceptions (MLE, BAE, TPEs and DPEs) available to that team, similar to deducting “cap holds” to the point renounced. So, any team under the cap after un-renounced cap holds can elect to use cap space (by renouncing those exceptions) or operating over the cap and use those exceptions. It’s a choice. Traditionally, unless you had substantial cap space in excess of the MLE, you would use the MLE and keep the other exceptions like TPEs, and, as important your cap holds, in place (the latter last forever until renounced).
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).
OKC should have a TPE for Paul George worth about 10.4 million, probably used the Melo TPE to absorb SGA.
Memphis used the Davis TPE to take Melton and should have one for Jevon Carter.
The Carter one is there, and I haven’t updated yet since the George trade went official today, so the OKC list will be adjusted soon. Had forgotten that Melton wasn’t at the minimum last year though, so good call on that.
I thought the JaVale McGee TPE should be slightly larger: 4.2 – 1.76 (McKinnie guaranteed) – 0.58 (Bell’s partial guarantee before he gets cut) = 1.86M. The figure above assumes that Bell was fully guaranteed.
I also wonder why the Blazers didn’t guarantee only the portion of the Ariza contract that was necessary to match RoCo’s salary. That would have given the Rockets a TPE for RoCo, then they could guarantee the rest and trade Ariza to Detroit.
Non-guaranteed and partially guaranteed salaries like Bell’s only count for the guaranteed amount for the team trading him, but the team acquiring him has to account for the full amount.
So for Cleveland he would’ve counted as $580K in outgoing salary, but the Lakers had to consider him a full $1.76MM player for trade purposes (obviously they won’t pay him that full amount).
According to Bobby Marks, the Thunder used the Gallinari TPE to absorb Leonard, which reduces it to 10.1M. They also created 12.8M for Ariza.
Speaking of the Thunder: they, the Warriors, and Wolves all have smaller TPEs on this list that have expired.
Thanks — it’s all up to date now.
Would the Jazz not have used Tony Bradley’s TPE for Paschall? It expired 8/7 according to Pincus, which was the official date of the transation…
Its expiry date was actually 8/6, I believe. Still waiting on confirmation on that, but for what it’s worth, Pincus also has the Favors TPE listed at $7,475,379 for now. We’ll see.