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 2-6-20
Cleveland Cavaliers
Amount: $3,837,500
Obtained: Jordan Clarkson (Jazz)
Expires: 12/24/20
Denver Nuggets
Amount: $3,321,030
Obtained: Juan Hernangomez (Timberwolves)
Expires: 2/5/21
Amount: $1,845,301
Obtained: Shabazz Napier (Wizards)
Expires 2/8/21
Detroit Pistons
Amount: $1,716,873
Obtained: Andre Drummond (Cavaliers)
Expires: 2/8/21
Golden State Warriors
Amount: $17,185,185
Obtained: Andre Iguodala (Grizzlies)
Expires: 7/7/20
Amount: $869,699
Obtained: Kevin Durant (Nets)
Expires: 7/7/20
Amount: $407,257
Obtained: Damian Jones (Hawks)
Expires: 7/8/20
Amount: $1,597,100
Obtained: Shabazz Napier (Timberwolves)
Expires: 7/8/20
Amount: $1,597,100
Obtained: Treveon Graham (Timberwolves)
Expires: 7/8/20
Amount: $2,177,483
Obtained: Willie Cauley-Stein (Mavericks)
Expires: 1/25/21
Amount: $1,925,880
Obtained: Jacob Evans (Timberwolves)
Expires: 2/8/21
Amount: $1,897,800
Obtained: Omari Spellman (Timberwolves)
Expires: 2/8/21
Amount: $1,620,564
Obtained: Alec Burks (Sixers)
Expires: 2/8/21
Amount: $1,620,564
Obtained: Glenn Robinson III (Sixers)
Expires: 2/8/21
Houston Rockets
Amount: $3,595,333
Obtained: Clint Capela (Hawks)
Expires: 2/5/21
Amount: $2,564,753
Obtained: Nene (Hawks)
Expires: 2/5/21
Amount: $1,620,564
Obtained: Gerald Green (Nuggets)
Expires: 2/5/21
Amount: $1,620,564
Obtained: Jordan Bell (Grizzlies)
Expires: 2/8/21
Los Angeles Clippers
Amount: $1,445,697
Obtained: Derrick Walton Jr. (Hawks)
Expires: 2/8/21
Amount: $3,567,720
Obtained: Jerome Robinson (Wizards)
Expires: 2/8/21
Memphis Grizzlies
Amount: $766,959
Obtained: Mike Conley (Jazz)
Initial amount: $25,011,624
Used: Andre Iguodala ($17,185,185)
Used: Josh Jackson ($7,059,480)
Expires: 7/6/20
Amount: $3,126,308
Obtained: C.J. Miles (Wizards)
Expires: 7/6/20
Amount: $3,440,000
Obtained: Kyle Korver (Suns)
Expires: 7/7/20
Amount: $1,416,852
Obtained: Jevon Carter (Suns)
Expires: 7/7/20
Amount: $4,736,842
Obtained: Delon Wright (Mavericks)
Expires: 7/8/20
Amount: $1,845,301
Obtained: Bruno Caboclo (Rockets)
Expires: 2/8/21
Amount: $4,185,185
Obtained: Andre Iguodala (Heat)
Expires: 2/8/21
Miami Heat
Amount: $7,533,867
Obtained: James Johnson (Timberwolves)
Expires: 2/8/21
Minnesota Timberwolves
Amount: $228,505
Obtained: Treveon Graham (Hawks)
Initial amount: $1,645,357
Used: Jarred Vanderbilt ($1,416,852)
Expires: 1/18/21
Amount: $500,000
Obtained: Jeff Teague (Hawks)
Expires: 1/18/21
Amount: $879,813
Obtained: Gorgui Dieng (Grizzlies)
Expires: 2/8/21
New York Knicks
Amount: $3,988,766
Obtained: Marcus Morris (Clippers)
Expires: 2/8/21
Oklahoma City Thunder
Amount: $9,346,153
Obtained: Jerami Grant (Hawks)
Expires: 7/8/20
Amount: $10,389,997
Obtained: Paul George (Clippers)
Expires: 7/10/20
Amount: $1,620,564
Obtained: Justin Patton (Mavericks)
Expires: 1/25/21
Philadelphia 76ers
Amount: $1,882,867
Obtained: James Ennis (Magic)
Expires: 2/8/21
Portland Trail Blazers
Amount: $1,790,993
Obtained: Jake Layman (Timberwolves)
Expires: 7/8/20
Amount: $7,069,662
Obtained: Kent Bazemore (Kings)
Expires: 1/21/21
Amount: $2,338,847
Obtained: Skal Labissiere (Hawks)
Expires: 2/8/21
Sacramento Kings
Amount: $2,673,334
Obtained: Dewayne Dedmon (Hawks)
Expires: 2/8/21
Washington Wizards
Amount: $1,432,280
Obtained: Tomas Satoransky (Bulls)
Initial amount: $5,000,000
Used: Jerome Robinson ($3,567,720)
Expires: 7/7/20
Amount: $1,645,357
Obtained: Jordan McRae (Nuggets)
Expires 2/8/21
Amount: $1,620,564
Obtained: Isaiah Thomas (Clippers)
Expires: 2/8/21
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.