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 $250K for non-apron teams).
Trade exceptions cannot be combined 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: Teams operating above either tax apron are ineligible to use traded player exceptions created during the 2024/25 regular season (or earlier). These exceptions are marked below in italics.
List updated 2-7-26
Atlanta Hawks
Amount: $6,700,000
Obtained: Clint Capela (Rockets)
Expires: 7/6/26
Amount: $4,503,720
Obtained: Kobe Bufkin (Nets)
Expires: 9/16/26
Amount: $1,357,994
Obtained: Trae Young (Wizards)
Expires: 1/11/27
Amount: $2,349,578
Obtained: Vit Krejci (Trail Blazers)
Expires: 2/1/27
Amount: $11,000,000
Obtained: Luke Kennard (Lakers)
Expires: 2/5/27
Boston Celtics
Amount: $1,050,226
Obtained: Kristaps Porzingis (Hawks)
Initial amount: $22,531,707
Used: Nikola Vucevic ($21,481,481)
Expires: 7/7/26
Amount: $4,721,429
Obtained: Jrue Holiday (Trail Blazers)
Expires: 7/7/26
Amount: $8,200,000
Obtained: Georges Niang (Jazz)
Expires: 8/6/26
Amount: $27,678,571
Obtained: Anfernee Simons (Bulls)
Expires: 2/5/27
Amount: $2,296,274
Obtained: Chris Boucher (Jazz)
Expires: 2/5/27
Amount: $2,546,675
Obtained: Xavier Tillman Sr. (Hornets)
Expires: 2/5/27
Charlotte Hornets
Amount: $2,296,274
Obtained: Mason Plumlee (Thunder)
Expires: 2/4/27
Amount: $8,200,962
Obtained: Collin Sexton (Bulls)
Expires: 2/4/27
Amount: $7,000,000
Obtained: Tyus Jones (Mavericks)
Expires: 2/5/27
Chicago Bulls
Amount: $17,991,071
Obtained: Kevin Huerter (Pistons)
Expires: 2/3/27
Amount: $1,218,007
Obtained: Coby White (Hornets)
Initial amount: $6,218,007
Used: Nick Richards ($5,000,000)
Expires: 2/4/27
Amount: $6,670,882
Obtained: Ousmane Dieng (Bucks)
Expires: 2/5/27
Amount: $2,221,677
Obtained: Julian Phillips (Timberwolves)
Expires: 2/5/27
Cleveland Cavaliers
Amount: $1,000,000
Obtained: Isaac Okoro (Bulls)
Expires: 7/6/26
Amount: $6,897,984
Obtained: De’Andre Hunter (Kings)
Expires: 2/1/27
Amount: $10,000,000
Obtained: Lonzo Ball (Jazz)
Expires: 2/5/27
Dallas Mavericks
Amount: $20,830,154
Obtained: Anthony Davis (Wizards)
Expires: 2/5/27
Amount: $2,909,520
Obtained: Jaden Hardy (Wizards)
Expires: 2/5/27
Denver Nuggets
Amount: $6,880,985
Obtained: Michael Porter Jr. (Nets)
Initial amount: $17,275,985
Used: Jonas Valanciunas ($10,395,000)
Expires: 7/8/26
Amount: $5,426,400
Obtained: Dario Saric (Kings)
Expires: 7/13/26
Amount: $2,221,677
Obtained: Hunter Tyson (Nets)
Expires: 2/5/27
Detroit Pistons
Amount: $8,677,600
Obtained: Dennis Schröder (Kings)
Initial amount: $14,104,000
Used: Dario Saric ($5,426,400)
Expires: 7/7/26
Golden State Warriors
Amount: $2,221,677
Obtained: Trayce Jackson-Davis (Raptors)
Expires: 2/5/27
Houston Rockets
Amount: $3,539,760
Obtained: Cam Whitmore (Wizards)
Expires: 7/6/26
Los Angeles Clippers
Amount: $2,296,274
Obtained: Chris Paul (Raptors)
Expires: 2/5/27
Amount: $2,654,880
Obtained: Kobe Brown (Pacers)
Expires: 2/5/27
Amount: $1,314,427
Obtained: Ivica Zubac (Pacers)
Expires: 2/5/27
Los Angeles Lakers
Amount: $500,000
Obtained: Gabe Vincent (Hawks)
Expires: 2/5/27
Memphis Grizzlies
Amount: $28,872,920
Obtained: Jaren Jackson Jr. (Jazz)
Expires: 2/3/27
Miami Heat
Amount: $16,834,692
Obtained: Duncan Robinson (Pistons)
Expires: 7/7/26
Amount: $5,616,000
Obtained: Haywood Highsmith (Nets)
Expires: 8/17/26
Minnesota Timberwolves
Amount: $62,382
Obtained: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Hawks)
Initial amount: $7,580,900
Used: Ayo Dosunmu ($7,518,518)
Expires: 7/6/26
Amount: $10,774,038
Obtained: Mike Conley (Bulls)
Expires: 2/3/27
Amount: $6,576,120
Obtained: Rob Dillingham (Bulls)
Expires: 2/5/27
New Orleans Pelicans
Amount: $13,445,122
Obtained: Kelly Olynyk (Wizards)
Expires: 7/6/26
Amount: $4,500,000
Obtained: Jose Alvarado (Knicks)
Expires: 2/5/27
New York Knicks
Amount: $100,882
Obtained: Guerschon Yabusele (Bulls)
Expires: 2/5/27
Amount: $899,118
Obtained: Dalen Terry (Pelicans)
Expires: 2/5/27
Oklahoma City Thunder
Amount: $501,669
Obtained: Dillon Jones (Wizards)
Expires: 6/29/26
Amount: $2,449,522
Obtained: Ousmane Dieng (Hornets)
Initial amount: $6,670,882
Used: Jared McCain ($4,221,360)
Expires: 2/4/27
Orlando Magic
Amount: $7,000,000
Obtained: Tyus Jones (Hornets)
Expires: 2/4/27
Philadelphia 76ers
Amount: $4,221,360
Obtained: Jared McCain (Thunder)
Expires: 2/4/27
Amount: $2,296,274
Obtained: Eric Gordon (Grizzlies)
Expires: 2/5/27
Phoenix Suns
Amount: $3,628,720
Obtained: Vasilije Micic (Hornets)
Expires: 6/30/26
Amount: $5,000,000
Obtained: Nick Richards (Bulls)
Expires: 2/5/27
Amount: $2,048,494
Obtained: Nigel Hayes-Davis (Bucks)
Expires: 2/5/27
Sacramento Kings
Amount: $4,968,600
Obtained: Jonas Valanciunas (Nuggets)
Expires: 7/13/26
Amount: $5,426,400
Obtained: Dario Saric (Bulls)
Expires: 2/1/27
Toronto Raptors
Amount: $6,383,525
Obtained: Ochai Agbaji (Nets)
Expires: 2/5/27
Utah Jazz
Amount: $25,000
Obtained: Collin Sexton (Hornets)
Expires: 6/29/26
Amount: $2,215,000
Obtained: John Collins (Clippers)
Initial amount: $26,580,000
Used: Georges Niang ($8,200,000)
Used: John Konchar ($6,165,000)
Used: Lonzo Ball ($10,000,000)
Expires: 7/7/26
Amount: $2,296,274
Obtained: Jock Landale (Hawks)
Expires: 2/5/27
Washington Wizards
Amount: $13,445,122
Obtained: Kelly Olynyk (Spurs)
Expires: 7/9/26
Information from Eric Pincus of Sports Business Classroom and ESPN’s Bobby Marks was used to confirm trade exception details.
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.
How would the Pacers have gotten a TPE for Lamb’s full 10.5 without using the McDermott TPE to take on Haliburton? Holiday for TT would be OK for a non taxpayer.
Based on the data I have, Haliburton narrowly fit into the Aaron Holiday TPE (which is no longer listed here because it’s been entirely used up). Sabonis’ outgoing salary matches Hield’s and Holiday’s matches Thompson’s.
Thanks for the clarification, I didn’t know about the Holiday exception.
I may have missed something, but why wouldn’t the Clippers have used the Ibaka TPE to absorb Plumlee 9.08M and get a Reggie TPE to take Hyland?
I would’ve thought that was the plan, but the Hyland trade was finalized earlier in the day and the Plumlee deal was the last to go official, so my assumption for now is that’s the order they were completed in.
Is there any reason for Atlanta to not use the Collins TPE to take in any of the salaries they received for Murray? One of the players they’re getting back is a sign and trade, so they’d be hard capped regardless.
No, that’s almost certainly what they did. I just hadn’t updated the list for that trade yet.
Does Utah still have access to their TPEs after using cap space to renegotiate and extend Lauri?
No, forgot to remove them. Thanks for the heads-up.
Could New Orleans have taken Olynyk into their MLE to create a 13M TPE for Ingram?
Yes. I’m making some assumptions on MLEs vs. TPEs for now, until I get official confirmation. In that case, I assumed the Pelicans may want to use the MLE for a multiyear deal before the end of this season. But it’s entirely possible they used it for Olynyk to create the bigger TPE.
Had the Bulls completed the Richards for Dieng trade first, they could have then used the Dieng TPE to take on Dillingham and ended up with a 7.5M for Dosunmu.