The league has granted the Nets a $6MM disabled player exception for the loss of Jeremy Lin, Shams Charania of The Vertical reports (Twitter link). Lin ruptured the patella tendon in his right knee on opening night.
Organizations which receive a disabled player exception can use it to sign a player, but it must be a one-year pact. Teams can also use a DPE to trade for a player who is in the final year of his deal. Brooklyn’s exception, along with the Pelicans’, which was also granted today, will expire on March 12.
Brooklyn is under the salary cap by approximately $3.6MM and nearly $24MM below the luxury tax line, so the franchise won’t have any reservations about using the exception should the right opportunity arise.