The Shocker
Banned
well that's the million dollar question, right? but my point is, after next summer we're just going to be another team with young guys' extensions kicking in, and a draft pick and an MLE each year to better ourselves. the time to make an all-in, franchise defining move is in the next 12-14 months.
don't underestimate the importance of that TPE. some of the provisions of the new CBA were scaled in, meaning teams' numbers are going to get increasingly tight and a lot of teams would probably give back some real value in exchange for us taking some salary off their hands.... like we did by having OKC absorb harp's contract, or when we were on the receiving end in 2003-04 and got that nice stockpile of draft picks (which we turned into DW, which we turned into this young core).
No doubt the TPE has some value. But it isn't likely that we're getting a strong player back for the TPE. Like you said, we're probably taking salary off of someone's hands and if that's what we're doing, I doubt that player's very good to begin with.
What are the CBA's restrictions on TPE's in trades?