NBA salary cap: Difference between revisions

Since the 2011 CBA, the signed player must have been on the roster of his previous team at the end of the last regular season. Previous agreements allowed teams to sign-and-trade any player to whom they held [[#Larry Bird exception|Bird rights]], which do not automatically disappear with a player's retirement—for example, in July 2012, the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] still held Bird rights to [[John Salley]], who had not played since {{nbay|1999|end}}. In the {{nbay|2007|app=season}}, two teams used sign-and-trades on players who had been out of the league. The [[Dallas Mavericks]] signed [[Keith Van Horn]] out of retirement as part of a package to acquire [[Jason Kidd]], and the Lakers did the same with [[Aaron McKie]] to facilitate their deal for [[Pau Gasol]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q101 |title=101. How are teams able to trade players who are out of the league, like Dallas did with Keith Van Horn? |work=NBA Salary Cap FAQ |first=Larry |last=Coon |date=January 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201224858/http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

 

 

==Trading and the salary cap==