Trade Summary

The teams acquired the following assets in this 3-Team Trade:

Cap Discussion

Los Angeles Clippers

  1. To acquire more salary than sending out, LAC must use the Expanded TPE.
  2. When sending out $13.3 million, the Expanded TPE allows the team to acquiring the same amount of Outgoing Trade Salary, plus $8,527,000. 
  3. LAC clears Collins’ Incoming Trade Salary by $2.4 million ($20,482,758 + $8,527,000 = $29,009,758).
  4. LAC is hard capped at the First Apron for using the Expanded TPE.

Miami Heat

  1. Similar to LAC, MIA must use the Expanded TPE and has the same cushion of $8,527,000. 
  2. MIA clears Powell’s Incoming Trade Salary by $1.4 million ($13,368,512 + $8,527,000 = $21,895,512).
  3. MIA is hard capped at the First Apron for using the Expanded TPE.

Utah Jazz

  1. UTA sends out more Outgoing Trade Salary with a single player than was acquired. Therefore, we know UTA will be generating a TPE to use in the future. The question is how to optimize the largest TPE for the future.
  2. UTA absorbs Love’s Salary into the BAE ($5.1 million), leaving $984,000 remaining.
  3. UTA absorbs Anderson’s Salary into the NTMLE ($14.1 million), leaving $4.8 million remaining.
  4. Because UTA was able to absorb both salaries without Collins’ salary, UTA creates a TPE for Collins’ entire $26.5 million salary. This may become the most valuable asset for UTA in this trade.
  5. UTA is hard capped at the First Apron for using NTMLE and BAE.

Touch Rule

When there is a trade involving two or more teams, the “Touch Rule” is triggered. The touch rule requires a team to “touch” at least two teams (which would be both teams in a 3-team trade like this one). A touch is the sending or receiving of a tradeable asset.

This 3-team trade is straightforward, but to ensure the Touch Rule is satisfied, below is a non-exhaustive list of assets being sent and received by both teams to satisfy the rule:

  1. LAC – Sent Powell to MIA, received Collins from LAC.
  2. MIA – Sent Anderson to UTA, received Powell from LAC.
  3. UTA – Sent Collins to UTA, received Anderson from MIA.