IF A TEAM TRADES A PLAYER FOR DRAFT PICKS, OR THE PLAYER RETIRES, CAN THE TEAM THEN USE THAT PLAYERS CAP SPACE TO ACQUIRE ANOTHER PLAYER?
Only the the extent that the team gets below the salary cap by the move. If the move leaves the team at or above the cap, it has no cap room. You may hear talk from time to time of “slots,” but these were a feature of the previous Collective Bargaining Agreement, and no longer exist. There is an exception for players forced to retire for medical reasons; if a player retires for medical reasons and a league-appointed physician confirms that he is medically unfit to continue playing, then the player does not count against the cap. As of this writing, the Charlotte Hornets are trying to convince Muggsy Bogues to take medical retirement, so that he won’t count against Charlotte’s cap. Bogues prefers to continue to play. If he were to agree to retire, the doctor would have to confirm that the retirement was indeed a medical necessity in order for Charlotte to get the cap room. 17. WHAT IS THE “MILLION DOLLAR EXCEPTION”? The million dollar exception allows a team that is at or over the cap t
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