By Eric Pincus|2024-02-25T12:20:40-08:00May 6th, 2022|
A vital tool within the NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement is the trade exception. While it come in many flavors, allowing teams to take back salary in return for outgoing players, the Standard Traded Player Exception (STPE) is the type that lasts a full calendar year.mem
For teams that are under the first apron ($172,346,000 for the 2023-24 season), the STPE can be used to take in up to $250,000 more than its value. For instance, a $10 million STPE can bring back a player earning up to $10,250,000 in salaries. Or it can be used to take back two players earning $5,250,000 each (as separate transactions).
Franchises above the first apron don’t get that extra $250,000 in padding, so a $10 million STPE can bring back a player earning up to $10 million. Additionally, after the season, teams above the first apron lose any preexisting trade exceptions.
Starting with in 2024-25, teams will be able to use their Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level Salary Exception (NTMLE), Mid-Level Salary Exception for Room Teams (RMLE) and Bi-annual Exception (BAE) as if they were trade exceptions, provided they are under the first apron.
Trade exceptions cannot be combined. The following is the current list of NBA TPEs. Also included are any Disabled Player Exceptions (DPE), which can only be used to acquire a single player whose contract expires after the 2022-23 season.
| Team | Amount | Expiring | Player |
| Atlanta Hawks | $23,019,560 | 7/8/24 | John Collins |
| $2,588,400 | 7/12/24 | Usman Garuba | |
| $2,320,440 | 7/12/24 | TyTy Washington Jr. | |
| Boston Celtics | $3,976,260 | 7/12/24 | Grant Williams |
| $89,025 | 2/7/25 | Lamar Stevens | |
| $2,019,706 | 2/10/25 | Dalano Banton | |
| Brooklyn Nets | $11,928,571 | 7/8/24 | Joe Harris |
| $6,802,950 | 7/8/24 | Patty Mills | |
| $20,357,143 | 7/8/24 | Spencer Dinwiddie | |
| $9,500,000 | 7/8/24 | Royce O’Neale | |
| Charlotte Hornets | $3,585,600 | 2/10/25 | Gordon Hayward |
| $442,826 | 2/10/25 | PJ Washington | |
| Chicago Bulls | $10,232,559 | 3/11/24 | Lonzo Ball (DPE) |
| Dallas Mavericks | $4,953,980 | 7/8/24 | Dāvis Bertāns |
| $4,000,000 | 2/10/25 | Seth Curry | |
| Detroit Pistons | $1,386,800 | 1/14/25 | Marvin Bagley III |
| $10,489,600 | 2/10/25 | Alec Burks | |
| $800,926 | 2/10/25 | Monte Morris | |
| Golden State Warriors | $2,337,720 | 7/8/24 | Patrick Baldwin Jr. |
| $2,019,706 | 2/10/25 | Cory Joseph | |
| Houston Rockets | $4,510,000 | 10/17/24 | Kevin Porter Jr. |
| Indiana Pacers | $159,471 | 2/10/25 | Buddy Hield |
| Los Angeles Clippers | $559,782 | 11/1/24 | Filip Petrušev |
| Memphis Grizzlies | $7,492,540 | 7/8/24 | Dillon Brooks |
| $12,600,000 | 2/3/25 | Steven Adams | |
| $1,930,681 | 2/7/25 | Xavier Tillman Sr. | |
| $2,718,240 | 2/10/25 | David Roddy | |
| Miami Heat | $9,450,000 | 7/6/24 | Victor Oladipo |
| $7,243,842 | 7/6/24 | Max Strus | |
| $6,477,319 | 1/23/25 | Kyle Lowry | |
| Milwaukee Bucks | $2,019,706 | 2/10/25 | Robin Lopez |
| $2,019,706 | 2/10/25 | Cameron Payne | |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | $4,000,000 | 2/10/25 | Troy Brown Jr. |
| New Orleans Pelicans | $5,722,116 | 1/17/25 | Kira Lewis Jr. |
| New York Knicks | $6,803,012 | 7/8/24 | Obi Toppin |
| $5,241,072 | 7/8/24 | RJ Barrett | |
| $3,873,025 | 2/10/25 | Malachi Flynn | |
| Philadelphia 76ers | $6,831,413 | 11/1/24 | James Harden |
| $559,782 | 11/1/24 | Filip Petrušev | |
| $5,370,370 | 2/10/25 | Furkan Korkmaz | |
| $4,310,250 | 2/10/25 | Danuel House Jr. | |
| $2,226,240 | 2/10/25 | Jaden Springer | |
| $2,019,706 | 2/10/25 | Patrick Beverley | |
| Phoenix Suns | $1,836,096 | 7/11/24 | Isaiah Todd |
| $6,500,000 | 7/17/24 | Cameron Payne | |
| $1,119,563 | 9/30/24 | Toumani Camara | |
| Portland Trail Blazers | $5,785,715 | 3/11/24 | Robert Williams III (DPE) |
| $8,778,337 | 9/30/24 | Damian Lillard | |
| $862,382 | 10/1/24 | Jrue Holiday | |
| San Antonio Spurs | $1,300,000 | 3/11/24 | Charles Bassey (DPE) |
| Toronto Raptors | $1,379,527 | 12/30/24 | Precious Achiuwa |
| $10,171,292 | 1/17/25 | Pascal Siakam | |
| $1,607,916 | 2/10/25 | Kira Lewis Jr. | |
| Utah Jazz | $6,473,006 | 2/10/25 | Kelly Olynyk |
| $3,044,872 | 2/10/25 | Simone Fontecchio | |
| Washington Wizards | $308,380 | 6/24/24 | Kristaps Porziņģis |
| $5,379,250 | 6/24/24 | Bradley Beal | |
| $300,000 | 6/24/24 | Jordan Goodwin | |
| $9,800,926 | 7/8/24 | Monte Morris | |
| $1,508,547 | 7/8/24 | Chris Paul | |
| $3,500,000 | 1/14/25 | Mike Muscala | |
| $12,402,000 | 2/10/25 | Daniel Gafford |
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(Updated on 2/25/24)
About the Author: Eric Pincus
Eric Pincus is a leading expert on NBA player contracts and the league’s Collective Bargaining Agreement. Eric is a Strategist/Capologist/Writer/Instructor for Sports Business Classroom and Bleacher Report.
