Portland already has the $10m MLE available right now & they chose not to use it.
There's also a couple if $8m TPE on the books too.
These are larger and have the same flexibility as the DPE injury exception.
No harm in getting the $5m DPE as well... but it will not matter
yeah, that's how I'm looking at it:
Blazers are 5.3M under the tax and we can be about 97% certain Seattle won't agree to the Blazers going over the tax line this season. Portland has their full MLE so they could sign a player; and they have that pair of 8.3-8.8M TPE's so they could trade for players. That DPE is pretty irrelevant because it's redundant with what Portland already has
now, those TPE's might come in handy if the Blazers become really active heading into the trade deadline. And as you said, just applying for and receiving that DPE costs nothing so sure, get it
but chances are really high none of those exceptions will be used unless there's some great 3-5M opportunity. Kind of disappointing
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I think the DPE provides more luxury tax space though right?
Blazers probably want to leave some tax space for trades too
I haven't seen anything about that. AFAIK, both the Williams full salary and the salary of the player acquired with the DPE count against the cap & tax. If Williams medically retires then his salary would fall off the cap
but maybe there's been a change in the new CBA I'm not aware of
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DPE's are both more flexible and less flexible than MLE's and TPE's. DPE's can be used in either trades, signings, or waiver claims.
BUT, IIRC, DPE's can only be used on players in the final years of their current contract in trades and waiver claims. TPE's don't have that restriction
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speaking of changes, starting next season the MLE becomes a lot more flexible. Teams will be able to use the MLE in trades like a TPE:
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Beginning in 2024/25, this form of mid-level exception can be used to acquire a non-free-agent via trade, as long as his contract fits into the exception (in terms of years and dollars)."
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2023/07/hoops-rumors-glossary-mid-level-exception-6.html
that's going to change the off-season & trade deadline calculations for a lot of teams
