(Photo : Elsa/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Alex Caruso (#6) of the Chicago Bulls celebrates a teammate’s basket through the second half towards the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on April 14, 2024 in New York City. The New York Knicks defeated the Chicago Bulls 120-119 in OT.
Chicago Bulls followers weren’t thrilled that they let Alex Caruso go in a direct swap with the Oklahoma City Thunder for Josh Giddey.
Most folks thought they need to have gotten extra with Caruso’s defensive caliber.
Caruso is a defensive juggernaut who helped the Los Angeles Lakers win the 2020 NBA title.
He confirmed how a lot of an asset he may very well be final season, though accidents constantly hampered him.
Turns out, they certainly obtained extra.
NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Bulls are making a $2.8 million Traded Player Exception from the commerce deal.
What is a “traded player exception”
It is a part of the NBA wage cap guidelines that enable a staff already above the wage cap to dump a participant in trade for just a few or no different gamers.
They can solely get this if the receiving staff is beneath the wage cap, on this case, the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Bulls will not obtain bodily cash however can use it to signal different gamers.
OKC was as soon as concerned in a commerce exception when the Dallas Mavericks swapped Davis Bertans and the tenth total decide with them for the twelfth total decide and a $17.5 million commerce exception.
While this sounds nice for the entrance workplace, followers usually are not glad. They assume the $2.8 million is nothing on this period’s NBA wage.
Chicago Bulls followers can solely hope that Josh Giddey will rediscover his kind and develop into the star he’s predicted to be because the sixth total decide of 2021.
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