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Bradleys Taller Brother wrote:

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Excuse the ignorance here; folks have tried to splain how Gortat for Bass S&T does not work, but must be some way. Does that not help both Magic & Mavs use MLE on other players and each get who they want? Mavs: Gortat; Magic: Bass? If we are losing Bass and they are losing Gortat why not figure it out so each can still use MLE?

I thought the same thing, but here's the rub with a Base Year Compensation player, which is what both would be. If you are BYC, you just signed a contract for over a certain percentage raise and both Gortat and Bass will get paid this time...they are coming off rookie contracts. In the trade scenario, they might make X amount, but only 50% of that amount would be considered ont the incoming salary for the team receiving the player, but it would count as the full amount for the team the player was leaving...salary matching is a must within 125% for teams over the cap, so it's nearly impossible...here's the scenario... They'll both basically make the same amount of money...but it's still screwy with the CBA trade rules.

Example:
Gortat signed for 5 years, 5.6 million
Bass signed for 5 years 5.6 million

Bass leaving the Mavs, counts as 2.8 million....incoming to Orlando, counts as 5.6 million
Gortat leaving the Magic, counts as 2.8 million...incoming to Dallas, counts as 5.6 million

It looks like each team is trading for player salaries that are only 50% of the salary that they are sending out...so the trade doesn't work. You need another team with cap space to lay off the extra salary for a pick to make it work.