A Rockets traded player exception created in the team’s Ryan Anderson trade with the Suns last August is set to expire if it goes unused on Tuesday. The trade exception, which is worth a modest $2,584,136, is one of just a handful of remaining TPEs around the NBA that will expire in 2019, as our tracker shows.
As we explain in our glossary entry on the subject, traded player exceptions can be used to acquire one or more players whose salary fits within the amount of the exception. Using their TPE, the over-the-cap Rockets wouldn’t have to send out any salary to acquire a player earning up to $2,684,136 (the amount of the exception, plus $100K).
Trade exceptions expire after one year if they go unused. The Rockets technically made their Anderson trade with Phoenix on August 31, 2018, but a TPE can’t expire on a weekend or holiday, so Houston gets a few extra days with this one.
The Rockets almost certainly won’t make use of the Anderson TPE on Tuesday, but losing it will have little impact on the club’s flexibility. Houston will still have seven more trade exceptions available, including two that are worth more than the Anderson exception. The largest of those TPEs, a $3.62MM exception, will expire on February 7, 2020.
You wrote the headline wrong. It should have read this way.
“The Rockets Championship Hopes Are Set To Expire.”
Uh… got em?
Their chances are just as good as anyone in the NBA right now.
You’re right. I’m just messing around.