Question Regarding Cap Number and trades

Basis4day · Mar 11, 2014

I understand how signing bonuses are apportioned over the entire contract and thus the cap number is spread over those years.
How does this affect a player's cap number when they are traded to another team before the contract expires (For both teams)?

For instance a player who signed a 5 year contract with a 5 million signing bonus who is traded after year 3.

I hope i'm being clear.

EverydayImRusselin · Mar 11, 2014

I believe if you are traded any future cap hits from bonuses are moved up to this year.

Basis4day · Mar 11, 2014

Thanks.

kidhawk · Mar 11, 2014

Trades can have all types of clauses. It's not common but sometimes an old team even takes on some of the current contract or they make a renegotiated contract as part of the deal, but it is correct that if you just straight up trade a player to a team, the new team will take on the rest of the contract and the old team has to eat the remainder of the signing bonus as dead money. That is the general rule of thumb but by no means the only way it will work.

Basis4day · Mar 11, 2014

kidhawk":238gmdg2 said:
Trades can have all types of clauses. It's not common but sometimes an old team even takes on some of the current contract or they make a renegotiated contract as part of the deal, but it is correct that if you just straight up trade a player to a team, the new team will take on the rest of the contract and the old team has to eat the remainder of the signing bonus as dead money. That is the general rule of thumb but by no means the only way it will work.

Just what i was looking for. The general idea. Thanks a lot.

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