Rumor: S&T - Diaw and 2#1s for JJ.

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Rather, they get a 'trade exemption' from the deal. Because the contracts don't match up, they can make a trade in the future and take back more contracts than they give. What does this mean? Well, if we trade a 2 mil contract for a 12 mil contract, PHX can then turn around and trade 2 1st round picks for a player with a substantial contract, depending on the size of the exemption, whici I believe to be the differences in contracts in the original deal, though this is capped at 5 million or so.

We once received a trade exemption for Christian Laettner when we traded him to the Pistons for a pick or something. We used that exemption to acquire Lorenzen Wright for two picks even though we were capped out.