Courtney Lee signs with c's? (Latest Report Says It's gonna happen)

[goCeltics]

From Larry coon FAQ
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q83

83. How are minimum-salary players handled in trades?

The "Minimum Player Salary exception" allows teams to acquire minimum-salary players without regard to salary matching under the Traded Player exception (see question number 80). For example, a team over the cap can trade a second round draft pick to another team in exchange for a minimum-salary player, even if he is a 10-year veteran earning over $1 million.

When a team acquires multiple players in the same trade, it essentially ignores the incoming salary for all minimum-salary players, since they fall under the Minimum Salary exception. Suppose a taxpaying team is over the cap and trades a $5 million player, receiving in return a $6 million player and two players earning $1 million each on minimum-salary contracts. The team trading the $5 million player can accept only $6.35 million in return (125% plus $100,000 of $5 million), and the three incoming players combine for $8 million in salary. However, the two $1 million players are covered by the Minimum Salary exception, so only the $6 million player is traded with the Traded Player exception. Since $6 million is within the team's $6.35 million limit using the Traded Player exception, the trade is allowed.

Teams trading away minimum-salary players do count their salaries (the portion not paid by the league -- see question number 16) as outgoing salary when comparing salaries for trade.

if pavs get a min deal, then the max lee gets is 5.4 mill as I calculated earlier.

[j804]

So how many future picks did we have to give up, was it one to Houston and one to Portland?

I read somewhere about Portland getting one maybe it was just them.

[Fafnir]

So how many future picks did we have to give up, was it one to Houston and one to Portland?

I read somewhere about Portland getting one maybe it was just them.

Probably Charlotte second to Houston and second round pick of our own (maybe NJs?) to Portland.