I wouldn't be surprised if we used those trade exceptions and stayed over the cap this summer. I expect the C's to keep these trade exceptions right until they find someone who will commit to taking their free agent dollars.

Quote from: Msimonetta2 on May 11, 2015, 12:12:42 PM

Right I agree, say we do not find the right fit via free agency.  If we agreed to take on Gibson who would we want?  I would like to get away from draft picks, could we get snell or mcbuckets?

Taj Gibson is a desirable player and there is no shortage of teams who would want him.  The Celtics should be giving up assets in any deal with Chicago.

I'm not sure if these will be the old numbers by the time we could make a trade, but here is the espn list of guys making under the Rondo TPE:

35   Joakim Noah, C   Chicago Bulls   $12,700,000
36   Tony Parker, PG   San Antonio Spurs   $12,500,000
37   Serge Ibaka, PF   Oklahoma City Thunder   $12,350,000
38   Andre Iguodala, SG   Golden State Warriors   $12,289,544
39   Nikola Pekovic, C   Minnesota Timberwolves   $12,100,000
40   David West, PF   Indiana Pacers   $12,000,000
41   Kyle Lowry, PG   Toronto Raptors   $12,000,000
42   Al Horford, C   Atlanta Hawks   $12,000,000
43   Nicolas Batum, SF   Portland Trail Blazers   $11,765,500
44   Ty Lawson, PG   Denver Nuggets   $11,595,506
45   Andrea Bargnani, C   New York Knicks   $11,500,000
46   DeAndre Jordan, C   Los Angeles Clippers   $11,440,123
47   Tyreke Evans, SG   New Orleans Pelicans   $11,265,416
48   JaVale McGee, C   Philadelphia 76ers   $11,250,000
49   Larry Sanders, C   Milwaukee Bucks   $11,000,000
50   Danilo Gallinari, SF   Denver Nuggets   $10,854,850
RK   NAME   TEAM   SALARY
51   Stephen Curry, PG   Golden State Warriors   $10,629,213
52   Marcin Gortat, C   Washington Wizards   $10,434,782
53   Tim Duncan, PF   San Antonio Spurs   $10,361,446
54   Gerald Wallace, SF   Boston Celtics   $10,105,855
55   DeMar DeRozan, SG   Toronto Raptors   $10,100,000
56   Jrue Holiday, PG   New Orleans Pelicans   $9,904,495
57   Luol Deng, SF   Miami Heat   $9,714,461
58   Anderson Varejao, C   Cleveland Cavaliers   $9,704,545
59   Steve Nash, PG   Los Angeles Lakers   $9,701,000
60   Paul Millsap, PF   Atlanta Hawks   $9,500,000
RK   NAME   TEAM   SALARY
61   Thaddeus Young, SF   Brooklyn Nets   $9,410,869
62   Tiago Splitter, C   San Antonio Spurs   $9,250,000
63   Jeff Green, SF   Memphis Grizzlies   $9,200,000
64   Lance Stephenson, SG   Charlotte Hornets   $9,000,000
65   Jordan Hill, C   Los Angeles Lakers   $9,000,000
66   Mike Conley, PG   Memphis Grizzlies   $8,694,216
67   Trevor Ariza, SF   Houston Rockets   $8,579,089
68   Channing Frye, PF   Orlando Magic   $8,579,088
69   Marcus Thornton, SG   Phoenix Suns   $8,575,000
70   Ryan Anderson, PF   New Orleans Pelicans   $8,491,500
RK   NAME   TEAM   SALARY
71   Jeremy Lin, PG   Los Angeles Lakers   $8,374,646
72   Omer Asik, C   New Orleans Pelicans   $8,374,646
73   Monta Ellis, SG   Dallas Mavericks   $8,360,000
74   George Hill, PG   Indiana Pacers   $8,000,000
75   O.J. Mayo, SG   Milwaukee Bucks   $8,000,000
76   Jeff Teague, PG   Atlanta Hawks   $8,000,000
77   Dirk Nowitzki, PF   Dallas Mavericks   $7,974,482
78   Ersan Ilyasova, PF   Milwaukee Bucks   $7,900,000
79   Tayshaun Prince, SF   Memphis Grizzlies   $7,707,865
80   Boris Diaw, C   San Antonio Spurs   $7,500,000

So we could trade the TPE plus what ever picks needed for any of these guys.