Since there seems to be confusion surrounding trade exceptions, here is a simple primer. The Cavs dug two holes tonight in trading Brendan Haywood and Mike Miller to the Portland Trail Blazers. One can be filled by a player (or players) making up to about $10.6 million in salary and the other by a player (or players) making up to $2.95 million in salary.
Put another way, there's this:
@JasonLloydABJ just say the Cavs made a trade for 2 gift cards to use sometime within a yr.
— Mark (@marcusjj19) July 27, 2015
That gift card example is pretty good.