What applying for a disabled player exception means for the Pacers

Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images With the Pacers already off to a tough start before the season has even started, the team has applied for a disabled player exception in connection with Edmond Sumner’s Achilles injury, reports Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files.

For players who go down with injuries that are deemed by an NBA-designated physician to be season-ending, the exception gives teams the opportunity to add a replacement player either by signing a player to a one-year contract or trading for a player in the final year of their contract.

If awarded, the value of the exception would be equal to 50 percent of Sumner’s $2.3 million salary, since that figure is less than the non tax-payer…