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Thinking Outside the Box: Split the Mini-MLE

We've known for a while that the Clippers only have one way to sign a player who is better than minimum-salary caliber, but what if they could use it to get two?

The Clippers have only one tool to sign another team's free agent this summer: the mini-mid-level exception, worth about $3.373 million starting salary. We've known this to be the case for a while now. One player, on a contract that maxes out at 3 years and about $10 million. But what if it wasn't just one player.

Technically, exceptions can be split and shared between two or more players.