Brian Windhorst: LeBron James is only going to Cleveland if he's willing to play for the minimum, because the Cavs don't have cap space and um they're going to be in either in the second apron or the first apron. If you're in either, you're not going to have a full mid-level exception. And the idea that you could sign and trade for him, like let's say the Lakers say, "All right, LeBron, if you want to go in Cleveland, we'll sign and trade you for Jarrett Allen. Lakers need a center." It's not the craziest concept ever. The
Cavs aren't allowed to do that trade. If you're in the first or second apron, you can't receive a player in a signing trade… Dave McMenamin: …Where they are right now. They'd have to make subsequent moves to get out of that.
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