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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs
Not really a basketball fan, can someone explain the sign-and-trade to me?
I understand that teams do it because of the cap, but does the player tell them team who he wants to sign with first or does the team just make the best deal it can? And do they get anything approaching decent value?
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The player essentially negotiates with the other teams, finds where he actually wants to go and then his original team not wanting to get nothing for him will sign him and then work out a deal with the other team so they at least get something in return rather than losing the guy for nothing. So the original team gets a few players and the player gets his max contract.