Post by Charles Barkley on May 5, 2017 22:55:29 GMT
The contracts of released players can be traded without the player counting towards one of that team's roster positions.
So, the rules do acknowledge that trading player contracts is different than trading players.
So honestly, according to the language of the rules, trading expiring contracts appears to be different that trading players with expiring contracts. So I think you should be allowed to cut a player and trade him (As an aside, this actually seems to be the only other instance of a situation where the difference between player and contract becomes important). And in the instant case, sign and cut a player to circumvent the James Kay rule.
That all being said, I think Larry should be able to pull this off, but the rules should be updated to reflect the original intent of the rule.
It will be allowed this time, but I have amended the James Kay rule to include not being allowed to release a player until a month has passed as well.
I would call the update the "Larry Bird Rule" but that would get confused with the real-life Larry Bird rule, sorry Larry Bird
Or, if you really want to cover your arse on things, make a general guideline that says that any reference to a "player" in the rule shall be inferred as meaning not only a player on an active contract, but also a player's contract minus the actual player.
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