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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Sign and trades could happen for two reasons
- The player wants the 8th year
- The acquiring team wants the 8th year to lower the AAV
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Again, you can't lower the AAV significantly any more. Maybe $500k tops.
But in order to do that, you are asking the player to take that 8th year for a significantly reduced salary (35% drop). It doesn't make a lot of sense for the player. And it isn't a significant savings for the team any more. And there is a (presumed) cost to compensate the other team
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