So a couple of papers have been reporting that the Knicks have received the exception for Luc worth 2.8M. Dave D'Allesandro has written that the Knicks need to use it by Oct. 1st, or lose it forever. This might not be true. According to Larry Coon's CBA site...

If a player is disabled between July 1 and November 30, the team must acquire the replacement player within 45 days. If the player is disabled between December 1 and June 30, and the physician determines that the player will be out the entire following season as well, then the team has until October 1 to sign a replacement.

From that it would seem that the Knicks would get 45 days to find a player.

Also, the exception may be used to create additional room when matching salaries for trades. When used for trade, it is treated in a similar fashion to the traded player exception. This brings up some possible trade scenerios that might not previously been possible. Is Burrell insurance for the possible trading of Spree? Maybe.

Can you give me a link to that website?

Thanks.

Do you think this can help us to get Marc Jackson by using the exception & some players? We could probably sign Olden Polynice with it.

Sure, the Warriors can match any offer for Marc, but if he has a brain wouldn't he prefer to sign with the Knicks - in NY, a great city and the b-ball Mecca - with whom he can make the postseason???

Golden State has apparently been very silent. According to Jackson's agent, he has not received any calls from GS management. To me this means one of two things. The more likely scenario is GS knows they got Jackson in a bind are taking their time with re-signing him. Waiting until Jackson gets some offers will help them figure out what his market value is. The second, least likely possibility, is that GS might not be interested in signing him. After all, it is no secret that Jackson feels slighted by the Warrior's silence. If the Warriors wanted him to come back to the team with a positive attitude, would they have really played this harsh brand of "Hard-Ball"?

The only other thing that gives me hope is how excited Jackson's agent was to hear that the Knicks got an exception. He exclaimed "This is what I have been waiting for."

I guess it goes without saying that Jackson will be Layden's first choice for the 2.8. I guess that means that the ball is in Golden State's court.

A guy at realgm.com who posted the recent Anderson-Rice trade and the Kidd-Marbury before it was official says the Knicks have a deal in the works that would send out Ward and Longley's $3M med exception for a big man.

Any ideas who it could be??? Ward and the exception together is $2.8 mill + $5.5 mill= $8.3 mill.

Posted by VG:

A guy at realgm.com who posted the recent Anderson-Rice trade and the Kidd-Marbury before it was official says the Knicks have a deal in the works that would send out Ward and Longley's $3M med exception for a big man.

Any ideas who it could be??? Ward and the exception together is $2.8 mill + $5.5 mill= $8.3 mill.

Well, Shaquille O'Neal would be nice...