TITLE: NBA approves $2.67 million Disabled Player Exception for Clippers following Bradley Beal injury
SLUG: nba-approves-dpe-clippers-bradley-beal-injury
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The NBA has granted the Los Angeles Clippers a Disabled Player Exception (DPE) worth $2.67 million after guard Bradley Beal was ruled out for the season with a fractured hip, league sources confirmed this week.
The exception equals half of Beal’s $5.35 million salary and can be used in three ways: signing a free agent to a one-year contract, trading for a player on an expiring deal, or claiming a player off waivers. Although the DPE does not create an additional roster spot, it offers limited cap flexibility at a time when the Clippers have already exhausted their full mid-level exception and do not have their bi-annual exception available.
Los Angeles currently sits just $1.28 million below the first-apron hard cap, which prevents the club from spending the entire value of the exception unless it sheds salary elsewhere. The team faces a March 10 deadline to utilize the DPE.
Source: Hoops Wire
