Players Dealt After Tuesday Cannot Be Included in Package Trades Before Feb. 5 Cutoff
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NBA teams that acquire a player after Tuesday will be unable to combine that individual’s salary with other contracts in another deal prior to the league’s Feb. 5 trade deadline, according to the league’s roster rules.
The restriction, commonly referred to around the league as the “re-aggregation” rule, bars clubs from packaging a newly obtained player with additional players or draft picks in a subsequent trade until after the deadline has passed. The player may still be moved again before Feb. 5, but only as a single-player transaction.
This limitation effectively freezes any multi-player maneuvering involving those recently traded assets, tightening the window for front offices seeking larger, multi-piece deals as the deadline approaches.
Source: Hoops Rumors
