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Why Cavs-Bulls Trade Of Isaac Okoro And Lonzo Ball Required A Special Exception

Summary by Hoops Wire
File photo When the Chicago Bulls acquired Isaac Okoro from the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Lonzo Ball earlier this month, they couldn’t simply use Ball’s $10 million salary for matching purposes, as noted by Keith Smith of Spotrac. Instead, Chicago had to tap into the $17 million+ trade exception it previously generated in the Zach LaVine deal to absorb Okoro’s $11 million salary. That workaround was necessary due to an injury protectio…
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Hoops Wire broke the news in on Friday, July 18, 2025.
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