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Questions about transactions among organized teams. This may include signings, releases, trades, retirements, contract stipulations, and other related actions.

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Why has Steve Nash moved to the LA Lakers in sign-and-trade deal?

Typically a sign and trade is a maneuver that is used by teams and players to allow a player to make more money than he would have otherwise been able to make by just signing a contract with his new t …
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Has a team ever lost on purpose to get better draft picks?

The lottery system makes it very difficult to effectively tank your season in the NBA. Basically no matter how bad you are, there is always a chance that you will not get one of the top 3 picks (in fa …
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How does a three team trade work?

Three team trades are complicated, but they are done. Here's essentially how this goes down. We'll identify three teams here, team A, team B and team C. Team A and B are the primaries in the trade, te …
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How do minor league deals work?

Minor league deals are something of a last resort for players an a low risk move for teams. I'm going to talk about 2 players here who were signed for two very different reasons. The first is Dan Ugg …
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Why can't MLB teams trade draft picks?

The simple answer here is that you cannot trade draft picks because the trading of draft picks is not allowed by the collective bargaining agreement. The CBA for any American sport league lays out t …
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What are the rules for NFL restricted free agents that have a first round tender?

I finally found something in the CBA: Article 9 Section 3 (c) Any Club that does not have available, in the upcoming Draft, the selection choice or choices (its own or better choices in the applic …
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How does "optioning" a player to the minor leagues work?

First the basics. Baseball rosters are 40 men. There are three locations that a player on the 40 man roster can be. the Disabled List (or one of a handful of other inactive statuses such as bereave …
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