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From league rules "Only the owner that owns that player can pay part of that player's contract in a trade. If 3 or more teams are in a trade, that 3rd team can not pay part of a salary going from team 1 to team 2 or vice-versa."
Yes per rules, only team moving the player can pay for part of their contract
I am also curious as to the answer of the above question.Lowry and DeRozan make a very interesting case study as both have similar current values at #68 (DeRozan) and #71 (Lowry) overall and both have a 4 year/$22m per year contract running now through the 24-25 season. I think it is important to do an analysis of players currently playing that are their same ages and older as that can give perspective as to what to expect in terms of their future value in trades and future playing ability. This can give valuable insight into when a player goes from having value to just being a salary dump. Current Ages:Kyle Lowry - 35 years oldDemar DeRozan - 32 years oldAge at the end of this season:Kyle Lowry - 36 years oldDemar DeRozan - 32 years oldAge at the end of the 2024-2025 season (June 2025) when both their 4 year/$22m per year contracts expire.Kyle Lowry - 39 years oldDemar DeRozan - 35 years oldMany players are still in their prime in their early 30s. There are quite a few players still playing at an extremely high level in their early to mid 30s: (Steph Curry - 33 years old, #2 rank; James Harden - 32 years old, #10 rank; Kevin Durant - 33 years old, #16 rank; Paul George - 31 years old, #18 rank; Gordon Hayward - 31 years old, #19 rank; Russel Westbrook - 33 years old, #25 rank; Al Horford - 35 years old, #35 rank; CJ McCollum - 31 years old, #39 rank; Damian Lillard - 31 years old, #40 rank; Chris Paul - 36 years old, #44 rank; LeBron James - 36 years old, #51 rank; Ricky Rubio - 31 years old, #58 rank). There are several others in the top #100, but I stopped at #60 overall.For some additional important perspective on a players ability to continue playing at a high level at certain ages, at the start of this season the oldest players in the league are:1) Udonis Haslem - 41 years old2) Andre Igoudala - 373) Carmelo Anthony - 374) LeBron James - 365) Paul Millsap - 366) P.J. Tucker - 367) Chris Paul - 368) Taj Gibson - 369) Trevor Ariza - 3610) LaMarcus Aldridge - 36It is rather common for a player to still be in their prime in their early 30s, still have substantial value (top 50 or top 100 value) in their mid-30s, but very rarely does a player have any value or even the ability to play at all in their upper 30s as seen above. Certainly some players slow down in their early 30s, but if a player has stayed rather healthy and is still playing at a high level in their early 30s they often still have substantial value in their mid-30s. I think the trades in this league have followed that premise rather accurately as Lowry was shopped significantly and most didn't want him for a 2nd round pick even if he was fully paid for the current year. While players in their early 30s like Steph Curry, Paul George, Demar DeRozan, Nikola Vucevic, Draymond Green were all traded for significant returns or signed to large contracts in free agency.
Thanks for the reply.So we assume that there are no changes in the policy on trades involving old players with expensive contracts and that Derozan trade was just a one-off situation, where a trade with good chances to be approved (on the basis of previous and following trades) was removed just because it was overshadowed by an off-topic discussion.Considering that there is not a strict written rule for approving/vetoing this type of trades, we think the valuation/veto should take into consideration a bunch of past trades comparable (Steph Curry, Draymond Green twice and now Kyle Lowry) and, considering that a degree of subjectivity in any case will remain, each voting member should at least maintain consistency with his/her previous votes