In reality, the Blazers had a huge payroll at the time and could not have offered more than the same mid-level exception.

His contract is for 3 years using the mid-level exception, expected to be between 5.6-5.8 million.

BRI remained the main issue, but other differences included luxury tax, player contract length, and the mid-level exception.

This deal has since been changed to a 3-year $9 million contract, so as to qualify under the NBA collective bargaining agreement's mini mid-level exception.

Once a year, teams can use a mid-level exception (MLE) to sign a player to a contract for a specified maximum amount.

The maximum first-year salary in an offer sheet is the mid-level exception.

While there are few shooting guards available, New Jersey could turn its attention to finding a backup at small forward or center with its mid-level exception.

In the 2004 offseason, his knee was declared healthy and the Detroit Pistons signed him for the full mid-level exception.

Now they have only the mid-level salary-cap exception to try to find their next point guard.

The Bucks used some of their mid-level exception to sign him.