Saw this on one of the trade threads, in reference to CAR potentially trading McElhinney:
They can't trade him unless they were the only team that put in a claim or he clears waivers.
From the CBA:
A Player who has been acquired by Waiver claim shall not be Traded to another Club until the termination of Playoffs of the season in which he was acquired unless he is first offered on the same terms to the Club(s) that entered a claim when Waivers were requested originally and the offer has been refused.
First off, I don't see that he needs to clear waivers from CAR...not sure where the OP got that notion, from what's quoted above, anyway.
Second, does this mean that you would have to negotiate terms of a trade with one team, then present that same offer to a second team that had put in a claim on the original waiver, and that second team would have first right of refusal of those terms?
This is very weird. Let's say the deal was for a third rounder, and the first team you struck a deal with was a bottom-feeder, and the second team was a team who would likely make the playoffs (therefore the value of the pick is lessened), the terms of the agreement are not equal.