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Originally Posted by Schneed10

Good question, I'm not entirely sure, but I'm leaning towards no. I think it only applies to players you're releasing.

My thinking behind that is the June 1 exception was put into place as a proposal by the player's association, because they realized that players who were released on June 1 often had a hard time finding a place to fit in, because by that time most teams around the league had filled their needs. So people getting axed after June 1 were finding it hard to get a job.

But when you're talking about a trade, you don't have that problem. In your scenario, since a team is making an offer for Brandon Lloyd, presumably they have a need for him, otherwise they wouldn't make the offer. Plus, in the instance of a trade, the traded player would retain his current contract. So the traded player doesn't really need this kind of protection under the June 1 rule.

I'm pretty sure it's only for released guys, but someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

I think your right on.