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[QUOTE="jordville, post: 3921984, member: 3388"]
Mark Stein said this on Twitter...
"The NBA is always more apt to investigate sign-and-trade deals that potentially jump the gun compared to straight free-agent signings because sign-and-trade deals require more cooperation among three or more parties and increase the possibility that wrongdoing can be proven. It is difficult to envision the NBA invalidating Miami's sign-and-trade deal for Kyle Lowry or Chicago's expected acquisition of Lonzo Ball, but the penalties for wrongdoing -- if proven -- would have to be much stiffer than what Milwaukee faced in the Bogdan Bogdanovic case. Milwaukee was only fined $50,000 and docked a future second-round pick in large part because the Bucks, remember, did not get Bogdanovic in the end. If impermissible contact is proven in this summer's cases, wrist slaps won't cut it. Players huddling like Russ, LeBron and AD did before the Laker/Wiz trade does not typically lead to NBA intervention because the league says it can’t police player-to-player discussion."

Bobby Mark's said this on Twitter...
"I don’t believe that the trades will get voided if the parties are guilty of wrongdoing. However, the penalties will definitely be more severe than what we saw last year with Milwaukee."
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